Sarah Childs

Professor Sarah Childs holds a Personal Chair in Politics and Gender at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science. With a background in Political Science and Women's Studies, her research centers on women's political representation, gender and political parties, parliaments, and institutional change. Her award-winning work includes Feminist Democratic Representation (co-authored) and The Good Parliament Report.

Research interests focus on:

• Theory and practice of political representation
• Gender dynamics in legislative institutions
• Feminist institutional reform
• British political systems

Her publications examine democratic design, feminist institutionalism, and parliamentary practices. Recent work analyzes gender-sensitive policymaking and representational problematics in democratic systems.

Honors include the 2022 PSA Mackenzie Book Prize for co-authored work on feminist representation. Contributes to parliamentary reform initiatives and gender equality frameworks internationally.