Louise Archer (sociologist)

Louise Archer Ker OBE FBA FAcSS (born 1973) is Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the University College London Institute of Education.

In October 2017 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.

She is the daughter of the engineer Professor John Archer, former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1997 to 2006.