Brian Hudson is Emeritus Professor of Education and former Head of the School of Education and Social Work (2012-16) at the University of Sussex. He is Guest Professor and Honorary Doctor of Teacher Education at Karlstad University in Sweden where he works with the ROSE research group – 'Research On Subject-specific Education'.
He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2004, honorary membership of EERA Network 27 Didactics – Learning and Teaching in 2016 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Formerly he was the main organiser of the WERA Network on Didactics – Learning and Teaching. Previously he has held professorial posts at Sheffield Hallam University, Umeå University in Sweden and the University of Dundee. Before working in higher education, he was a secondary school teacher of mathematics for fifteen years working in comprehensive schools, including five years as Head of Mathematics in an 11-18 high school.