Dr Lulu Shi is a lecturer at the Department of Education, Oxford University, and a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute and Sociology Department Oxford. She is a sociologist and her research spans technology, education, work and employment.

 Lulu leads a project funded by the British Educational Research Association, which investigates the political and economic agenda behind the push for digitalisation of education. She has also recently completed a British Academy funded project, in which she developed an index that traces EdTech usage in the UK.