Fellowship
The RSE Fellowship comprises around 1,800 leading experts in the sciences, arts, business, professions and the third and public sectors, with links to Scotland. This range of expertise within the Fellowship places us in a unique position to provide an informed, interdisciplinary response to issues facing Scotland and internationally.
RSE Fellows are the most distinguished in their fields. The RSE has three categories of Fellows, each with a post nominal:
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- International Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (IntFRSE)
- Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE)
We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.
Current Fellows
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Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone HonFRSE
Labour Peer, House of Lords -
Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws HonFRSE
Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University -
Baroness Onora O’Neill of Bengarve HonFRSE
Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge -
Dame Carol Ann Duffy HonFRSE
Professor of Contemporary Poetry, Manchester Metropolitan University -
Dame Carol Colburn Grigor HonFRSE
Trustee, Dunard Fund -
Dame Judith Weir HonFRSE
Composer and Master of the King's Music, Scotland -
Dame Katherine Grainger HonFRSE
Chair, UK Sport -
Dr Annie Lennox HonFRSE
Chancellor, Glasgow Caledonian University -
Dr Joanne Rowling HonFRSE
Writer, Scotland -
Dr Neil MacGregor HonFRSE
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HM King Charles III HonFRSE
King, Royal Family of the United Kingdom -
HRH Anne, The Princess Royal HonFRSE
The Princess Royal, Royal Family of the United Kingdom -
HRH Prince Bin El Hassan HonFRSE
His Royal Highness, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan -
HRH Prince Edward The Duke of Edinburgh HonFRSE
Royal Family of the United Kingdom -
HRH William, Prince of Wales HonFRSE
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John Polanyi HonFRSE
Professor of Chemistry, University of Toronto -
Lord Robert Smith of Kelvin HonFRSE
Chancellor, University of Strathclyde -
Mr Alan Cumming HonFRSE
Actor, Producer, Singer, Author and Activist, Scotland -
Mr Armando Iannucci HonFRSE
Writer and Director, Scotland -
Ms Liz Lochhead HonFRSE
Poet, Playwright, Translator and Broadcaster, Scotland -
Ms Nicola Benedetti HonFRSE
Festival Director, Edinburgh International Festival -
Professor Amartya Sen HonFRSE
Lamont University Professor, Harvard University -
Professor Anneila Sargent HonFRSE
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology -
Professor Archibald Howie HonFRSE
Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge -
Professor Asad Madni HonFRSE
Distinguished Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Scientist, University Of California Los Angeles -
Professor Chunli Bai HonFRSE
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences -
Professor David MacMillan HonFRSE
Chair, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University -
Professor Dr Gerhard Ertl HonFRSE
Honorary Professor, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society -
Professor Edward Witten HonFRSE
Charles Simonyi Professor, Institute for Advanced Study -
Professor Emeritus David Croisdale-Appleby HonFRSE
Strategic Leader and Chair of multiple organisations, UK Government -
Professor Eric Kandel HonFRSE
University Professor, Columbia University -
Professor Hans Clevers HonFRSE
Adviser/Guest Researcher, Hubrecht Institute -
Professor Harold Varmus HonFRSE
Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical, Cornell University -
Professor James Rice HonFRSE
Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics, Harvard University -
Professor Jean Tirole HonFRSE
Scientific Director, Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI) -
Professor Kurt Wuthrich HonFRSE
Professor of Biophysics, ETH Zürich -
Professor Margaret Buckingham HonFRSE
Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Institut Pasteur -
Professor Mary McAleese HonFRSE
Former, President of Ireland -
Professor Mary Robinson HonFRSE
Former, President of Ireland -
Professor Michael Porter HonFRSE
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School -
Professor Niall Ferguson HonFRSE
Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University -
Professor Peter Doherty HonFRSE
Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne -
Professor Peter Raven HonFRSE
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden -
Professor Phillip Sharp HonFRSE
Director, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf HonFRSE
Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Government of the Netherlands -
Professor Sir Angus Deaton HonFRSE
Senior Scholar, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University -
Professor Sir David Baulcombe HonFRSE
Regius Professor of Botany Emeritus, University of Cambridge -
Professor Sir David Wallace HonFRSE
Former Master, Churchill College, University of Cambridge -
Professor Sir Edwin Southern HonFRSE
Founder, Oxford Gene Technology -
Professor Sir James Hough HonFRSE
Kelvin Professor of Natural Philosophy Emeritus and Research Professor of Natural Philosophy (Honorary), University of Glasgow
