Martin Partington CBE QC (Hon), Emeritus Professor of Law, and Celia Wells OBE, Professor of Criminal Law, received their awards earlier this month.

Professor Partington is an eminent socio-legal scholar working in the field of housing law, welfare law and administrative justice and served as a Law Commissioner for England and Wales. Professor Wells is one of the UK’s foremost academic lawyers, with a particular interest in public policy.

Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences have a wide range of expertise in the social sciences, including management, sociology, psychology, politics, geography and law. Fellowship recipients have made a substantial contribution to wider social science in a variety of contexts, including in higher education, government and learned societies.