Professional writing with GenAI in business, universities and the public sector

Description

Historical, affective and sociomaterial trajectories of students’ and GenAI academic writing – perspectives gained from the CO-WRITE project


The presentation discusses insights gained from the project co-write at Åbo Akademi University, building on two perspectives. First, the presentation addresses workshops with students who have generated data about who and what are involved in their academic writing (e.g., bachelor's thesis, essays, and course assignments). In sociomaterial analyses, we traced human (e.g., supervisors, parents), more-than-human (e.g., digital dictionaries, GenAI) and affective (trust/distrust, ethical concerns) actors shaping students’ academic writing. Second, the presentation addresses an exploration of the historical basis for academic writing in universities. Particularly in the wake of large language models like GenAI, we note a shift towards combining written and oral presentations, thus, in a way, returning to the oral pedagogy of early modern universities in Europe. The project highlights the multifaceted spaces of academic writing, always transforming by connecting to numerous actors.

Period	24 Aug 2026
Event type	Seminar
Location	Aarhus, DenmarkShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International