Meet our academics

Find out about our academics' work, their professional interests and what working at the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) means to them.

More world-leading scholars in the field of education, work at the IOE than any other UK university (Source: Research Excellence Framework 2014). At the forefront of research, most of our 400 academics have also been practitioners and draw on direct experience of the workplace.

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More Questions and Answers (Q&As) with academics, by department:

Culture, Communication and Media

• Andrew Burn, Professor of Media Education.
• Caroline Daly, Professor of Teacher Education.
• Zsófia Demjén, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics.
• Lucy Green, Emerita Professor of Music Education.
• Celia Hoyles, Professor of Mathematical Education.
• Carey Jewitt, Professor of Learning and Technology.
• Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design.
• Manolis Mavrikis, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Education.
• Richard Noss, Professor of Mathematical Education.
• Norbert Pachler, Pro-Vice Provost: Digital Education.
• Kaska Porayska-Pomsta, Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Education.
• Li Wei, Director and Dean of the IOE.

Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

• Clare Bentall, Lecturer in Education.
• Michael Reiss, Professor of Science Education.
• Mary Richardson, Associate Professor of Educational Assessment.
• Hugh Starkey, Professor of Citizenship and Human Rights Education.

Education, Practice and Society

• Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education.
• Alice Bradbury, Senior Lecturer in Education.
• Georgina Brewis, Associate Professor in the History of Education.
• Olga Cara, Lecturer in the Sociology of Education.
• Jay Derrick, Senior Lecturer in Adult and Further Education.
• Alison Fuller, Pro-Director for Research and Development.
• Paul Grainger, Co-Director of the Centre for Post-14 Education and Work.
• David Guile, Professor of Education and Work.
• Moses Oketch, Professor of International Education Policy and Development.
• Rachel Wilde, Lecturer in Education.

Learning and Leadership

• Jake Anders, Associate Professor in Educational and Social Statistics.
• Domini Bingham, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership.
• Richard Branch, Visiting Staff in the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities.
• Aly Colman, Senior Teaching Fellow in Educational Leadership.
• David Godfrey, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership.
• Sinéad Harmey, Lecturer in Literacy Education.
• Rupert Higham, Lecturer in Educational Leadership.
• Amanda Ince, Principle Teaching Fellow.
• Lindsey Macmillan, Professor of Economics.
• Trevor Male, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership.
• Ruth McGinity, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy
• Laura Outhwaite, Research Fellow.
• Kathryn Riley, Professor of Urban Education.
• Sam Sims, Research Fellow.
• Louise Stoll, Professor in Professional Learning.
• Gill Wyness, Associate Professor in Economics of Education.
• Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education.

Psychology and Human Development

• Peter Blatchford, Professor in Psychology and Education.
• Laura Crane, Associate Professor in Autism and Education.
• Anna Remington, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Science.
• Andy Tolmie, Chair of Psychology and Human Development.
• Jo Van Herwegen, Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology.
• Zachary Walker, Associate Professor.
• Keri Wong, Assistant Professor in Psychology.

Social Research Institute

• Ozan Aksoy, Lecturer in Social Science.
• Asma Benhenda, Research Fellow in Education.
• Lorraine Dearden, Professor of Economics and Social Statistics.
• Heidi Mirza, Emeritus Professor of Equalities Studies in Education.
• Rachel Rosen, Associate Professor in Sociology of Childhood.
• Katherine Twamley, Associate Professor of Sociology.

Teacher training

• Ruth Amos, Lecturer in Science Education.
• Verna Brandford, Secondary PGCE Lecturer in Languages.
• John Connolly, Lecturer In Secondary Initial Teacher Education (Science).
• Cosette Crisan, Principle Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Education.
• Josh Franks, Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education.
• Georgina Merchant, Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education.
• Gideon Sappor, Senior Teaching Fellow in Early Years and Primary Education.
• Hans Svennevig, Lecturer in Citizenship Education.
• Robin Whitburn, Lecturer in History Education.

IOE Senior Team

• Lynn Ang, Pro-Director of Research and Development.
• Simon Buller, Director of Operations.
• Li Wei, Director and Dean of the IOE.

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