Ekaterina Stoilova

Ekaterina (Katie) is a Senior Researcher in NatCen’s Centre for Evaluation. She supports the design and delivery of impact evaluations across policy domains, with a focus on experimental approaches. She works on a number of randomised control trials (RCTs) and pilot studies in education settings, for clients including the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), investigating school performance, behaviour, and early childhood development. Katie also has experience supporting Theory of Change development work, conducting interviews and focus groups in schools, and conducting evidence reviews in public and mental health.

Trained in experimental design and analysis in the fields of psychology and cognitive science, Katie has experience conducting academic research projects on topics including social cognition, evidential reasoning, judgement, and decision making. She holds a postgraduate degree from the Department of Experimental Psychology at UCL, where she conducted a mixed-method dissertation project on people’s patterns of reasoning about ambiguous evidence in everyday contexts.