STSUCL researcher honoured with Philip Leverhulme Prize

Dr Hernán Burbano (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment), Dr Emily Dawson (UCL Science & Technology Studies), Professor Paul Davies (UCL Laws) and Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (UCL History) have each received a Philip Leverhulme Prize from the Leverhulme Trust. The prizes are worth £100,000 and can be spread over a two- or three-year period.

Philip Leverhulme Prizes have been awarded annually since 2001 in commemoration of the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip Leverhulme, the Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Hesketh Lever, the founder of the Trust.

Each year, up to 30 UK university researchers from different academic disciplines are selected to receive a Philip Leverhulme Prize. The disciplines change annually and in 2020, prizes were awarded to researchers in Biological Sciences; History; Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Philosophy and Theology; Sociology and Social Policy.

Dr Dawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, within the Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences. She received the prize for her work on the sociology of science, education and cultural studies, exploring and challenging the co-construction of science and structural inequalities everyday life and popular culture.

For more information on Dr Dawson's work, click the link to her profile below. You can also read the full story on the UCL News website, which contains details of the other UCL researchers who were awarded the prize.

Links

• Full story on the UCL News website
• Dr Hernán Burbano’s academic profile
• Professor Paul Davies’s academic profile
• Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite’s academic profile
• The Leverhulme Prize

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Top L to R: Dr Hernán Burbano (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) and Dr Emily Dawson (UCL Science & Technology Studies)

Bottom L to R: Professor Paul Davies (UCL Laws) and Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (UCL History)