Watch how the AI Hub fosters human-centred and ethical AI
The Knowledge Hub on AI serves as a convergence point for diverse disciplines, each approaching AI from unique perspectives. The strength of the hub will stem from this synergy, enabling the development and application of AI in a manner that upholds the fundamental rights of all human beings.
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Distributed MSc Supervision
The Circle U. Knowledge Hub on Artificial Intelligence (AI) supports Master of Science (MSc) projects with co-supervision from another partner node in the network.
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Events
Academic Matchmaking Event at UPCité - November 2026
Open Conversation: Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Territories
From Panic to Practice: Governing AI in Higher Education
AILEAD Symposium -Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Governance in Higher Education
Watch the Knowledge Hub on AI's Open Conversations
Open Conversations are hybrid conferences addressing global challenges through an interdisciplinary perspective. Those events are open to students, academics, staff, and the public outside of Circle U.
Offers
Beyond Basic Usage: Becoming GenAI Literate in the Age of AI
Lecture: Critical AI Language and Literacy Colloquium (CAILLC)
Generative AI in Teaching
LLMs and the Future of Writing
Circle U. Model United Nations on Artificial Intelligence
Summer School: AI and Society in a Transforming World
Meet the team
Academic Directors
Prof. Francesco Marcelloni
- Academic Director
- University of Pisa
Prof. Francesco Marcelloni
- Academic Director
- University of Pisa
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University of Pisa
Dr Miroslav Marić
- Academic Director
- University of Belgrade
Dr Miroslav Marić
- Academic Director
- University of Belgrade
Dr Miroslav Marić is a Full Professor and the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, the President of the Mathematical Society of Serbia, the Head of the GeoGebra Center of Belgrade, and a member of the National Education Council. He received his BSc. degree (2002), MSc (2006) and PhD (2008) in Computer Science from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade. His research interests are: Artificial Intelligence, Operational Research, Credit Risk, Mathematical Optimization, Parallel Algorithms, Teaching Methodology in Mathematics and Computer Science, Computer Graphics, etc. Throughout his academic career, he authored over 120 research papers, mostly in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Also, he supervised over 100 MSc and 5 PhD thesis.
Miroslav was the Team leader for four national projects, participated at several national and international projects and was a member of program and organizational committees of several national and international conferences. Notably, he was the leader of the project Final Exam – A Platform for Equal Inclusion of Students in the Educational Process which won the Award Innovative Practice 2020 given by the Zero project founded by the Essl foundation and United Nations in Vienna. Also, he lead the project of the Ministry of Education, eGovernment, cooperated by the Faculty of Mathematics and the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Belgrade, which resulted in the creation of the „eVežbaonica" platform which was later awarded the DIS Plaque for its outstanding contribution to the development of Informatics in Serbia in 2022.
He won the Saint Sava Award for the year 2020, which is the most significant award in the field of education given by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia. He received the EdTech Western Balkans Person of the Year award.
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miroslav.maric@matf.bg.ac.rs
Department of Computer Science and Informatics
Faculty of Mathematics
University of Belgrade
Academic Chairs
Assoc. Prof. Gergely Berczi
- Academic Chair
- Aarhus University
Assoc. Prof. Gergely Berczi
- Academic Chair
- Aarhus University
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Associate Professor
Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh
- Academic Chair
- University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh
- Academic Chair
- University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh is a full Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the Philosophy of Department of the University of Vienna, and until recently Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. He is also ERA Chair at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and Guest Professor at WASP-HS and University of Uppsala. Previously he was the President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT).
His expertise focuses on ethics and technology, in particular robotics and artificial intelligence. He is a member of various entities that support policy building in the area of robotics and artificial intelligence, such as the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, the Expert Council Ethics of AI of the Austrian UNESCO Commission, the Austrian Council on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, and the Austrian Advisory Council on Automated Mobility.
He is University of Vienna’s Circle U. Academic Chair for Artificial Intelligence. He is on the advisory board of the University of Milan’s Research Center on the Philosophy of Technology (PhilTech@UNIMI) and is also on the editorial board of the journal Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance. He is the author of 17 philosophy books and numerous articles, and is involved in several national and European research projects on AI and robotics.
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Professor of Philosophy at University of Vienna
Dr Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea
- Academic Chair
- King's College London
Dr Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea
- Academic Chair
- King's College London
Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, and Reader in Management & Technology Education in the Department of Public Services Management & Organisation at King’s Business School. Her research focuses on AI in education (AIEd), with a particular focus on Generative AI and AI literacy; digital transformation and digital education.
She has published her research in high-impact journals, such as Studies in Higher Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, and Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. She has also published featured articles regularly in prestigious media, such as Times Higher Education and Wonkhe. Currently Christine is Co-Editor-in-Chief of AI in Education (An Emerald Open Access Journal). Christine has recently published a book with Emerald (2024), titled “Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections”. Another book she co-edited, titled “From AI Literacy to Generative AI Literacy: Theory, Policy and Practice” (Springer) will be published in early 2025.
Her recognized expertise in AIEd has led to numerous invitations to deliver workshops and seminars at the (inter) national level, including prestigious organizations, such as QAA, Society for Research Into Higher Education (SRHE) and Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE).
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Reader in Management & Technology Education
Department of Public Services Management & Organisation
King’s Business School
Prof. Pierre Schaus
- Academic Chair
- UCLouvain
Prof. Pierre Schaus
- Academic Chair
- UCLouvain
Pierre Schaus is a professor at UCLouvain. His teaching and research focus on computer science, artificial intelligence, algorithms, optimisation and constraint programming. He is a member of the Louvain School of Engineering, the ICTEAM research institute (Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics), and the Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms (AIA) research group. His research addresses combinatorial optimisation and solver development and the development of efficient AI-based decision-support methods.
Contact details
Personal web-page for more details: https://pschaus.github.io/
Prof. Dr. Stephan Oepen
- Academic Chair
- University of Oslo
Prof. Dr. Stephan Oepen
- Academic Chair
- University of Oslo
Stephan Oepen is professor in language technologies in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo (UiO). His work revolves around the integration of natural language processing (NLP) and high-performance computing (HPC). Earlier, he has been employed at, among others, the German Research Center for AI, Stanford University, and a failed Silicon Valley start-up. At UiO, Oepen has previously served as research group and section manager and head of department (2021–24). From 2025, he coordinates a new BSc study programme in Informatics: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and as academic chair for AI in the Circle U European university alliance.
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Department of Informatics
University of Oslo
Dr. Guillaume Wisniewski
- Academic Chair
- Université Paris Cité
Dr. Guillaume Wisniewski
- Academic Chair
- Université Paris Cité
I am an Assistant Professor at Université Paris Cité and a member of the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle. My research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, with a particular emphasis on Natural Language Processing – essentially, getting computers to understand and generate human language.
After completing a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Machine Learning, I spent several years working on statistical machine translation and the development of multilingual models. More recently, my research has shifted towards the analysis of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. My goal is to understand what kind of knowledge – especially linguistic knowledge – these models capture and how they acquire it.
In addition to my research, I teach various NLP-related topics, including Transformer-based methods, as well as courses in data science. I also serve as the program director for the Master’s in Computational Linguistics at Université Paris Cité, a program designed to equip students with both theoretical and practical skills in NLP, preparing them for careers in industry or research through interdisciplinary training in computer science, data science, linguistics, and AI.
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guillaume.wisniewski@u-paris.fr
Department of Linguistics
Université Paris Cité
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart
- Academic Chair
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart
- Academic Chair
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart completed his PhD with a dissertation on collaborative modeling systems in education. After a post-doctoral researcher position at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, he accepted offers for Assistant Professor and Associate Professor positions at Clausthal University of Technology. In 2013, he moved to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where he heads the research group "Computer Science Education / Computer Science and Society". Prof. Pinkwart has authored more than 250 peer reviewed publications and currently acts as associate editor of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education and as member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Data Mining.
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Department of Computer Science
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
