Professor Judy Robertson receives Suffrage Science Award

Professor Judy Robertson, Chair in Digital Learning, who holds a joint appointment with the School of Informatics and Moray House School of Education and Sport, has received a Suffrage Science Award in Computing in recognition of her work on AI literacy in schools. She was nominated for the award by Professor Sue Sentance (University of Cambridge).

The Suffrage Science Awards recognise women who have made significant contributions to science and aim to build a long-term network of role models across disciplines. Founded in 2011 by Dame Amanda Fisher and Vivienne Parry OBE, the scheme uses a distinctive heirloom model: each awardee receives a piece of Suffrage Science jewellery and, every two years, nominates another woman to receive the award, creating an international network of recipients.

The Maths and Computing awards ceremony took place on Monday 26 January at the University of Oxford, hosted by the Suffrage Science founders and colleagues from across mathematics and computing. Professor Robertson attended the ceremony online.

About Professor Judy Robertson

Professor Robertson has been developing educational technology with children and teachers since 1997. Her research focuses on computer science education, serious games for children, and gender equality in computing, with an emphasis on how technology can help address real-world problems. She is a Senior Member of the ACM and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Her current projects include Data Education in Schools, which aims to educate all children in the Edinburgh city region about data and AI, and the development of a digital app to support play for young children at the Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Previous Informatics recipients

Professor Jane Hillston and Professor Ursula Martin from the School of Informatics are also previous recipients of the Suffrage Science Award.

Other 2026 Suffrage Science Award recipients

The other 2026 Suffrage Science Award recipients in Maths and Computing are:

  • Professor Susanne Bødker – University of York
  • Professor Vanessa Didelez – University of Bremen and Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)
  • Professor Claudia Garetto – Queen Mary University of London
  • Professor Anne Gégout-Petit – Université de Lorraine
  • Professor Els Goetghebeur – Ghent University
  • Dr Azalea Raad – Imperial College London
  • Professor Anja Schlömerkemper – Würzburg University
  • Professor Abigail Sellen – Microsoft Research

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