Anna Vignoles

Anna Vignoles is a prominent academic and current Director of the Leverhulme Trust. Previously, she held the 1938 Chair of Education at the University of Cambridge (2012-2021) and a professorship in Economics of Education at the UCL Institute of Education (2003-2012). She has also served as a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance (1998-2003) and as an economist in the UK Department of Education.

• Fields of Scholarship: Socio-economic inequalities in education, Economics of education, Learning gain measurement, Social class impacts on cognitive development

Scientific Awards & Honours:

• Fellow of the British Academy
• 2018 CBE for economics of education research
• WonkHE's 'Wonk of the Year'
• 2018 Economic Journal reviewing award
• 2016 British Education Journal Editor's Choice Award