In 2005 moved to the University of Bristol to be a reader in social statistics; she was promoted to professor three years later.
Steele was also Director of Bristol's Centre for Multilevel Modelling from 2010 until she took up her post at the LSE in 2013.
[1][2][3] According to her British Academy profile, her research relates to the "development and application of statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data, including multilevel event history models and simultaneous equation models" and their "applications in demography and education".
[3] In 2008, Steele was awarded the Royal Statistical Society's Guy Medal in Bronze.
[3] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to social science[4] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to statistics in the social sciences.