Andy Pratt has been conferred the Award of Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.
The paramount requirement for successful nomination is a significant contribution to Social Science and its promotion. This contribution can be in any area, discipline or inter-disciplinary social science and can include research, teaching, professional practice, consultancy and the promotion and dissemination of social science knowledge. With the development of the social sciences, there are new areas and disciplines emerging, including ones which overlap with the Arts and Humanities. Nominations are made on the basis of evidence of the contribution that the person has made and the ways in which this has been distinguished and significant, including impact. Andy gets to add some more letters after his ‘official’ title: now BSc (Hons), PhD, CGeog, FRSA, AcSS
