Dr. Holli Sargeant is a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Cambridge, specialising in the intersection of law and AI.
Her research addresses the challenges of responsible AI governance, with a particular focus on algorithmic discrimination in consumer markets and the justice system. She also investigates the role of AI in computational legal research and access to justice, including assessing biases in legal datasets and evaluating AI-assisted judicial decision-making. Her doctoral research at the University of Cambridge, funded by the John Monash Scholarship, examined economic incentives, normative implications, and comparative legal responses under UK and US law. She spent part of her PhD as a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
Holli has also worked with international organisations and not-for-profits on using technology to improve access to justice and uphold human rights. Prior to commencing her PhD, Holli was an Australian solicitor working in digital law, technology transactions and human rights at Herbert Smith Freehills and the Australian Human Rights Commission.