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We study the machines that study us

Educators shape AI more than engineers do.

Society & AI is a scholarly commons examining how artificial intelligence mediates knowledge, pedagogy, and access to learning. We publish peer-reviewed research, expert commentary, and open tools for educators, policymakers, and communities, so that these systems serve pedagogical integrity, human agency, and collective flourishing.

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  • 8 billionothers, each at the centre of their own
AI now reaches every circle around you, from the outside in. Education reaches them from the inside out, and that is how a society flourishes.

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  1. perspectives · The AI Extinction Debate Belongs in Education Gleb Tsipursky
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Our premise

Every system that learns from us is also, quietly, teaching us.

Why this work, and why now

The pace

Of the 61 nations in our Global AI Observatory, 56 already direct AI into primary and secondary schooling. Policy is being written in real time.

The stakes

Choices about assessment, authorship, and student data, made now, will shape what learning means for a generation.

Our role

Independent, open-access scholarship that educators and policymakers can cite, contest, and act upon.

Key focus areas

Four lines of inquiry

Our work focuses on four areas where artificial intelligence meets knowledge, learning, and public life.

Knowledge & Intelligence

How artificial intelligence alters the making, warranting, and validation of knowledge, and what remains for human judgment when answers arrive without reasons.

Systems & Complexity

Education as a complex adaptive system: where AI amplifies, where it distorts, and where a small intervention reorganises the whole.

Educational Equity as Leverage

Quality education as the lever that moves every other public problem, and the design commitments needed so that AI widens access rather than rations it.

Human Flourishing in AI Societies

Agency, meaning, and dignity as cognitive labour is automated: what schools must protect, and what they may now cultivate.

The people of Society & AI

The people of Society & AI

Contributors from around the world, asking together what we owe the people who learn.

We are researchers and educators writing in the open about artificial intelligence and education. Every piece here is signed, cited, and free to read, because accountability begins with a name.

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The work

Education, society, and AI: mutually shaping, collectively evolving Video: Google DeepMind / Pexels

Independent research advancing society-centered AI

Society & AI is an independent research group conducting rigorous scholarship at the intersection of artificial intelligence, pedagogy, and social equity. Our research articles, expert commentary, analytical frameworks, and case studies examine how AI systems affect teaching practice, learning outcomes, and educational governance. Our mission: to ensure that AI in education amplifies human capacity, honors diverse epistemologies, and serves the public interest.

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Publications
70
Contributing scholars
16
Nations observed
61

Our journal

AI, Education and Culture: International Perspectives

ISSN 3142-7154Peer-reviewedOpen access, no fees

Engagement

Where our research meets the wider field

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Open Education Week 2026

Society & AI hosted six contributions across three countries during the global open education event.

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2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report

Cited in the Social Trends section (pp. 7 and 9) of higher education's most closely watched annual environmental scan.

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Global AI Observatory · Edition 2026.11

Tracking how nations govern, teach, and build AI

An interactive record of 61 nations, with every entry checked against official government sources. Revised 12 November 2026.

What we track

  • National AI policy and regulation
  • AI in schools and universities
  • Curriculum frameworks, teacher guidance, and teacher training
  • Nationally developed AI models, open-source and proprietary
  • Partnerships between governments and AI companies
  • A dated timeline of official moves
61nations observed
56bring AI into K–12 schooling
12require AI in the curriculum
38build sovereign models

Across 5 world regions

  • Europe & Central Asia 22
  • Asia-Pacific 15
  • Americas 12
  • Africa 7
  • Middle East & North Africa 5
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World map from the Global AI Observatory, shading the 61 nations it tracks by how far AI has entered their education systems

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