Professor Rose Luckin

Speaker Summary

Rose Luckin is a visionary educator and author with one foot already planted firmly in the future of learning. The Professor of Learner Centred Design at UCL Knowledge Lab, Rose’s research is centred on the design and evaluation of educational technology and draws from her vast expertise in Artificial Intelligence. With a particular interest in how AI techniques can be used to enable more effective, continuous, formative assessment processes and tools, she knows how to get the best benefit from AI to support teaching and learning. With the prevalence of AI in our near future now a certainty, Rose believes that we need to revise what and how we teach and learn today.

Areas of Expertise

Assessment – Technology for Learning

Full Profile

Rosemary (Rose) Luckin is a Professor at University College London and Founder of Educate Ventures Research (EVR) who has spent over 30 years developing and studying AI for Education. She is renowned for her research into the design and evaluation of educational technology and AI. She was named as one of the 20 most influential people in education in the Seldon List in 2017, the only non-US winner of the ISTE Impact Award, and one of Computer
Weekly’s top 50 most influential women in technology for 2023. Rose regularly provides expert evidence to policymakers like the UK Parliament’s House of Lords and House of Commons select committees and the European Commission.

Rose has published widely in academic journals, at international conferences, through books, and in news media (TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines). Her 2018 book, Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century, has been translated into Mandarin and influenced many of China’s leading AI companies. Her most recent book, AI for School Teachers (2022), is an essential and accessible guide to AI for anyone in education.

Rose also founded EDUCATE Ventures Research Ltd., a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers, and educators engaged in evidence-based EdTech and leveraging data and AI to benefit education.

Rose has taught in secondary, further, and higher education. She has led many large interdisciplinary international research projects and held senior leadership roles in higher education, including as Pro Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sussex before joining UCL in 2006. She is President of the Self-Managed Learning College in Brighton and host of the EdTech Podcast.

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