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Carl received a BA in Human Sciences, an MSc in Sociology and a DPhil in Sociology from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-noah-carl|title=Dr Noah Carl The Toby Jackman Newton Trust Research Fellow|publisher=St. Edmund's College website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329224750/https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-noah-carl|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> His DPhil thesis was titled ''Cognitive ability and socio-political beliefs and attitudes''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Carl |first=Noah |date=2017 |title=Cognitive ability and socio-political beliefs and attitudes |type= |url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:856fc58a-120f-4a51-a569-422e201e9f61 |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> Prior to his appointment to the [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge]] fellowship, Carl received media attention for papers on the link between artistic tastes and views on [[Brexit]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/10/brexit-supporters-realism-remainers-impressionism-art-study-sociologists|title=Brexiters like realism, remainers prefer impressionist art, study finds|last1=Hern|first1=Alex|date=10 October 2018|access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> the reasons why London pubs are disappearing,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/britain/2017/08/24/why-londons-pubs-are-disappearing|title=Why London's pubs are disappearing|date=24 August 2017|access-date=10 December 2018|publisher=The Economist}}</ref> and a study for [[Adam Smith Institute]] which found that conservatives were heavily underrepresented among academics at British universities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/academias-lurch-to-the-left-raises-concerns-for-campus-free-speech-wgjllq8lq|title=Lurch to left raises concerns for campus free speech|last=Hurst|first=Greg|date=2 March 2017|work=The Times|access-date=8 December 2018|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/must-ever-vigilant-lefts-insidous-domination-institutions/|title=We must be ever vigilant of the Left's insidious domination of our institutions|last=Moore|first=Charles|date=3 March 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=8 December 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Additionally, he was in the news for a study on the relationship between intelligence and trust in other members of society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/study-smarter-people-are-more-trusting/284520/|title=Study: Smarter People Are More Trusting|last=Beck|first=Julie|date=20 March 2014|website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/trends/studie-der-universitaet-oxford-intelligente-menschen-vertrauen-anderen-schneller/9632766.html|title=Studie der Universität Oxford: Warum dumme Menschen keinem trauen|website=Wirtschaftswoche|language=de|date=18 March 2014}}</ref>

His work has been published in academic journals such as ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]'', the ''[[Journal of Biosocial Science]]'', the ''[[British Journal of Sociology]]''. As of 2018, heas was the second most prolific contributor to ''[[OpenPsych]]'', an online publisher that has been described in the ''[[New Statesman]]''well as a "pseudo-science factory-farm",<ref>{{cite web|last=Van der Merwe|first=Ben|date=20 December 2018|title=No, objecting to Cambridge's appointment of a eugenicist is not about free speech|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/12/no-objecting-cambridge-s-appointment-eugenicist-not-about-free-speech|work=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref> and he has contributed to ''[[Mankind Quarterly]]'', which is commonly described as a white supremacist journal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ben |first=van der Merwe |date=7 December 2018 |title=Former Nuffield fellow denounced for “racist pseudoscience” |url=https://cherwell.org/2018/12/07/former-nuffield-fellow-denounced-for-racist-pseudoscience/ |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |quote=Carl has also written for Mankind Quarterly, described as a white supremacist journal and published by the Pioneer Fund, a pro-eugenics fund which also bankrolls Jared Taylor’s white nationalist American Renaissance.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Saini |first=Angela |title=Why race science is on the rise again |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/18/race-science-on-the-rise-angela-saini |work=The Guardian |pages=18 May 2019}}</ref> As of 2018, he was the second most prolific contributor to ''[[OpenPsych]]'', an online publisher that has been described in the ''[[New Statesman]]'' as a "pseudo-science factory-farm".<ref>{{cite web|last=Van der Merwe|first=Ben|date=20 December 2018|title=No, objecting to Cambridge's appointment of a eugenicist is not about free speech|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/12/no-objecting-cambridge-s-appointment-eugenicist-not-about-free-speech|work=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref> According to an article in the ''New Statesman'' from February 2018, Carl had also published two papers on whether larger Muslim populations make terrorism more likely and one suggesting that British stereotypes about immigrants are "largely accurate".<ref name="newstatesmen2">{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/02/it-might-be-pseudo-science-students-take-threat-eugenics-seriously|title=It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously|last1=Van Der Merwe|first1=Ben|date=19 February 2018|publisher=New Statesman|access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> In relation to the latter article, the ''New Statesman'' quoted Dr. Niko Yiannakoulias of [[McMaster University]] as commenting: "It is never OK to publish research this bad, even in an inconsequential online journal."<ref name="newstatesmen2" />

Carl has spoken twice at the [[London Conference on Intelligence]], a private conference on [[human intelligence]] at which some attendees presented papers on [[race and intelligence]] and [[eugenics]].<ref name="newstatesmen2" /> He was one of 15 attendees to collaborate on a letter defending the conference following media coverage. The letter was published in the journal ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]'' in September 2018.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Woodley of Menie|first1=Michael A.|last2=Dutton|first2=Edward|last3=Figueredo|first3=Aurelio-José|author-link3=Aurelio José Figueredo|last4=Carl|first4=Noah|author-link4=Noah Carl|last5=Debes|first5=Fróði|last6=Hertler|first6=Steven|last7=Irwing|first7=Paul|author-link7=Paul Irwing|last8=Kura|first8=Kenya|last9=Lynn|first9=Richard|author-link9=Richard Lynn|date=September 2018|title=Communicating intelligence research: Media misrepresentation, the Gould Effect, and unexpected forces|journal=Intelligence|volume=70|pages=84–87|doi=10.1016/j.intell.2018.04.002|last10=Madison|first10=Guy|last11=Meisenberg|first11=Gerhard|author-link11=Gerhard Meisenberg|last12=Miller|first12=Edward M.|author-link12=Edward M. Miller|last13=te Nijenhuis|first13=Jan|author-link13=Jan te Nijenhuis|last14=Nyborg|first14=Helmuth|author-link14=Helmuth Nyborg|last15=Rindermann|first15=Heiner|s2cid=150156004|author-link15=Heiner Rindermann}}</ref>