People

Dr Serdar Abaci

Lecturer in Data and Digital Literacies

Serdar works on the Data Education in Schools project and is developing a course on Digital Literacy.

serdar.abaci@ed.ac.uk

@DrSAbaci

Professor Siân Bayne

Professor of Digital Education

Sian Bayne is Professor of Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education.

sian.bayne@ed.ac.uk

@sbayne

Dr Seongsook Choi

Senior Lecturer

Seongsook is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Institute of Education, Community and Society in the Moray House School of Education and Sport.

s.choi@ed.ac.uk

Dr Huw Davies

Lecturer in Digital Education

Huw teaches on the MSc in Digital Education.

hdavies2@ed.ac.uk

@huwcdavies

Dr Alice Dias Lopes

Lecturer in Data and Education

Alice is a lecturer in Data and Education with research interests in social stratification and its relationship with education.

alice.lopes@ed.ac.uk

Dr Peter Evans

Senior Lecturer

Pete works in the community media and cultural sectors, especially in formal and non-formal learning initiatives. His research interests are in social media and workplace learning.

peter.evans@ed.ac.uk

@eksploratore

Rory leads on the course ‘Digital education in global context’ and leads and co-tutors on ‘An introduction to digital environments for learning’. His interests include online identity and its implications for academics.

r.ewins@ed.ac.uk

@speedysnail

Dr Michael Gallagher

Senior Lecturer in Digital Education

Michael works in digital education in Sub-Saharan Africa. His research focuses on educational mobilities, appropriate and open technologies, and the impact on local knowledge practices and communities.

michael.s.gallagher@ed.ac.uk

Dr Janja Komljenovic

Senior Lecturer in Education Futures

Janja is a Senior Lecturer in Education Futures, with a research focus on the political economy of higher education and its digital transformation.

j.komljenovic@ed.ac.uk

@@J_Kom_

Dr James Lamb

Lecturer in Digital Education (Education Futures)

James teaches on the MSc Digital Education programme.

james.lamb@ed.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Manches

Chair in Children and Technology

Andrew is Chair in Children and Technology and Director of the Children and Technology group. He is a past ESRC Future Research Leader and now leads the UK side of a $2.4million Science Learning+ project with the US (Move2Learn).

a.manches@ed.ac.uk

Dr Ivana Milojevic

Senior Lecturer in Futures

imilojev@ed.ac.uk

Dr Rovincer Najjuma

Lecturer in Digital Education and the Global South

Rovincer is a Lecturer in Digital Education and the Global South, focusing on refugee education and connected learning.

Paul Nisbet

Senior Research Fellow

Paul is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of CALL Scotland. His research interests include digital examinations and inclusive digital technology.

paul.nisbet@ed.ac.uk

Clara O'Shea

Associate Lecturer

Clara is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Education teaching on the MSc in Digital Education.

clara.oshea@ed.ac.uk

@claraoshea

Dr David Overend

Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies

David is working with Edinburgh Futures Institute, developing a portfolio of new undergraduate courses and programmes.

david.overend@ed.ac.uk

Professor Judy Robertson

Chair in Digital Learning

Professor Judy Robertson is Chair in Digital Learning at the Moray House School of Education.

judy.robertson@ed.ac.uk

@JudyRobertsonUK

Professor Jen Ross

Professor of Digital Culture and Education Futures

Jen is Centre co-director (Digital Cultures), and Associate Dean (Research Cultures) in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Jen's research interests lie in online and open education, digital cultural heritage engagement, and digital cultures and futures.

jen.ross@ed.ac.uk

@jar

Dr Philippa Sheail

Lecturer in Digital Education

Phil's research interests are interdisciplinary, broadly based in the area of digital and higher education. Her current interests include media and information literacies (and how platforms shape information), and digital cultural heritage (digital volunteering and infrastructure).

p.sheail@ed.ac.uk

@philshe

Dr Ben Williamson

Chancellor's Fellow, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Ben is based in the Centre for Research in Digital Education though affiliated to Edinburgh Futures Institute. Ben's research examines the intersections of digital technologies, science, and data with education policy and governance.

ben.williamson@ed.ac.uk

@BenPatrickWill

Dr Cara Wilson

Lecturer in Children and Technology

With a background in Human-Computer Interaction and Interaction Design, Cara explores how to better support inclusion and diversity in the development of technologies which pervade children’s lives.

cara.wilson@ed.acuk

Kate Farrell

Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning, Data Education in Schools

Kate is developing a data science curriculum for the Data Education in Schools project.

kate.farrell@ed.ac.uk

@digitalkatie

Dr Jasmeen Kanwal

Project Officer

Jasmeen is Project Officer on the Data Education in Schools team, focusing on curriculum development and professional learning.

jasmeen.kanwal@ed.ac.uk

Tommy Lawson

Schools Technology Advisor, Data Education in Schools

Tommy works in the Centre on the Data Driven Innovation project with a focus on empowering learners through digital solutions.

tommy.lawson@ed.ac.uk

@_tommylawson

Dr Holly Linklater

Lecturer in Inclusive Pedagogy

Holly is Teacher Professional Learning Advisor for Data Education in Schools.

holly.linklater@ed.ac.uk

Jo Spiller

Director of Operations and Partnerships, Data Education in Schools

Jo works on the Data Education in Schools project with overall responsibility for the operational and strategic development of the programme

Jo.Spiller@ed.ac.uk

@spillerjaye

Angela Hunter

Centre Administrator

angela.hunter@ed.ac.uk

Dr Giovanna Pasquariello

Impact and Engagement Administrator

gpasquar@ed.ac.uk

Our academic community supervises students across Schools. The doctoral students listed on this page include only those based in Moray House School of Education and Sport.

Nora'ayu Ahmad Uzir

Kawla Alhamad

Can Eda Alici

Stuart Allan

Giorgi Amirkhanashvili

Ari Beckingham

Sharon Boyd

Christie Chan

Mustafa Ciftcioglu

Raul Gomez Hernandez

Yifan Gong

Cathy Hills

Nick Hood

Nicola Kiernan

Shikha Kumari

Joy Lan

Keqi Li

Meenakshi Mani

John Morrison

Joe Noteboom

Nik Nur Athirah Binti Nik Mohd Arif

Carlos David Ortegón Banoy

Jack Reed

Narjes Rohani

Nicolás Ruiz

Stephen Sowa

Alli Spring

Nishat Tasneem

Clare Thomson

Sarah Treloar

Yu Wang

Mei-Hua Yang

Chenxi Zhang

Professor Dragan Gašević

Professor of Learning Analytics

Professor Jeff Haywood

Emeritus Professor of Education & Technology

Professor Martin Lawn

Honorary Professor

Dr Hamish Macleod

Honorary Fellow

Professor Tim O'Shea

Professor Emeritus, The University of Edinburgh

Professor Lydia Plowman

Professor Emerita

Dr Christine Sinclair

Honorary Fellow

Valentina Andries

Postdoctoral Researcher

Maha Bali

Professor of Practice

Amy Collier

Associate Provost for Digital Learning, Middlebury College, Vermont

Noreen Dunnett

Online tutor on the MSc in Digital Education programme

Kobi Gal

Reader in Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Intelligence

Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed

Lecturer (Learning, Teaching & Scholarship), University of Glasgow

Karen Gregory

Senior Lecturer in Digital Sociology, School of Social and Political Science

Petar Jandrić

Professor of Informatics, Zagreb University of Applied Sciences & Visiting Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Dr Dimitra Kotouza

Researcher and Data Analyst

Dimitra worked on the Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Biology, Data Science, and the Making of Precision Education'. She moved to the Labour Research Department, an independent trade union/workplace based research organisation, as a researcher and data analyst.

d.kotouza@ed.ac.uk

@demetra_ktz