Sonia Jackson (academic)

Sonia Jackson, OBE (born 1934) is a British academic and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London. As of 2021, Jackson is semi-retired but still in active collaboration with colleagues at the Thomas Coram Research Unit and internationally. Her main areas of research are the education of children in care, foster care, social exclusion, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and international comparisons of children's services.