Louise Archer

Louise is the Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on educational identities and inequalities, particularly in relation to social class, gender and race/ethnicity. She has authored more than 100 academic books and journal articles and has directed numerous research projects, particularly relating to participation in STEM. Louise is particularly passionate about working with teachers and young people and the impact of her work has been recognised by prizes from the British Educational Research Association (2019), the UK Economic and Social Research Council (2020) and, most recently, through the 2022 Royal Society Athena Prize for work supporting diversity in STEM.