Dr Christine Sheldon

Dr Christine Sheldon

School of Government
Research Fellow in Computational Social Science

Contact details

Address
The School of Government
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Christine Sheldon joined the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Governance in February 2024. Previously she completed a PhD at the University of Oxford, where she conducted research on the use of machine learning to study game-theoretical interactions between political parties joined together in coalition government.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Politics, University of Oxford, 2024
  • MPhil in European Politics and Society, University of Oxford, 2020
  • BA in Politics and Sociology, Erasmus University College Rotterdam, 2015

Research

Christine Sheldon is a research fellow in computational social science at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Governance. Her research is concerned with the intersection of AI and democratic representation. Some of her projects include investigating the use of large language models in constituency service to minimise implicit bias, as well as employing generative agents to simulate counterfactual political scenarios. Previously she was at the University of Oxford, where she completed a PhD employing machine learning to study game-theoretical interactions between political parties joined in coalition government