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A social scientist in the room

Western's Forrester-Jones Fellow joins a U.K. academy with research that keeps institutions and lived experience in the same frame.

Reported by Keri Ferguson

Western School of Health Studies director named to U.K. academy. Official Western News image.
Medicine & healthWestern School of Health Studies director named to U.K. academy. Official Western News image.Photo: Western News / official source page

Good social research refuses the distance between a system and the people moving through it. The Forrester-Jones Fellow's recognition places that kind of work in an international scholarly conversation.

The story is a reminder that alumni impact is often measured in better questions before it is measured in easy answers.

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