Victoria Simms is a developmental psychologist with a specific interest in the development of mathematical thinking in children. Victoria's work also focuses on the long-term consequences of preterm birth and other medical issues, specifically cognitive and educational outcomes. Current projects include cross-cultural comparisons of mathematical cognition, the influence of the home environment on early learning and interventions to help support children's learning. Victoria’s research has been funded by Action Medical Research, Nuffield Foundation, British Academy and the Global Challenges Research Fund. Victoria is a founding member of the ESRC funded Centre for Early Mathematical Learning (CEML)- that aims to undertand early mathematical development and impact on children's learning experiences.

Victoria was formally Associate Editor for both the British Journal of Developmental Psychology and the British Journal of Educational Psychology. She is currently Section Editor for Educational Psychology at Cogent Psychology and Editor in Chief at the Journal of Numerical Cognition. Victoria chairs the British Psychological Society Developmental Section. Victoria is a passionate science communicator and chairs the board of the Northern Ireland Science Festival. 

Victoria completed her PhD in Cognitive Psychology at QUB in 2008. Victoria then worked as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at a number of institutions (Heriot Watt University, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Leicester) before joining Ulster University in 2013. Victoria was appointed as Research Director for the School of Psychology in 2017 and was promoted to Reader in Psychology in 2018. Victoria was promoted to Professor of Developmental Psychology in 2021.