She is one of just 64 outstanding social scientists from across the UK to have been conferred Fellowship of the Academy this spring.
The newly elected Fellows are highly accomplished individuals, recognised for excellence in their fields and their wider contributions to the social sciences for public benefit.
Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe studies and writes on contemporary war. Caroline has published extensively on Russia, the Cold War and its legacies but also studies contemporary war, strategy and terrorism. She has managed funded research projects on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), suicide bombers and drone warfare. Currently, Caroline works on Arctic Security, Russia and UK defence policy in the High North as well as writing a book on urban warfare.
Caroline has advised the House of Commons Defence Committee and held visiting Fellowships at the Rothermere Institute Oxford University, the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Southern Denmark and the Brookes Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University. She is a former Chair of the British International Studies Association.
Speaking about her Fellowship, Professor Kennedy-Pipe said: “It is a huge honour to be appointed as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. It is a testament to the work that we do at Loughborough University in understanding and explaining the ever-changing shape of global politics.”
The Academy’s Fellowship is made up of distinguished individuals from a range of research and practice areas. Through leadership, scholarship, applied research, policymaking, and practice, they help to highlight the importance, breadth and relevance of the social sciences to understanding and tackling the varied challenges facing society today.
All Academy Fellows are selected through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact. They are chosen for their excellence in their fields and their substantial contributions to social science for public benefit.
The full list of the Academy’s spring Fellows can be viewed on their website.