Professor Mutlu ÇUKUROVA
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Mutlu Cukurova is Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence at University College London. His research focuses on human-AI complementarity in education. He directs the AI in Education and Learning Analytics team and leads the Design and Use of AI in Education module at UCL. In parallel, he is actively engaged in international policy-making as an external expert for organisations including UNESCO, the OECD, and the European Commission, and has authored several internationally influential policy guidelines on AI in Education.
He has served as programme co-chair of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (2020), CSEDU (2022), and the ACM Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2026). Prof. Cukurova is listed in Stanford University’s Top 2% of Scientists in both Artificial Intelligence and Education fields, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Educational Technology.
Speech Content
Human–AI Teaming in Education: Time to Distinguish Performance from Learning
The rapid diffusion of GenAI is reshaping the foundations of education, challenging long-standing assumptions about what competencies matter, how learning should be organised, and how assessment can validly evidence human development. Drawing on recent international studies and his own research on human–AI complementarity, in this talk Prof. Cukurova argues that the central question for education systems is no longer whether GenAI improves performance, but under what conditions it enhances, or undermines, learning, agency, and professional judgement.
The talk introduces a human–AI teaming perspective that reframes GenAI not as a replacement for human cognition, but as a partner whose educational value depends on intentional pedagogical design. It synthesises emerging evidence showing that unstructured GenAI use can displace cognitive effort and weaken metacognitive engagement, while well-designed human–AI teaming can support learning and improve teaching practices in education and beyond.