Keynote lecture delivered by Professor Wayne Holmes as part of the RIA conference on 'The future of AI and education' which took place on Tuesday 23 September 2025. In his talk he reflects on the ethical, human, and social justice implications of the application of AI in education.
About the speaker
Wayne Holmes (PhD, University of Oxford) is full Professor of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence and Education in the UCL Knowledge Lab, IOE (UCL's Faculty of Education and Society), at University College London. He holds a UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Education (International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, under the auspices of UNESCO, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia). He is also an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), and a Foreign Expert at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai (China). Having been involved in education throughout his life, Wayne brings a critical studies perspective to the connections between AI and education (AI&ED), and their ethical, human rights and social justice implications.
About the speaker
Wayne Holmes (PhD, University of Oxford) is full Professor of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence and Education in the UCL Knowledge Lab, IOE (UCL's Faculty of Education and Society), at University College London. He holds a UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Education (International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, under the auspices of UNESCO, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia). He is also an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), and a Foreign Expert at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai (China). Having been involved in education throughout his life, Wayne brings a critical studies perspective to the connections between AI and education (AI&ED), and their ethical, human rights and social justice implications.
- Category
- Artificial Intelligence
- Tags
- Royal Irish Academy, Education, Humanities
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