1999 edit

The first fellows (then known as academicians) were elected in 1999. The inaugural fellows were:^[2]

• John Alderson, former Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police
• Ron Amann, director-general of the Centre for Management and Policy Studies, Cabinet Office
• Margaret Archer, University of Warwick
• Alan Baddeley, University of Bristol
• Sally Baldwin, director, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
• Colin Bell, vice-chancellor, University of Bradford
• Ken Binmore, University College London
• Patricia Broadfoot, University of Bristol
• Margaret Brown, King's College, London
• Archie Brown, St Anthony's College, Oxford
• Christopher Brumfit, University of Southampton
• Beatrix Campbell, University of Newcastle
• John Carpenter, University of Durham
• Tony Chapman, principal and chief executive officer, University of Wales Institute
• Richard Chapman, University of Durham Business School
• Mary Chapman, director-general, The Institute of Management
• Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics
• Nicholas Crafts, London School of Economics
• Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor, University of Essex
• Gavyn Davies, Goldman Sachs International
• Lord Desai, London School of Economics
• Ian Diamond, University of Southampton
• Andrew Dilnot, director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Hastings Donnan, Queen's University, Belfast
• Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics
• Stuart Etherington, director, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Janet Finch, vice-chancellor, Keele University
• Ronnie Frankenberg, Keele University
• Denis Galligan, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
• Fred Halliday, London School of Economics
• David Hargreaves, University of Cambridge
• Patsy Healey, University of Newcastle
• Peter Hennessey, Queen Mary and Westfield College
• Tim Holt, director, Office of National Statistics
• Pat Hudson, Cardiff University
• Will Hutton, editor-in-chief, The Observer
• Sue Iversen, University of Oxford
• Michael Jacobs, Nicholson Graham and Jones
• Ronald Johnston, University of Bristol
• Bill Jordan, University of Exeter
• Roger Jowell, director, National Centre for Social Research
• Anthony King, University of Essex
• Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics
• Jane Lewis, University of Nottingham
• Janet Lewis, research director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Ruth Lister, Loughborough University
• Moss Madden, University of Liverpool
• Jean Martin, social survey division, Office for National Statistics
• Doreen Massey, Open University
• Elizabeth Meehan, Queen's University, Belfast
• Richard Mottram, permanent secretary, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Howard Newby, vice-chancellor, University of Southampton
• Bhikhu Parekh, University of Hull
• Andrew Pettigrew, Warwick Business School
• Geoffrey Shindler, partner, Halliwell Landau
• Susan Smith, University of Edinburgh
• Bruce Smith, chairman, Economic and Social Research Council
• Elliot Stern, the Tavistock Institute
• Anthea Tinker, King's College, London
• Peter Townsend, University of Bristol
• Polly Toynbee, journalist
• John Urry, Lancaster University
• Alan Walker, University of Sheffield
• Stephen White, University of Glasgow
• Christine Whitehead, London School of Economis
• Lord Young of Dartington

2000 edit

• Andrew Gamble

2002 edit

There were 91 people elected to the fellowship in 2002:^[3]

2003 edit

There were 60 people elected to the fellowship in 2003:^[4]

2004 edit

There were 51 people elected to the fellowship in 2004:^[5]

March 2006 edit

There were 63 people elected to the fellowship in March 2006:^[6]

December 2006 edit

There were 20 people elected to the fellowship in September 2006:^[7]

Prior to 2007 edit

These people are known to have been selected sometime prior to 2007:^[8]

• Rick Trainor
• Lawrence Freedman
• Paul Matthews
• Theresa Marteau
• Ken Young

2007 edit

• Susan Castillo^[8]

2008 edit

• Kelvyn Jones

2009 edit

There were 64 people elected to the fellowship in 2009:^[9]

February 2011 edit

There were 70 people elected to the fellowship in February 2011:^[10]

October 2011 edit

• Greg Bamber^[11]

2012 edit

There were 63 people elected to the fellowship in 2012:^[12]

March 2013 edit

There were 35 people elected to the fellowship in March 2013:^[13]

August 2013 edit

There were 51 people elected to the fellowship in August 2013:^[14]

March 2014 edit

There were 28 people elected to the fellowship in March 2014:^[15]

September 2014 edit

There were 34 people elected to the fellowship in September 2014:^[16][17]

March 2015 edit

There were 33 people elected to the fellowship in March 2015:^[18]

October 2015 edit

There were 46 people elected to the fellowship in October 2015:^[19]

2016 edit

There were 84 people elected to the fellowship in 2016:^[20]

March 2017 edit

There were 47 people elected to the fellowship in March 2017:^[21]

October 2017 edit

There were 69 people elected to the fellowship in October 2017:^[22]

2018 edit

There were 58 people elected to the fellowship in 2018:^[23]

2019 edit

There were 73 people elected to the fellowship in 2019:^[25]

2020 edit

There were 73 people elected to the fellowship in 2020:^[26]

2021 edit

There were 74 people elected to the fellowship in 2021:^[27]

March 2022 edit

There were 47 people elected to the fellowship in March 2022:^[28][29]

September 2022 edit

There were 40 people elected to the fellowship in September 2022:^[30][31]

2023 edit

There were 55 people elected to the fellowship in 2023:^[32]

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