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.

Our Fellows from academia, business and public service are among the most distinguished in their fields. We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.

Elected: 2016
Discipline: Philosophy, Theology and Law
Professor Katherine Hawley
Professor Katherine Hawley was a philosopher working in Metaphysics, including impostor syndrome, identity, time, parthood and social metaphysics; Epistemology, including applied and social epistemology; and Ethics, including trust, distrust and trustworthiness. Professor Hawley authored ‘How Things Persist’ (2001), ‘Trust: A Very Short Introduction’ (2012) and ‘How To Be Trustworthy’ (2019), all published by Oxford University Press.
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