Jane Elliott (academic)
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Professor Jane Elliott |
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| Born |
Barbara Jane Elliott 25 January 1966 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Education |
Sharnbrook Upper School Bedford College of Higher Education |
| Alma mater |
King's College, Cambridge University of Manchester |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Sub discipline |
Longitudinal study Gender studies Statistical inference |
| Institutions |
University of Cambridge Newnham College, Cambridge University of Manchester University of Liverpool Institute of Education, University of London |
Barbara Jane Elliott (born 25 January 1966), known as Jane Elliott, is a British sociologist and academic. She is Professor of Sociology at the University of London and Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council. She was head of the department of quantitative social sciences at the Institute of Education. Her research uses longitudinal, qualitative and quantitative methodologies to explore issues of gender and employment.
Elliott was born on 25 January 1966 to Keith Elliott and Barbara Joy Elliott. She was educated at Sharnbrook Upper School and Bedford College of Higher Education. She studied mathematics and then social and political science at King's College, Cambridge. She graduated in 1987 with an upper second class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Later, she undertook post-graduate research in sociology at the University of Manchester, completing her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2001. Her thesis was titled Success stories: Narrative representations of women's lives?.
Elliott began her academic career as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge from 1987 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994, she was a fellow and lecturer in Social and Political Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge. She moved to the University of Manchester, where she was a Research Fellow from 1994 to 1999.
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