Skip to main content

Professor Simin Davoudi elected as Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences

With over 1500 distinguished Fellows, the Academy is the UK’s leading independent voice for academics, learned societies, and practitioners in social science.

26 June 2024

Congratulations to Professor Linda Bauld, Professor Simin Davoudi, Tricia Dodd, Professor Chris Millward and Dr Utsa Mukherjee who were announced as Trustees of the Academy of Social Science’s Council at the Academy's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday.

Professor Simin Davoudi FAcSS FRTPI is Professor of Planning and Co-Director of Centre for Researching Cities at Newcastle University. Her research centres on planning, environmental governance, climate resilience, and ethics of care and justice, and she is a former member of ESRRC Strategic Advisory Network, REF 2014 sub-panel, and DEFRA Social Science Expert Group. Simin also served as advisor for several government departments and research councils in the UK and internationally.