Frankencitations: Ben Williamson speaks to Inside Higher Ed and Science News Explore
Ben Williamson speaks to media about the proliferation of fake, AI-generated citations in academic publishing.
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Media coverage: Ben Williamson reflects on Springer Nature retracted paper on ChatGPT in education
Ben Williamson reflects on the retraction of a paper claiming benefits of using ChatGPT in education, which was published just two and a half years after the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Jasmeen Kanwal for The Guardian: Scottish politics on immigration, disinformation and the need for "prebunking" education
A piece exploring the recent shift in Scottish political discourse on immigration and arguing for the need for "prebunking" education.
Updates from the Mastercard Foundation African Scholars Programme Summer School
Alice Dias Lopes, Pete Evans, and Michael Gallagher share insights on the summer school that took place in Accra, Ghana, and on the Centre's position with regard to championing sustainable digital education in the Global South.
Jen Ross chairs student-led hustings ahead of the 2026 Holyrood elections
Centre co-director Professor Jen Ross chaired The Future Speaks, a hustings event organised by James Gillespie's High School and the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
New project: Digital Prioritarianism: Mobilities, Marginalisation, and Sustainable Futures
Conceptualising and interrogating instances of digital prioritarianism.