Learned Societies

Links to learned societies and professional bodies that might be most useful to researchers.

The learned society or professional association related to you research area may offer funding for travel or research, organise training or development courses, run series of events or be able to provide career support. 

The list of organisations below is not exhaustive

Discipline Relevant Learned Societies
General

Royal Society

Royal Society of Edinburgh

Archaeology

Ancient India & Iran Trust

British Archaeological Association

Historical Metallurgy Society

Art

Association for Art History

Royal Academy of Arts

Royal Society of Arts

Astronomy Royal Astronomical Society
Biology

Astrobiology Society of Britain

Biochemical Society

Royal Society of Biology

Business

British Academy of Management

British Accounting & Finance Association

Chemistry

Biochemical Society

Royal Society of Chemistry

Classics Classical Association
Cultures

African Studies Association of the United Kingdom

Association of Social Anthropologists

British Association for American Studies

British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies

Royal Anthropological Institute

Design

Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors

Chartered Society of Designers

Royal Society of Arts

Divinity

Society for the Study of Theology

Economics Royal Economic Society
Education

British Association for International & Comparative Education

British Educational Research Association

Engineering

Institution of Civil Engineers

Institute of Engineering and Technology

Institute for Marine Engineering, Science & Technology

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Royal Academy of Engineering

Geosciences

British Cartographic Society

British Ecological Society

British Hydrological Society

British Society for Geomorphology

Edinburgh Geological Society

Geological Society of London

Royal Geographical Society

History

Royal Historical Society

Informatics

British Computer Society

Interdisciplinary Association for Interdisciplinary Studies
Languages

Chartered Institute of Linguists

British Association for Applied Linguistics

Law Law Society of Scotland
Literature

Royal Society of Literature

Mathematics

Association of Teachers of Mathematics

Council for Mathematical Sciences

Edinburgh Mathematical Society

Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

London Mathematical Society

Royal Statistical Society

Medicine

Academy of Medical Sciences

Anatomical Society

Association for Nutrition

Biochemical Society

British Cardiovascular Society

British Medical Association

British Neuroscience Association

British Pharmacological Society

British Society for Immunology

Faculty of Public Health

Guarantors of Brain

Neonatal Society

Physiological Society

Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh

Royal College of Physicians London

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

Society for Endocrinology

Philosophy Royal Institute of Philosophy
Physics Institute of Physics
Politics

Political Studies Association

Psychology

Association for Psychosocial Studies

British Psychological Society

British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy

Social Science

Academy of Social Sciences

Association of Social Anthropologists

British Sociological Association

Sport

Scottish Sports Association

British Association of Sports and Excercise Sciences

Veterinary Medicine

British Society of Animal Science

British Veterinary Association

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons