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Emeritus Professor Carole Torgerson

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Biography

I am an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Education at York (since September 2024). I am also an Honorary Professor at Durham University.

I began my academic career in 2001 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of York, and then progressed to Senior Research Fellow and Reader in Evidence-based education. In 2010 I took up a Chair in Experimental Design at the University of Birmingham, and between 2012 and 2020 I was Professor of Education at Durham University. In 2020 I was appointed as Professor of Educational Evaluation in the Department of Education at the University of York.

I previously worked as a secondary school teacher of English and Music between 1981 and 2001. My undergraduate and masters degrees are in English and Related Literature (BA University of York) and Modern Poetry in English (MLitt University of Stirling). I undertook my doctorate (EdD) in design issues in experimental research at the University of Sheffield (2006).

I was Co-chair of the Campbell Collaboration Education Co-ordinating Group between 2006-9 and Principal member of the United States Institutes of Education Sciences (IES) Reading & Writing and Science & Mathematics review panels and a consultant methodologist to the IES on research design between 2006-13. I am the founder and co-organiser of the annual international Randomised Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences Conference (valedictory conference, May 2025).

My main methodological research interests are in the use of experimental design and research synthesis to evaluate education and social policy.

Contact details

Department of Education
University of York
York
YO10 5DD