Variation in the social composition of the UK academic elite: The underlay of the two-or three-cultures?

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we complement a previous study of the UK natural science elite, as represented by Fellows of the Royal Society, with a comparable study of the humanities and social sciences elites, as represented by Fellows of the British Academy. We seek to establish how far similarities and differences exist in the social composition of these three academic elites and in the routes that their members have followed into elite positions. We are also concerned with the consequences of the humanities and social sciences elites being brought together in the British Academy, in contrast with the situation in most other countries where elite natural and social scientists are located in the same academy. We pursue these issues in the context of C. P. Snow's discussion of the social underlay of th

SUBMITTER: Bukodi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890434 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature