Ariel Lindorff

About me

Ariel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education. She leads and contributes to projects related to educational effectiveness, improvement, and equity.

Past and current research spans pre-school, primary and secondary education settings, and considers education at a variety of levels (system, school, class, and individual/family). Methodologically, Ariel has expertise in advanced statistical methods and mixed methods, and an interest in appropriately contextualised approaches to evaluation.

Ariel completed her DPhil in the Oxford University Department of Education. She holds Qualified Teacher Status in the UK, and prior to becoming a researcher she was a secondary mathematics teacher in the USA since 2006. She is also a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society, with a Masters in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Hunter College, City University of New York.

Research

Books

Book chapters

Conference papers

Journal articles

Reports

Subjects Taught

  • MSc in Education (Research Design and Methodology)

Funded Research Projects

PIRLS 2026 England (Principal Investigator, in collaboration with Pearson)
Funder: Department for Education (England)
2024-2028
PIRLS 2026 Northern Ireland (Principal Investigator, in collaboration with Pearson)
Funder: Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
2024-2028
Feasibility trial of an adapted anti-bullying programme for children with intellectual disabilities in special schools (wider team)
Funder: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2024-2026
Pupil Interactions and Networks in Special Schools (Co-Investigator)
Funder: John Fell Fund (Oxford)
2024-2025
LangQuest-EY: A self-report educator questionnaire to assess confidence in language supporting practices in early years settings (Co-Investigator)
Funder: John Fell Fund (Oxford)
2023-2024
Transforming culture & identity in a small 6th-form college: A collaborative action research project (Principal Investigator)
Funder: University of Oxford Department of Education
2022-2024
Observing delivery day teaching in a widening participation project (PI)
Funder: University of Oxford Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach
2019-2020
Investigating raters’ beliefs about teaching: Perceptions and understandings before and after training on and using a structured lesson observation schedule (PI)
Funder: Oxford University Department of Education
Dec 2018 - July 2019