Dr Dimitra Hartas is a Reader at the University of Warwick and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research and writing focus on social determinants in child development, parenting and young people's mental health and wellbeing and has published more than 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals on these topics. Through analyses of national, longitudinal datasets (such as the Millennium Cohort Study, Understanding Society, Covid-19 Social Mobility Study), Dimitra has examined the role of social class on parenting and children’s academic and social and emotional outcomes, and has contributed to national debates on the extent to which parenting is a key determinant in shaping children’s life chances and social mobility.