Rebecca Eynon
British educationalist
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Rebecca Elizabeth Eynon is a British educationalist specializing in the sociology of education. She holds a joint academic post at the Oxford Internet Institute[1] and Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and she is a co-convenor for the MSc Education (Learning and Technology), at the Department for Education, University of Oxford. Her book Teenagers and Technology, Routledge, 2013[2] attracted coverage in the national press[3][4] for its insight in to the nuances of how teenagers behave on the internet and the implications for teens without internet access.
Education and career
She holds a degree in Psychology with Statistics from the university of London (1995) and a Masters in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester (1997), and a PhD from City University (2003).[citation needed] Her dissertation was titled The use of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning in higher education: a case study approach.[5]
Before joining Oxford University, she held senior research positions at City University, the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester. Eynon also held a Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy (2013–2014) for her research work exploring the links between internet use and social mobility in Britain.
She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2026.[6]
Books
Editorial work
Eynon is one of three co-editors-in-chief of the journal Learning, Media and Technology.[2]
