Edith Elkind

Edith Elkind is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a Non-Tutorial Fellow at Balliol College (leaving October 2024). Her research focuses on algorithmic game theory and computational social choice. She joined Oxford in 2013 after roles at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Princeton University (PhD 2005), and postdoctoral positions at the University of Warwick, University of Liverpool, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University of Southampton.

Her work addresses voting systems, cooperative games, and complexity analysis. Key contributions include studies on multiwinner elections, justified representation, and coalition formation. She has advised six PhD/Master’s students and authored/co-authored over 30 publications. Notable works include Properties of multiwinner voting rules (2017) and Justified representation in approval-based committee voting (2017), advancing fairness and efficiency in voting mechanisms.

Her research spans theoretical computer science and AI, with applications in social choice theory and game dynamics. Collaborations include projects on foundational AI and computational social choice. She has contributed to foundational texts like Computational Aspects of Cooperative Game Theory (2011).