October 2026:
- 13th: The AI Crisis in Higher Education. Book launch, University of Manchester.
- 15th: Generative AI workshop for the National Centre for Research Methods
- 28th: AI, Learning and the Future of the University. University of Manchester (invited speaker)
November 2026:
- 4th: The AI Crisis in Higher Education. Nova University Lisbon.
- 12th: Generative AI workshop for the Geneva Graduate Institute.
February 2027:
- 9th: The AI Crisis in Higher Education: A Strategic Proposal. European University of Technology (EUt+) Webinar Series (invited speaker)
March 2027:
- 4th: The AI Crisis in Higher Education. UTA Research, Evaluation, Practice and Scholarship. MMU.
Past events:
May 2025:
- 28th: Critical Realism Discussion Group webinar – “Digital Technology and Human Reflexivity”
June 2025:
- 4th: LSE Workshop on LLMs and Qualitative Research (Invited Speaker)
- 6th: BSA’s “The Future of the Sociology of Education” event (Speaker)
- 11th: Institute of Physics Scholarly Communication conference (Keynote)
- 13th: Association of Learning Developer’s conference (Keynote)
- 13th: MMU’s AI Literacy project launch (Keynote)
- 19th: University of Manchester’s AI crisis event (Invited Speaker)
- 20th: University of the West of Scotland’s Teaching & Learning Conference (Keynote)
- 24th: University of Manchester’s Generative AI and EDI event (Invited Speaker)
- 26th-27th: University of Nottingham’s Futures of Higher Education Workshop (Invited Participant)
September 2025:
- 10th: Keynote at launch event for the Technology, Law and Society research unit at the University of Liverpool. Generative AI and the Crisis of Trust Within Higher Education.
October 2025:
- 1st: Panelist for discussion of Responsible AI at the National Centre for Research Methods Annual Lecture 2025.
- 22nd: Talk on Generative AI and Higher Education at the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.
- 28th: Generative AI for Academics Webinar at the RAISE AI in HE SIG. Register here.
November 2025:
- 14th: The Ethics of Generative AI In Higher Education. Fitchburg State University, USA.
December 2025:
- 3rd-5th: A number of workshops and talks on Generative AI at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
- 16th-18th: Panel at the GenAI & Creative Practices Conference at the University of Amsterdam.
January 2026:
- 12th: What’s going wrong with Generative AI in UK universities? Webinar with AI for Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Feedback group at Kings College London
- 19th: Platform & Agency. Webinar on Critical Realism and Digital Technologies
- 20th: What’s going wrong with Generative AI in UK universities? Webinar with the Educational Research PhD Programme at Lancaster University.
- 28th: Workshop on Generative AI for Academics for the mid career mentoring group in SEED at the University of Manchester
February 2026:
- 3rd: Two workshops on Generative AI for Academics in SEED at the University of Manchester.
- 10th: Who speaks? AI and the politics of research, education, and creativity. Webinar as part of the Global Dialogue Series on AI, Voice, and Decolonial Knowledge
- 10th: AI Townhall at the University of Manchester.
- 18th: Generative AI in 2026: What Everyone Needs To know. University of Manchester.
- 19th: Webinar on Generative AI for Academics for the University of Leicester
- 27th: Trust, Inequality & Societal Breakdown. The AI Slop Conference.
March 2026:
- 11th: Between Tool and Agent: Towards a Social Ontology of LLMs. Digital Education Manchester Work in Progress Seminar Series.
- 19th: Higher Education & AI: A Conversation. AI & Society Forum. University of Salford.
- 25th: Keynote on Generative AI and Scholarly Practice at the Praxis Annual Conference, Open University.
- 31st: Generative AI in 2026: A Quick Overview for Teaching Staff.
April 2026:
- 22nd: Plenary on AI for Estate Management at the AUDE Annual Conference 2026 (Invited Speaker)
- 29th: Anticipating the AI University. University of Manchester. (Workshop with Richard Sandford)
May 2026:
- 12th: AI in Higher Education. 4th international virtual congress on research, innovation and educational technology in university initiation and high school. National Autonomous University of Mexico (Keynote)
- 21st: The Psychic Power of LLMs. Midlands Conference in Critical Thought. (Speaker)
- 22nd: Generative AI in Higher Education – What Is To Be Done? Artificial Intelligence in Assessment. British Psychological Society (Plenary)
June 2026:
- 7th: Waiting for the Crash. University of Manchester. (Workshop with João C. Magalhães)
- 19th: Academic Voices Amidst the AI Slop. Education through Podcasting 2026 (Keynote)
