Position/Status
Assistant Professor
E-mail Address
pab221@cam.ac.uk
Qualifications
- PhD in Education, University of Durham
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Profile
My research addresses educational inequalities and the structural, institutional and policy mechanisms that shape children and young people's life chances. I have extensive experience of working across government, academia and other sectors combining rigorous quantitative analysis with a strong commitment to social justice in education.
I have held research and policy roles within Universities and UK government departments, including my current secondment to the Department for Education, where I advise on evidence-based policy development. The work I do is interdisciplinary. I regularly collaborate with policy makers, practitioners and international reseachers and speak on issues related to equity and the determinants of educational outcomes
Academic Area/Links
Research Topics
- Inequalities in education: Attainement, participation, progression and labour market outcomes
- Equity and Social mobility
Current Research Projects
- 2023-26 Applying behavioural insights to education UKRI (ESRC) Principal Investigator
- 2022-25 Developing a new social mobility index Research England Principal Investigator
Post-graduate Teaching and Supervision
- I teach on the MPhil programme and lead courses on research design, methods and policy evaluation. I also lead the research methods teaching for Tripos and supervise MPhil students and Doctoral researchers on topics related to inequality and educational reform.
Doctoral Supervision
- I will be supporting four applications for PhD admissions in 2026. I am interested in supervising projects that address attainment and labour market (linked to equity) outcomes making use of administrative data.
Publications in 2025
Banerjee, P. (2025) The Home learning environment and attainment. Department for Education Research report RR 1502 ISBN: 978-1-83870-629-6 (c) Crown copyright
Banerjee, P., Rigg, A and Altoe, M. (2025). Degree awarding gaps by demographics in UK Universities. The BERA-Sage Handbook of Research informed education practice and policy. Volume 1, Chapter 9, Eds. Wyse, D., Baumfield, V., Mockler, N. and Reardon, M. Sage Publications
Miller, D., Gabi, J. and Banerjee, P. (2025). International Comparative education. Research Intelligence Spring 2025, 162. The British Educational Research Association (BERA) London UK ISSN 0307-9023
Jones, C., Banerjee, P, & Jackson, L. (2025). The positioning of parental engagement within England's current educational policy landscape. British Educational Research Journal https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4175
