Description
As artificial intelligence (AI) in general, and generative AI in particular, becomes increasingly integrated into academic and administrative operations, higher education institutions (HEIs) need clear guidelines to ensure responsible and sustainable use of AI technologies while addressing ethical, pedagogical, and societal implications and challenges.This paper analyses AI guidelines for teaching faculty and students across Nordic HEIs drawing on policy theory. By mapping existing policies and recommendations, we explore commonalities and divergences in AI governance strategies and identify key challenges and opportunities specific to the Nordic context. In particular, we focus on questions around responsibility, accountability, transparency, and privacy, addressing the following research questions:
RQ1: What are the current trends and policy priorities guiding AI integration in higher education across Nordic countries?
RQ2: What common efforts and differences can be identified by analysing AI guidelines?
Data is collected through crowd-sourcing local policies and guidelines from universities in the Nordic countries. The documents are analysed in two phases. First, a computational approach using natural language processing techniques will be used to gain an overall understanding of AI guidelines in higher education. The computational analysis aims to identify common and less common themes and patterns, as well as to get a first set of criteria to use as the basis for a codebook to be used in the second phase, where the researchers will conduct a content analysis of the documents for deeper understanding and insights into the contextual nuances.
Preliminary findings reveal shared priorities in AI policies across Nordic universities, such as ethical considerations and transparency while highlighting institutional differences. The results contribute to Nordic educational research by offering a comprehensive overview of how HEIs address AI in education. The study can also enrich ethical and sustainable AI integration by supporting Nordic HEIs in addressing technological, pedagogical, and societal questions. Hence, the results can serve as a basis for policy alignment supporting further collaboration across institutional and national borders in the Nordic countries.
| Period | 5 Mar 2025 |
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| Event title | NERA 2025 Education for a better and just world |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Helsinki, FinlandShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |