31 Dec 08

Four Oxford University academics have been recognised in the New Year Honours, announced on 31 December.

Professor Duncan Gallie, Professor of Sociology and Official Fellow of Nuffield College, is made a CBE for services to social science. 

Professor Tony Venables, BP Professor of Economics, Director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies and Fellow of New College, is also made a CBE. He is the former Chief Economist at the Department for International Development.

Mrs Rosemary Thorp, Reader Emeritus in the Economics of Latin America and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, is also made a CBE. Mrs Thorp was Director of Queen Elizabeth House, the University's Department of International Development, in 2003-2004.

The founding Director of the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, Professor Arthur Stockwin, receives an OBE for services to academic excellence and the promotion of UK-Japanese understanding. He is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College.