Member
Venetia Brown
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Venetia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mixed Methods and AI in Education. Her current research focuses on Artificial Intelligence and justice intersections. In particular, she is leading a qualitative study on how AI researchers and developers come to hold their viewpoints on the impacts of AI and their role in determining those impacts. She is also the academic lead of the KMI annual Summer Scholarship Programme for Black Students. Her research interests include the critical AI literacies, pedagogies of ethical AI and evaluating educational technologies
Keys: artificial intelligence, intersectionality, social justice, pedagogy
Team: Tracie Farrell, Justin (aka Raymond) Hunt, Retno Larasati
News
31 Oct 2025
14 Nov 2024
15 Jul 2024
Shifting Power Group Successfully Hosts The Second Workshop on Ecology of AI at HHAI 2024 Conference
22 May 2024
19 Oct 2023
Publications
Brown, V., Larasati, R., Kwarteng, J. and Farrell, T. (2025). Understanding AI and Power: Situated Perspectives from Global North and South Practitioners. AI & Society (Early Access). https://oro.open.ac.uk/107004/.
Brown, V., Larasati, R., Third, A. and Farrell, T. (2024). A Qualitative Study on Cultural Hegemony and the Impacts of AI. In: AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES-24), 21-23 Oct 2024, San Jose, CA, USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/99264/.
Brown, V., Collins, T. and Braithwaite, N.S. (2023). Teaching roles and communication strategies in interactive web broadcasts for practical lab and field work at a distance. Frontiers in Education, 8 https://oro.open.ac.uk/94659/.
Brown, V.A. (2023). The Role of Interactive Web Broadcasts in Fostering Distance Learning Students’ Engagement with Practical Lab and Fieldwork. [Thesis] https://oro.open.ac.uk/87247/.
Brown, V., Collins, T. and Braithwaite, N. (2020). The Role of Web Broadcasts to Develop Online Learning Communities in STEM Modules. In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy, 1-2 Jul 2020, University of Nottingham – virtual. https://oro.open.ac.uk/78547/.
Brown, V., Collins, T. and Braithwaite, N. (2021). The Role of Web Broadcasts to Develop Online Learning Communities in STEM: a multiple case study. In: Advance HE STEM Conference 2021: Rethinking STEM Higher Education, 28 Jan 2021, Virtual. https://oro.open.ac.uk/78556/.
Brown, V., Collins, T. and Braithwaite, N. (2018). Examining interaction within STEM Web Broadcasts. In: 7th eSTEeM Annual Conference: STEM Futures - Delivering Excellence Through Scholarship, 25-26 Apr 2018, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/78557/.
Brown, V., Cayless, A. and Jarvis, J. (2020). Exploring the use of labcasts to support associate lecturers. In: 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference: Informing Student Success - From Scholarship to Practice, 29-30 Apr 2020, Virtual. https://oro.open.ac.uk/78549/.












