We are delighted to announce and introduce our new PSA Founding Fellows.

2025 is the PSA’s 75th year and as part of our celebrations to mark this milestone, we have introduced a new PSA fellowship.
 

 

The PSA has chosen to award 12 founding fellowships to celebrate our history and shape our future. Founding Fellows have been selected by the PSA’s Executive Committee in recognition of their important contribution to the PSA and to the discipline more broadly. As founding fellows their role will also be that of advisors and champions for the Association, discipline and a wider fellowship programme that will be launched later this year.

PSA Founding Fellows were formally announced at this year’s 75th anniversary annual conference in Birmingham. We are proud to recognise these outstanding and esteemed colleagues, and their significant contributions.
 

  • Professor Sarah Childs FPSA, University of Edinburgh
     
  • Professor Sir John Curtice FPSA, University of Strathclyde
     
  • Professor Philip Davies FPSA, Emeritus Professor, De Montfort University
     
  • Professor Justin Fisher FPSA, Brunel, University of London
     
  • PSA Vice-President, Professor Matthew Flinders FPSA, University of Sheffield
     
  • Professor Kimberly Hutchings FPSA, Queen Mary, University of London
     
  • Professor Meryl Kenny FPSA, University of Edinburgh
     
  • Professor Fiona Mackay FPSA, University of Edinburgh
     
  • Professor The Lord Norton of Louth, Philip Norton FPSA, University of Hull
     
  • Professor Shirin Rai FPSA, SOAS, University of London
     
  • Dr Manjeet Ramgotra FPSA, SOAS, University of London
     
  • PSA Vice-President, Professor Jon Tonge FPSA, University of Liverpool
 

Commenting on this announcement, current PSA President, Professor Roger Awan-Scully said:

As PSA President I am delighted to see the awarding of 12 Founding Fellows as part of the PSA's 75th Anniversary celebrations and as a first step in creating a new PSA Fellowship scheme for its members. This is an important development for the PSA, enabling the association to value and to work with colleagues who have made an important contribution to the PSA and the wider discipline. I look forward to supporting the development of this scheme.”

The PSA Fellowship programme is co-ordinated by PSA Trustee, Dr Donna Smith, The Open University.

Please contact fellowship@psa.ac.uk for further information about the PSA Fellowship programme.