Professor Sarah Childs (born 1969) is a British Professor who has worked at Bristol University, Birkbeck, Royal Holloway and the University of Edinburgh where she holds their Personal Chair of Politics and Gender.

[2] In 2014 she moved to Birkbeck College and then Royal Holloway[3] which are both parts of the University of London.

[4] In 2006 Childs and Mona Lena Krook published the book they had edited Women, Gender, and Politics: A Reader.

[3] In 2021 the Centenary Action Group published her report Remotely Representative House which she had written with Jessica C. Smith.

The report looked at the good things that had happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic as it had caused remote working at the Houses of Parliament and there were benefits for parents and constituents when MPs worked remotely.