Dr Kari Sahan
Head of Research & Senior Trainer

Dr. Kari Sahan is Head of Research, a Senior trainer and a member of the consultancy team at Oxford EMI.

Kari is a well-respected researcher in EMI. She holds a DPhil (PhD) in Education from the University of Oxford, Department of Education, and is a member of the English Medium Instruction (EMI) Oxford Research Group. Her research focuses on EMI in Higher Education, language education policy, and classroom interaction. Her current research explores EMI students’ engagement with AI tools for content and language learning and their post-university transitions. Kari’s research has appeared in journals such as ELT Journal, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, System, and Language Teaching Research. Kari has contributed to British Council projects on the global mapping of EMI, the implementation of EMI in Southeast Asia, and a recent EMI literature review. She is also the author of the book English-Medium Instruction in Turkish Universities: Policies, Practices, and Perceptions (Routledge, 2024).
Kari is currently a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford, Department of Education. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Reading. Prior to her PhD, she worked at the Turkish Fulbright Commission in Ankara and as an English language instructor in Turkey.