Scholar recognised with British Academy honour
Professor Cristina Iannelli has been recognised by the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences for a distinguished contribution to research.
Professor Iannelli, Personal Chair of Education and Social Stratification at the Moray House School of Education and Sport is among 85 distinguished scholars to be elected Fellow of the British Academy.
Professor Iannelli joins a community of more than 1600 leading minds, which includes classicist Professor Dame Mary Beard, the historian Professor Rana Mitter and philosopher Professor Baroness Onora O’Neill.
Historic Fellows include the historian Dame Frances Yates, Sir Winston Churchill and the poet Seamus Heaney.
Research leader
Professor Iannelli was elected on recognition of a significant contribution to research into social stratification.
Professor Iannelli, who is Leader of the Advanced Quantitative Research in Education Hub at the University, has extensive research experience as leader and co-investigator of several national and international research projects.
The Professor’s research has been influential in understanding Inequalities and exploring the causes, consequences and policy implications of social inequalities.
Research achievements have included examining the role of institutional differentiation of curriculum and status in reproducing social inequalities in education and the labour market.
Distinguished Academy
The British Academy is a funding body for research, nationally and internationally, and a forum for debate and engagement.
This year the British Academy has welcomed to its Fellowship a record number of female academics in recognition of their achievements in the humanities and social sciences.
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