I am Chair of the British AcademyNew Paradigms in Public PolicyProgramme (2010/2011), Chair of the REF Social Work and Social Policy and Administration panel 2011-15, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Founding Academician at the Academy of Social Sciences and, previously, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and President of the British Assocaition for the Advancement of Science Sociology and Social Policy Section.