Research

Members

Our members and PhD students.

Leadership team

Name Role
Dr Adriana Duta (Hub co-lead) Lecturer in Quantitative Methods
Professor Cristina Iannelli (Hub co-lead) Personal Chair of Education and Social Stratification
Marifatul Amalia PhD student
Peter Barlow PhD student
Dr Sarah Foley Lecturer in Development Psychology
Dr Grace Kong Research Assistant
Dr Alice Dias Lopes Lecturer in Data and Education
Dr William Smith Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development & Director of Internationalisation
Jiayang Wang PhD student

Moray House School of Education and Sport Members

Name Role
Dr Serdar Abaci Lecturer in Data and Digital Literacies
Dr Fatih Aktas Lecturer
Dr Josie Booth Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Developmental Psychology
Dr Seongsook Choi Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr Linda Croxford Honorary Fellow
Professor Deborah Fry Director of Data, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute / Personal Chair, International Child Protection Research
Liam Hill Teaching Fellow in Developmental Psychology
Dr Cathy Howieson Honorary Fellow
Dr Nataša Pantić Senior Lecturer
Professor John Ravenscroft Chair of Childhood Visual Impairment
Professor Judy Robertson Chair in Digital Learning
Dr Tracy Stewart Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Tessa Strain Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr Csaba Szabo Lecturer in Language Education

PhD students

Name Thesis title
Marifatul Amalia Inequalities in science education: Using PISA data to investigate the role of family and school factors
Peter Barlow Disentangling the importance of individual, family and neighbourhood factors on educational outcomes using sibling data
Jiayang Wang Intergenerational income mobility and its implication to education policy: the case of China
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Hub-affiliated members

Name Role and affiliation
Professor Ellen Boeren Professor of Education, University of Glasgow
Dr Kaspar Burger Associate professor in Early Childhood Education and Care and Childhood Studies, University of Luxembourg
Dr Orian Brook Chancellor’s Fellow in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh
Maddi Bunker PhD Student (School of Social and Political Science), University of Edinburgh
Dr Roxanne Connelly Senior Lecturer of Sociology and Quantitative Methods (School of Social and Political Science - Sociology
Dr Helen Corby
Research Fellow at the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre, University of Edinburgh
Dr Emma Davidson Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research Methods ( (School of Social and Political Science), University of Edinburgh
Dr Elvisa Drishti Lecturer, University of Shkodra "Luigj Gurakuqi"
Dr Francesca Fiori Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde
Dr Ginevra Floridi
Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods (School of Social and Political Science), University of Edinburgh
Professor Vernon Gayle Chair of Sociology and Social Statistics (School of Social and Political Science - Sociology)
Professor Colm Harmon Professor of Applied Economics (School of Economics)
Professor Kristinn Hermannsson Professor of Economics and Education and Head of School of Education, University of Glasgow
Professor Jan Germen Janmaat Professor of Political Socialization, University College London, IOE - Education, Practice & Society
Professor George Leckie Professor of Social Statistics / Co-Director, Centre for Multilevel Modelling (School of Education), University of Bristol
Dr J.G. (Jaap) Nieuwenhuis Assistant Professor, University of Groningen (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences)
Kate O'Hara PhD Candidate, University of Stirling
Dr Helen Packwood Lecturer in Social Research Methods (School of Social and Political Science – Social Policy)
Professor Lindsay Paterson Professor of Education Policy (School of Social and Political Science – Social Policy)
Dr Frank Popham Research Associate in SCADR, University of Glasgow
Dr Kevin Ralston Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods (School of Social and Political Science - Sociology)
Dr Marina Shapira Associate Professor in Sociology and Associate PGT Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling
Dr Valeria Skafida Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Social of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Dr Emer Smyth Research Professor, Social Research Division, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), ‎Dublin; Adjunct Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Guy Stern PhD student, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh
Dr Sarah Stopforth Lecturer (Department of Sociology), University of York
Dr Matthew Sutherland Lecturer in Teacher Education (School of Education), University of Glasgow