Rebecca Eynon

Professor of Education, the Internet and Society

About me

Rebecca Eynon holds a joint academic post between the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Her research explores the relationships between education, the Internet and inequalities. At the Department of Education she convenes the Critical Digital Education Research Group.

Her work has been supported by a range of funders including the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the European Commission and Google. She was co-editor of Learning, Media and Technology from 2011-2021. She is currently on the editorial board for Learning, Media and Technology and Information and Learning Sciences.

Rebecca currently leads a project titled, Towards Equity Focused Approaches to EdTech – one of nine projects funded by the ESRC Education Programme, and is an international investigator for the ARC Centre for the Digital Child.

Rebecca teaches on the on the MSc in Education (Digital and Social Change) at the Department of Education and the MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the OII. At both departments, she supervises DPhil students interested in digital education and social justice.

Research

Books

Book chapters

Conference papers

Journal articles

Reports

Subjects Taught

  • DPhil Education
  • MSc Education (Digital and Social Change)

Doctoral Applications

Rebecca welcomes doctoral applications from students interested in the following research areas:

  • Digital Inequalities, Learning and Education
  • Political Economy of ‘Ed Tech’
  • Ethical & Social Implications of AI/Big Data in Education
  • Digital Skills and Youth