British Academy

The British Academy was established by Royal Charter in 1902. To mark the 120th anniversary of this, over the course of 2022 we will look back at the first 12 decades of our history, to explore how the British Academy has developed as the UK authority for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

From artificial intelligence to climate change, from building prosperity to improving well-being – today’s complex challenges can only be resolved by deepening our insight into people, cultures and societies. 

The Academy Research Projects are intended to offer the kitemarking of academic excellence to major long term infrastructural projects or research facilities, intended to produce fundamental works of scholarship rather than to produce interpretative works or monographs. The Academy grants the title of Academy Research Project to about 55 long-term enterprises, each organised and run by its own project committee.