Chris Thornhill#
| Membership Number: | 4253 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Chris.thornhill/publications |
- 2024 - University of Birmingham, Professor of Law
- 2018 - 2019 Head of School of Law, Manchester University
- 2013 - 2024 University of Manchester. Professor of Law
- 2006 - 2013 University of Glasgow. Professor of Politics
- 2004 - 2006 King’s College London. Professor
- 2003 - 2004 King’s College London. Reader
- 1995 - 2003 King’s College London. Lecturer
- 1993 - 1995 University of Sussex. Lecturer
Fields of Scholarship
- Legal history
- Sociology of law
- Legal and political philosophy
- Comparative constitutional law
- Historical sociology
- Sociology of institutions
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Visiting Professor, Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público (Brasilia)
- 2024 Central Asian Legal Research (CALR) Fellow, Tashkent State University of Law
- 2022 Visiting Professor in Law, Mackenzie University, São Paulo
- 2022 Inaugural holder: Cátedra Internacional Ministro Celso de Mello, Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público (Brasilia)
- 2021 Swedish Research Council, International Collaboration Grant
- 2021 Visiting Professor in Sociology, University of Flensburg
- 2020 World Complexity Science Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2018 Humboldt Research Prize (Humboldt-Forschungspreis)
- 2018 Niklas Luhmann Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Sociological Theory (Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld)
- 2018 Visiting Professor, School of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
- 2017 Invited Guest Speaker, Brazilian Association for Sociology of Law
- 2016 Brazilian National Government Senior Visiting Professorship (Faculty of Law, University of Brasilia)
- 2016 Membership of Academia Europaea
- 2014, 2017, 2019, 2023 Visiting Professor, Unisinos Law School, São Leopoldo, Brazil
- 2013 European Research Council Advanced Grant
- 2012, 2015 Visiting Professor, Department of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago de Chile
- 2011 Wolfgang Kaupen Preis (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie)
- 2000 Outstanding Book Award (American Library Association)
- 1990 Best Undergraduate Degree (Downing College Cambridge)
- 1988-90 University of Cambridge Scholarship
- 1988 Kurt Hahn Prize (for Cambridge University Tripos Part 1)
Commissions of Trust
- 2024-: International Panel Member for Flemish Research Council.
- 2024-: International Panel Member for the Swiss Research Council.
- 2023-2024: International Panel Member for the Irish Research Council.
- 2021-: International Panel Member for the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI).
- 2021-: Academia Europaea, Committee Member, Law Section.
- 2018-: European Science Foundation, College of Experts.
- 2015-2021: Panel Member European Research Council.
- 2014-2015: European Science Foundation, External Expert for review of research on Law and Society in Portugal.
- 2009-2012: Member of AHRC review college for History and Thought.
Editorships
- Main editor for series: Desafios constitucionais contemporâneos, Editora Contracorrente, São Paulo
- Editorial board member: History of European Ideas; Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs; Economia y Politica; Siberian Law Review; Journal of Constitutional & Economic Law; Revista de Estudos Constitucionais, Hermenêutica e Teoria do Direito.
