Proessor Jo Littler elected fellow of Academy of Social Sciences
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Jo Littler has joined 45 outstanding social scientists who were elected fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Currently made up of 1,600 leading social scientists from academia, the public, private and third sectors, the Academy’s fellows expertise covers the breadth of the social sciences and their research addresses some of the major challenges facing society.
Professor Littler’s work explores changing cultures and formations of social inequality; and how cultural narratives, mediated images and social relations are used to create, extend and challenge political power.
Her books include Left Feminisms (2023); with The Care Collective, The Care Manifesto (2020); Against Meritocracy (2018); Radical Consumption (2008); and, with Roshi Naidoo, The Politics of Heritage (2005). She co-edits European Journal of Cultural Studies and is part of the editorial collective of Soundings: A Journal of Politics & Culture.
Academy fellows are elected for both their excellence in their fields and their substantial contributions to social science for public benefit. Selection is through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact.
Professor Littler said:
At a time when social sciences are simultaneously under attack and more necessary than ever, I am proud to be part of this community, and delighted to be elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Professor Littler’s work has been featured in ABC Radio Australia, US National Public Radio, The Guardian, Il Manifesto and El Pais. She is a Trustee of the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust and was a judge of the 2023 Stuart Hall Essay Prize. She has written about her experiences of university in a new article, 'The university: caring community or carewashing central? Autosociobiographical reflections’.