Roderick Castle Floud#
| Membership Number: | 3371 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-sir-roderick-floud-fba |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - 2014 Provost of Gresham College, London
- 2007 - 2009 Acting Dean, School of Advanced Study, University of London
- 2004 - 2007 Vice-President, European University Association
- 2007 - present Chair of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation
- 2004 - 2006 President of London Metropolitan University (President Emeritus, 2006-)
- 2002 - 2004 Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University
- 2001 - 2003 President of Universities UK
- 1993 - 1997 Member of the Economic and Social Research Council, UK
- 1988 - 2002 Professor and Provost of London Guildhall University
- 1980 - 1981 Visiting Professor of Economics and History, Stanford University
- 1975 - 1988 Professor of Modern History, Birkbeck College, University of London
- 1969 - 1975 Asst. Lecturer, then Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
- 1966 - 1969 Lecturer, Department of History, University College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Economic history
- Quantitative history
- Anthropometric history
- Higher education
- University governance
Honours and Awards
- 2006 Awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of Westminster
- 2005 Awarded a Knighthood for services to higher education
- 2003 Elected Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
- 2002 Elected Fellow of the British Academy
- 2000 Elected Academician for the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences
- 1999 Elected Honorary Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford
- 1999 Awarded Honorary Doctorate by City University, London
- 1993 Appointed Member of the Economic and Social Research Council
- 1989 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- 1980 Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
