The Academy of Social Sciences is the voice of the social sciences in the UK. The Academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of matters, and its own policy work in issuing public comment, responding to official consultations, and organising meetings and events about social science. It confers the title of Academician upon nominated social scientists following a process of peer review. As of July 2012, the Academy comprised over 850 Academicians, 43 learned societies based in the UK and one learned society based in Brussels.
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