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LSE PEOPLE Virginia Beardshaw, LSE governor and Council member, and chief executive of I CAN Children’s Charity, has been awarded a CBE for services to Children with Special Needs and Disabilities in the 2014 New Year Honours.
Dr Daniel Beunza, Management, has won the Sustainalytics Award from the Academic Network of the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) for his research on responsible investment with his co-written paper ‘Why talk? A process model of dialogue in shareholder engagement’.
Professor Craig Calhoun, LSE Director, has been named Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his substantial contribution to wider social science in a variety of contexts.
his book The Road to Maastricht: negotiating economic and monetary union named on the “100 books on Europe to remember” book list, compiled by the European Parliament.
Professor Julian Le Grand, Social Policy, has been awarded a knighthood for services to social science and public service in the 2014 New Year Honours.
Lord Anthony Giddens, former
Claire Milne, Media and
Director of LSE, has been awarded the European Book Prize of 2014 for his work Turbulent and Mighty Continent: what future for Europe? The European Book Prize (Prix du Livre Européen) seeks to promote European values, and to contribute to European citizens’ better understanding of the European Union as a cultural entity.
Communications, has been awarded an MBE for services to the telecommunications sector in the 2014 New Year Honours.
Nicholas Humphrey, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, has been awarded the 2015 Mind and Brain Prize by the Centre for Cognitive Science of the University and Polytechnic of Turin. The Prize is awarded to scientists whose research has significantly advanced the comprehension of the functioning of the human mind and brain.
Professor Eileen Munro, Social Policy, received the President’s Medal of the Operational Research Society. The shared honour was for the Munro Review of Child Protection – a high-profile review of state-managed child protection activities in England, conducted for the Department for Education.
Dr Leonidas Cheliotis, Social
Dr Karl Newton, LSE
Policy, has been awarded the 2015 Critical Criminal Justice Scholar Award from the American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Critical Criminal Justice Section). He has also been awarded the 2014 Best Public Intellectual Special Issue Award from the US Council of Editors of Learned Journals, Modern Language Association (MLA), for his guest-edited special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly.
Advancement, has received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Institute of Fundraising in recognition of his standing within the fundraising research profession and his long and successful record at LSE since joining in 1998.
Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory, has had
Dr Ruth Kattumuri, LSE India Observatory and Asia Research Centre, has received the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Award 2014 in recognition of her contributions and dedication to worthy causes, and her achievements in keeping the flag of India high.
Professor Ragnar Norberg, Statistics, has been awarded an honorary degree (doctorate) by Heriot-Watt University. He was a founder member of the Risk and Stochastics group and the 2015 Risk and Stochastics Conference at the
Royal Statistical Society will be held in his honour.
Professor Christopher Pissarides, Economics and LSE Nobel Laureate, has been named as a winner of the 2015 Kiel Institute Global Economy Prize. The prize is awarded to honour influential personalities in politics, business and science.
Professor Danny Quah, Economics and Saw Swee Hock South East Asia Centre, has been ranked number two in The Economist’s eye-catching statistical landmarks of 2015, for his work looking at the world’s economic centre of gravity from 1980-2050. Dr Mareike Schomerus, International Development, has been named runner-up for the Cedric Smith Prize 2014 for an extract from her LSE PhD thesis ‘The Lord’s Resistance Army in the Juba Talks: syncopated rhythms in conflict resolution’. The prize is awarded by the Conflict Research Society for the best piece of peace and conflict research.
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government, received the Joseph A Schumpeter Award 2015, which is awarded by the Schumpeter Society for innovative achievements in the field of business, economics, or economic policy.
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