Prof
Martin
Brown
Academic biography
Martin Brown is Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (DCU). From 2020–2025, he was Head of the School of Policy and Practice and co-director at EQI – The Centre for Evaluation Quality and Inspection, which is also based at DCU. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of Improving Schools (Sage).
He has held various roles at the European Commission, including Quality Control Expert, Rapporteur, and Evaluator across multiple funding streams. In addition, he serves as a Research Expert with the FWO Review College for Fundamental Research (Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences Panel) - Belgium.
He is an advisor to the Teaching Council of Ireland, a member of the research panel for Leargas Ireland, an adjunct faculty member of the Centre for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment at the University of Illinois, and a visiting professor at Ankara University under the Turkish Higher Education Law (2547).
He has planned and led evaluations in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Europe and the Middle East; working for, among others, the European Commission, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Department of Education and Youth (Ireland), the State Education Development Agency (Latvia), and the United Arab Emirates government. In 2023, he was also appointed by the Department of Education, Northern Ireland, as an Academic Advisor for the end-to-end review of Northern Ireland’s education system.
He is also an Editorial Board Member of the following Scopus-ranked journals:
Research interests
Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment, Comparative Education, Evidence Informed Practice, school and Community Evaluation, Policy Influences in Education, Inclusion in Education, and Early School Leaving.