UCL academics elected to British Academy

Three UCL academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, in recognition of their outstanding research. Professors Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Eleanor Maguire and Catherine Hall are among 76 distinguished scholars to be elected to the fellowship this year. The British Academy, the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences, is a community of over 1,400 of the leading minds. Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, is known for her research into the teenage brain. She researches the development of social cognition and decision-making in the human adolescent brain. She is actively involved in public engagement, seeking to foster understanding of neuroscience and support of mental health in adolescence. She won the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award in 2013 and the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize in 2015.
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