Dr Erin Early is a Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. Her research interests lie in three areas: social inequalities in education, health and the family; secondary data analysis; and using social theory to understand social inequalities. Erin is a member of the Editorial Board of Sociology, an Associate Editor of the Campbell Education Co-Ordinating Group, member of the British Educational Research Association Publications Committee and an Associate of ARK, Northern Ireland's Social Policy hub.