Sophia Mai Andresen is a DPhil candidate in Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford, supported by the Clarendon Fund and the Oxford–TrygFonden Scholarship. She is supervised by Dr Gabriela Pavarini, Dr Bridget Steele, and Dr Sara Ratner, and is affiliated with the AI in Education Hub in Oxford’s Department of Education.
Her research focuses on AI and educational equity, examining how artificial intelligence can be ethically and responsibly integrated into school-based interventions to promote inclusion and reduce educational inequalities. In particular, she investigates whether, and under what conditions, AI tools can deliver sustained learning gains while narrowing rather than widening achievement gaps.
Sophia is particularly interested in using evidence-based research to inform education policy and identify effective strategies for reducing inequalities in education. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as an Education Governance and Statistics Advisor at the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and at the Office for National Statistics. She also worked in the Data and Research Unit of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Alongside her research, Sophia serves as a Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium Facilitator on AI. She is also a member of the fifth cohort of the Europaeum Scholars Programme: Future Leaders of Europe, where she collaborates with PhD students, academics, and policy leaders across Europe to design projects and develop policy recommendations for European decision-makers.
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