Professor Elwen Evans, KC, named Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
The University is pleased to share that the Learned Society of Wales has named Professor Elwen Evans, KC, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, amongst its new Fellows.
Professor Evans, was nominated by Professor Densil Morgan, for her services to law and legal reform in Wales.
She has enjoyed a distinguished legal career, contributed to justice reform in Wales, and has held senior roles in Welsh higher education. Her work has shaped legal practice, policy, and education across Wales and beyond.
She is a member of Gorsedd y Beirdd and is recognised for her cultural and civic contributions.
Professor Evans is among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Learned Society of Wales to celebrate the depth and breadth of Welsh research, innovation, leadership and creativity.
Over half (52%) of the new Fellows are women. The Society actively works towards a Fellowship that reflects Wales’s diversity and is delighted to reach the milestone of electing the highest proportion of women in its history.
“Welcoming our new Fellows to the Society is always one of the highlights of the Society’s year,” said Hywel Thomas, President of the Learned Society of Wales.
“I congratulate them on this recognition of the excellence and importance of their work and contributions to life in Wales and beyond. We look forward to bringing their experience and knowledge to our work on policy and researcher development.
“I am also thrilled that our work on equity, diversity and inclusion is starting to see the Fellowship include increasing numbers of women. In three of the last five years, women have made almost or just over 50% of the new intake.
“This has been the result of concerted efforts to embed our EDI commitment at every turn, to make the nomination process more accessible, and to run a series of events that specifically target women academics and civic leaders who might be interested in joining the Fellowship.”
As Wales’s National Academy, LSW harnesses the multidisciplinary expertise, experience, and connections of its Fellowship to promote and develop Wales’s research and innovation community, and to support the use of excellent and diverse research to solve the challenges faced in Wales and across the world.
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