PhD in Natural Language Processing, 2026
University of Edinburgh
BA in Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics (PPL), 2022
St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
My research area is in concept- and word-learning. Specifically, I am interested in how adult and child learners revise their hypothesis of a word meaning as they get more and more information, termed ‘slow mapping’. I model this using program induction techniques.
I am also interested in ethical and responsible AI, in particular the narratives and power dynamics that surround AI. I am a volunteer at We and AI, with whom I work on several related projects.
I am originally from Fife in Scotland. In 2019, I moved down to Oxford to pursue my BA in Psychology and Linguistics at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. My undergraduate Psychology research project examined potential sources of cross-cultural variation in logical reasoning. I began my PhD in 2022, supervised by Hugh Rabagliati and Neil Bramley.
My PhD is funded by the Natural Language Processing Centre for Doctoral Training.