Topic
Social Sciences
44 people were recognised in the UK honours for Social Sciences.
Recognition over time
44 people recognised for Social Sciences from 2008 to 2026, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
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Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Social Sciences bar (44) is those tagged Social Sciences directly, shown against its 5 sub-topics. The same person can appear in more than one.
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Recipients
People recognised for Social Sciences
44 people
2026 · 2
Carolyn Heitmeyer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Head of Social Sciences, Government Office for Science. For services to Social Science”
Joanna Swaffield
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton. For services to Economics”
2023 · 2
Atiya Kamal
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
“Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University. For services to Health Psychology during Covid-19”
William Abrams
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Canterbury, Kent
“Professor of Social Psychology, University of Kent. For services to the Social Sciences”
2020 · 4
Paul Seawright
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Belfast, County Antrim
“Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and the Arts”
Imran Rasul
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“Professor of Economics, University College London. For services to Social Sciences”
Emma Platt
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to the Social Sciences”
Barbara Elliott
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Newton Abbot, Devon
“Professor of Sociology, University of Exeter. For services to the Social Sciences”
2019 · 6
Sarah Renee Starbuck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Belfast
“Cleaner, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education.”
Dorothy Miell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Edinburgh
“Vice-Principal and Head, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
Anna Vignoles (Anna Griffiths)
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Saffron Walden, Essex
“Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. For services to Social Sciences.”
Michele Jane Burman
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Glasgow
“Head, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. For services to Criminology.”
Ian Deary
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Edinburgh
“Professor, Differential Psychology and Director, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh. For services to the Social Sciences.”
Alison Macdonald Park
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London
“Professor of Social Research and Director, CLOSER, University College London Institute of Education. For services to the Social Sciences.”
2018 · 3
Melinda Mills
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Oxfordshire
“Nuffield Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, University of Oxford. For services to the Social Sciences.”
John Kevin Curtice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Glasgow
“Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, NatCen Social Research. For services to the Social Sciences and Politics.”
Paul Gavin Johnson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London
“Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. For services to the Social Sciences and Economics.”
2017 · 4
Melissa Leach
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2017
East Sussex
“Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. For services to the Social Sciences.”
Jonathan Israel Gershuny
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“Professor of Economic Sociology and Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. For services to the Social Sciences and Sociology.”
Teresa Ridge
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Somerset
“Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath. For services to the Social Sciences.”
Carol Christine Smart
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Yorkshire
“Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester and Co-Director, Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life. For services to the Social Sciences.”
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