Eyal Weizman, Director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, has been made a Fellow of The British Academy.

Eyal is among 76 leading minds from across the world elected this year.

As well as a fellowship, the British Academy is a funding body for research, nationally and internationally, and a forum for debate and engagement with the social sciences and humanities.

Eyal is founding director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, based in the Department of Visual Cultures, and in 2010 founded Forensic Architecture.

Eyal said: “I’m extremely honoured to be elected to the British Academy Fellowship. A fellowship would lend fundamental support to the work that Forensic Architecture does in the fields of human rights, journalism and the arts. I’m particularly delighted that with this the humanities and social sciences recognise work which is still experimental and multidisciplinary.”

Professor Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, said: “Our new Fellows’ wealth of expertise means the Academy is exceptionally well-placed to provide new knowledge and insights on the challenges of today. Their work has opened rich new seams of understanding and discovery, offering new perspectives on long-standing and emerging challenges alike.”