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Dr. Tracie Farrell delivers keynote on the ethics of consent at OU GenAI Conference
Monday 24 Nov 2025
On Thursday, November 13th, 2025, KMi’s Dr. Tracie Farrell gave a keynote address to a global audience (both online and offline) at a conference on Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI. Dr. Farrell is the Principal Investigator on a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship exploring intersections of Artificial Intelligence and justice through...
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Breaking barriers: Teresa Sides explores AI adoption in primary care
Thursday 20 Nov 2025
Teresa Sides has successfully defended her PhD viva on 6th November 2025. Her thesis, “Understanding the Barriers to AI Adoption Within Primary Care: A Novel Model for Acceptance and Resistance,” offers a timely investigation into why AI uptake in UK primary care remains limited despite growing policy support and technological capability. Teresa developed the Acceptance–Resistance...
Celebrating KMi’s 30th Birthday
Tuesday 18 Nov 2025
In 1995, two truly visionary academics from The Open University (OU); Prof Marc Eisenstadt from Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Prof Tom Vincent from the Institute of Educational Technology, were matched together by another visionary OU staff; Lady Kitty Chisholm who was OU’s Development Director – now back in KMi...
Strengthening Interdisciplinary Research: Reflections from the Chartered Association of Business Schools Annual Conference 2025
Monday 17 Nov 2025
KMi was proud to see Prof John Domingue an invited panelist at the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Annual Conference 2025, held at County Hall, London on 10–11 November. The conference focused on “Strategic Issues Shaping the Future of Business and Management Education”, and the panel explored the theme: “Developing Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations.” The...
Shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Graphs: KMi at ISWC 2025
Wednesday 12 Nov 2025
Last week, many researchers from around the globe gathered in Nara (Japan) for the 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC). Dr. Angelo Salatino, Prof. John Domingue, Dr. Alba Morales Tirado, Prof. Harith Alani, and Dr. Gregoire Burel represented KMi at the prestigious event. Crucially, Dr. Francesco Osborne and Prof. Miriam Fernandez also contributed to the...
Dr. Retno Larasati, as part of the “Shifting Power” project, spoke at The 7th International Conference on Educational Science in Industry Era 5.0 (ICONSEIR) 2025. Her keynote address was titled “Ethics in AI Education.” The event took place on October 15, 2025, in-person in Medan Indonesia and online via Zoom Meeting. The conference theme was...
After AI?On Friday, October 17th, the Shifting Power team hosted the second “After AI?” symposium”. This interdisciplinary and varied event brought together 11 researchers, artists and other AI enthusiasts/critics to explore who, what or when is after AI. Throughout the day over 120 attendees joined the event, delivered on zoom. (Thumbnail image caption: Robbie Daniels, video still from...
Celebrating Ortenz Rose: 45+ Years at The Open University
Transforming transport with AI: KMi and ClearView’s vision for smart cities
Latest KMi AI research presented at the OU FAIESTA
KMi secured a new UKRI Metascience project to assess UK’s competitiveness in research
KMi nets £106k UKRI grant to put AI in the grant-review driving seat

