# Mairéad Pratschke

> Professor of Digital Education at The University of Manchester

**Wikidata**: [Q116779874](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116779874)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mairead-pratschke

## Summary
Mairéad Pratschke is a professor of digital education and a university researcher employed by the University of Manchester. She works at the intersection of digital technology, educational technology, education, and artificial intelligence and holds a PhD from McMaster University (2005).

## Biography
- Born: 1973
- Education: Doctor of Philosophy, McMaster University (completed 2005)
- Known for: Research and teaching in digital technology, educational technology, education, and artificial intelligence
- Employer(s): University of Manchester (employed since 2022-09-01)
- Field(s): Digital technology; Educational technology; Education; Artificial intelligence

## Contributions
Source records identify Mairéad Pratschke as an academic and researcher focused on digital education, educational technology, and artificial intelligence. Her formal academic credential is a PhD from McMaster University, awarded in or by 2005. Since joining the University of Manchester in September 2022 she is recorded as Professor of Digital Education. Bibliographic and authority records list her as an indexed scholar: Scopus author ID 56257090600, ISNI 0000000454956534, VIAF 196145003314461301834, and Library of Congress authority ID n2022041830. These identifiers indicate a corpus of scholarly output recorded in international databases, though the provided source material does not list specific paper titles, patents, products, or named projects. Her professional profile presence includes a LinkedIn ID (maireadpratschke) and a Yale Lux identifier. Taken together, the verifiable outputs in the available sources are her academic qualification, her professorial appointment at a major UK research university, and multiple authority-control records attesting to her published scholarly identity.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Mairéad Pratschke?
A: Mairéad Pratschke is a professor of digital education and university researcher at the University of Manchester, with a PhD from McMaster University completed in 2005.

### Q: What does she research?
A: Her recorded fields of work are digital technology, educational technology, education, and artificial intelligence.

### Q: Where does she work and since when?
A: She is employed by the University of Manchester, with an employment start date recorded as 2022-09-01.

## Why They Matter
Mairéad Pratschke occupies a formal leadership role in digital education at a major research university. Her appointment as Professor of Digital Education at the University of Manchester places her within an institutional context that shapes research, curriculum, and practice in the UK and internationally. Authority-control identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, Scopus author ID, Library of Congress ID) demonstrate that her scholarly contributions have been captured in global bibliographic and research databases, facilitating discovery, citation, and academic networking. Her academic training — a PhD from McMaster University completed by 2005 — underpins her role as both a researcher and university teacher. While the available source material does not enumerate individual publications or projects, the combination of her professorial role, disciplinary focus (digital and educational technology plus AI), and presence in scholarly databases signals sustained involvement in research, teaching, and the dissemination of knowledge in areas that shape how technology is used in education.

## Notable For
- Holding the title Professor of Digital Education at The University of Manchester.
- Employment at University of Manchester beginning 1 September 2022.
- Earning a Doctor of Philosophy from McMaster University (completed 2005).
- Research and professional focus on digital technology, educational technology, education, and artificial intelligence.
- Recorded scholarly and authority identifiers: ISNI 0000000454956534; VIAF 196145003314461301834; Scopus author ID 56257090600; Library of Congress authority ID n2022041830.

## Body

### Personal and identity data
- Given name: Mairéad.
- Family name: Pratschke.
- Aliases: Mairead Pratschke; B. Mairead Pratschke.
- Sex/gender: Female.
- Languages: English (recorded).

### Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), McMaster University. End time recorded as 2005.
- Education entry cited in source records tied to McMaster University.

### Career and affiliations
- Employer: University of Manchester. Employment start_time: 2022-09-01.
- Occupation: Researcher; university teacher.
- Current role described in source material as Professor of Digital Education at The University of Manchester.

### Research fields and focus
- Field(s) of work listed: digital technology; educational technology; education; artificial intelligence.
- Instance of: Human (as catalogued).

### Scholarly identity and authority control
- ISNI: 0000000454956534.
- VIAF ID: 196145003314461301834.
- Scopus author ID: 56257090600.
- Library of Congress authority ID: n2022041830.
- NUKAT ID: n2017000737.
- Yale Lux ID: person/2ec4b685-c455-4e63-bafb-e6c1acd045b3.
- National library entry: nl_cr_aut_id xx0335385 (Pratschke, B. Mairéad).

### Public and professional profiles
- LinkedIn personal profile ID: maireadpratschke.
- Wikidata short description: Professor of Digital Education at The University of Manchester.

(Entries above reflect only facts present in the provided source material.)

## References

1. Czech National Authority Database
2. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-0166-0559/employment/18736267)
3. Virtual International Authority File