Jude Hannam is an educator with over twenty years experience teaching in primary, TEFL and informal education settings. After working in Germany, Italy and the UK, she felt it was high time she formalised and expanded her knowledge of education systems around the world. She has just completed a Masters in Education (Globalisation and International Development) at the Faculty of Education in Cambridge, where her research focused on assessing how marginalised communities access education. Moving forward she hopes to keep her feet firmly in both camps by working in UK schools and international development projects especially in the areas of gender equity, informal and adult education.

In addition to her role as a founding staff member of DEFI, Jude is research assistant for Inquiring Science, a DEFI project at Hughes Hall, Cambridge which teaches the philosophy of science to primary children to improve their engagement with online sources of information.

Recent publications

Casebourne, I., Hannam, J., & Abu Sitta, F. (2025, December). Glimpse into the futures of teacher wellbeing: A DEFI foresight study (ISBN 978-1-7384336-3-6). https://www.deficambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Glimpse-into-the-Futures-of-Teacher-Wellbeing.pdf

Kerslake, L. & Hannam, J. (2022). Designing media and information literacy curricula in English primary schools: Children’s perceptions of the internet and ability to navigate online information. Irish Educational Studies, 41(1), 151–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2021.2022518

Professor Rupert Wegerif is a member of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge and founder of the Digital Education Futures Initiative at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is on the steering group of the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research Group and co-convenor of the argumentation, reason and dialogue Special Interest Group (SIG) of the European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). He has received numerous large grants and is highly cited for his  books and articles researching the use of technology in education and developing a new theory of education for the Internet age.

Rupert is also the principal investigator on two DEFI Projects, WoW Scenarios, introducing children to the World of Work, and Inquiring Learners, developing inquiry-based resources for use in primary schools.

Recent publications

Wegerif, R. & Major, L. (2024). The theory of educational technology: Towards a dialogic foundation for design. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781032056371.

Shi, S., & Wegerif, R. (2024). Cambridge Guide to Educational Design-Based Research (EDBR). Cambridge: Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) & Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research (CEDiR). ISBN 978-1-7384336-1-2.