Press release issued:
10 January 2023
The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to announce that Dr Eleanore Hickman is among the first members of the new UK Young Academy – a network of early career researchers and professionals established to help tackle local and global issues and promote meaningful change.
As part of the first cohort of 67 members, announced today, 10 January, by UK and Ireland National Academies, Dr Eleanore Hickman will have the opportunity to help shape the strategy and focus of this new organisation.
Along with fellow members from across academia, charity organisations and the private sector, the new UK Young Academy members will have the chance to inform local and global policy discussions, galvanising their skills, knowledge, and experience to find innovative solutions to the challenges facing societies now and in the future.
The UK Young Academy has been established as an interdisciplinary collaboration with prestigious national academies: the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Learned Society of Wales, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Irish Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Royal Society. It joins the global initiative of Young Academies, with the UK Young Academy becoming the 50th to join the Young Academy movement.
Dr Eleanore Hickman said, “I am thrilled to be given this opportunity to collaborate with fellow UK Young Academy members, whose approach and knowledge base is different from my own, but who share a drive to have a reasoned and powerful voice on issues that matter to society.”
The successful applicants officially took up their posts on 1 January 2023, and membership runs for 5 years. It is expected that the next call for applications will open in 2023.
Find out more and view the full list of members on the UK Young Academy website.
Further information
Dr Eleanore Hickman is Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol Law School. Eleanore’s research interests focus on the governance of corporations and financial institutions. As part of this, her work explores the risks and opportunities associated with innovation and developing technologies in governance, particularly Artificial Intelligence. Prior to joining Bristol, Eleanore was a research associate at the University of Cambridge and a practising solicitor.
The Centre for Global Law and Innovation (CGLI) brings together scholars with an interest in drivers of innovation and global regulatory trends in law. Taking a broad and inclusive approach to innovation, the work of its members focuses on areas such as trade, procurement, investment, finance, intellectual property, information technology, regulation and health law.
The UK Young Academy connects and develops talented individuals in the early years of their career from a wide range of sectors so they can collaborate to make a difference in the world. It is part of a growing international initiative to give young, early-career innovators, professionals, academics and entrepreneurs a voice for the advancement of issues that are important to them. The UK Young Academy gives its members the chance to have their perspectives, knowledge and insights represented as part of the wider landscape of academic and professional bodies in the UK.
