Quantitative Methods in Education Group
We bring together researchers to advance quantitative methods in education research, policymaking, and professional practice.
Our People
Faculty, researchers, and doctoral students working across quantitative methods in education.
Southampton Education School Staff
Professor Christian Bokhove
Professor in Mathematics Education
Secondary mathematics education, international comparisons, innovative research methods.
Accepting PhD applications
Professor Chris Brown
Professor of Education and Head of Southampton Education School
Harnessing ideas to improve the human condition using varied methodologies.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr Tae-Hee Choi
Associate Professor
Education reforms and policy, teacher education, comparative education.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr Ben Davies
Lecturer
Mathematics education and assessment in higher education.
Accepting PhD applications
Professor Chris Downey
Emeritus Professor of Education
Social context of education, relational capital.
Dr Keji Fan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education interventions, critical thinking, evidence synthesis.
David Galbraith
Associate Professor
Psychology of writing, cognitive and social processes in writing.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr James Hall
Associate Professor, Psychology of Education
Early childhood education, developmental psychopathology, structural equation modelling.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr Rosalyn Hyde
Principal Teaching Fellow
Teacher education, secondary mathematics teacher knowledge, Teaching for Mastery approaches in England.
Accepting PhD applications
Professor Tony Kelly
Emeritus Professor of Education
Education effectiveness and leadership; higher education governance; innovative quantitative approaches and mathematical modelling.
Dr Sarah Lewthwaite
Principal Research Fellow
Higher education, critical disability studies, digital accessibility.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr Nora McIntyre
Associate Professor of Education, Technology and Society
Educational effectiveness, educational technology, eye-tracking, big data.
Accepting PhD applications
Dr Stephen Sowa
Senior Teaching Fellow
Conceptions of teaching, philosophy of education, education and technology.
Postgraduate Students
Brody Hannan
Doctoral Researcher
AI in education, education inequality, learning analytics.
Jiayi Cen
Doctoral Researcher
Creativity, educational measurement, game-based assessment, digital literacy.
Chloe Eddy
Doctoral Researcher
Autism screening through Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire analysis.
Angie Fantis
Doctoral Researcher
Inclusion, belonging, diversity and disability in further education.
Jiachen Hao
Doctoral Researcher
Cross-cultural writing comparison using Structural Equation Modelling.
Harvey Hingley
Doctoral Researcher
Statistical modelling, adaptive learning systems.
Janet Kiri
Doctoral Researcher
Co-morbid alcohol use and mental health disorders; longitudinal methods.
Hongye Li
Doctoral Researcher
Assistive technology in mainstream English schools.
Xiaohan Li
Doctoral Researcher
Learner identities, collaborative learning, higher education.
Lin Ou
Doctoral Researcher
Gender stereotypes and mathematics learning, educational inequality.
Amy Peters
Doctoral Researcher
Cognitive processes in writing-to-learn, open science.
Rose Seneviratne
Doctoral Researcher
Mindfulness, resilience, creativity, mental health, quantitative methods.
External Affiliates
Professor Amos Channon
Professor of Global Health and Demography
Comparative analyses in lower resource settings, healthcare access.
Professor Elena Prieto-Rodriguez
Professor, School of Education (Mathematics)
Mathematics education, theoretical computer science, mathematics teacher education.
Dr Natalia Lavrushkina
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management
Social networks of research communities.
Dr Rebecca Harris
Lecturer
Domestic violence, mental health, violence against women.
Dr Claire Hart
Associate Professor
Quantitative social and personality psychology, narcissistic dysfunction.
Dr Nicholas Kelley
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Social Psychology
Social and affective neuroscience, self-concept, self-regulation.
Dr Yin Wang
Lecturer in Research Methods
Quantitative economic methods; education policy and inequality; causal inference in observational data.
Dr Zara Ersozlu
Senior Lecturer in Education (STEM)
Mathematics education, quantitative learning sciences, AI in education, psychometrics.
Professor Dragan Gašević
Professor, Chair of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, The University of Hong Kong, Monash University, Australia
Learning analytics, artificial intelligence in education, self-regulated learning, computational methods in education.