Julia Black is the President of the British Academy, the national academy for humanities and social sciences. She was a Professor of Law and Political Science at LSE, where she also served as Pro Vice Chancellor of Research and Strategic Director of Innovation. Julia is an external member of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee and the Financial Markets Infrastructure Committee. She is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Council of Science and Technology and the Board of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Additionally, she is the director of Zinc, a social sciences incubator.