Learning to do Research with AI: Towards Building a Toolkit to Support Doctoral Training

Please note that this event is independently organized by WASP-HS researchers and not the WASP-HS Program Office.

In this workshop, we invite senior researchers (including doctoral supervisors) to participate in a focused discussion aimed at collecting inputs, suggestions, reflections that will be translated into material for creating the toolkit. The toolkit will consist in a bespoke card-like game kit (called “the EDUCArds”). The cards design will take inspiration from the method material NOVA, developed by Vinnova. These cards will be pilot-tested at the AI for Humanity and Society 2026 conference, and then refined to produce a freely-available web-based resource. The workshop is scheduled on May 27th, 10-12, and is fully online. We look forward to having you at the workshop!

Registration

If you wish to attend the workshop, please register your participation here (please make sure to click on Save your Response). Please note the deadline for registering is 12 May (note that this has been changed from previous version which said April 24^th).

Organizers

Katherine Harrison
Valentina Fantasia

More About the Project

The project “Learning to do research with AI: Rethinking Academic Practices and Doctoral Training” builds on a recognised interest within the WASP-HS community for support and discussion around use of genAI tools in the production of research, with particular reference to the training and guidance of doctoral students. In particular, the project aims to design and pilot an interactive toolkit to facilitate conversations and actionable discussions on the use of genAI tools between supervisors and PhD students, but also senior researchers involved in doctoral training programmes at large.