About me
Louise Archer (FBA, FAcSS, Ph.D) 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 over 100 academic books and journal articles and has directed numerous research projects, including the research-council funded 13 year, longitudinal ASPIRES study. Her research on inequalities in STEM participation spans primary, secondary, higher education and informal learning settings.
Louise is particularly passionate about participatory research-practice partnership working with educators and young people and the national and international impact of her research on STEM education policy and practice has been recognized 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. She also co-founded the Athena SWAN Charter, which is now the main gender equality scheme across UK higher education.
