Learn more about first collaborative results from early career researchers at INCHER and ZELL (28 January 2026, 4.30 - 6 p.m.)
Authors Abstract: Generative AI is rapidly transforming higher education into a general-purpose infrastructure for learning and knowledge creation. This lecture presents findings from an experimental study with pre-service teachers comparing a Socratic AI Tutor with a conventional, non-dialogic AI feedback tool in the context of research question generation. Results indicate that dialogic, theory-informed AI can foster critical and reflective thinking rather than replace it. Building on these insights, the talk introduces the concept of orchestrated multi-agent learning architectures, pedagogically aligned constellations of specialised AI agents curated by educators, to envision scalable, human-AI co-learning ecosystems. The lecture concludes with implications for higher education institutions, focusing on faculty roles, pedagogical design, and necessary system-level transformations.
Dr. Igor Asanov is head of the Evidence-Based Science and Innovation Policy Research Area at INCHER, member of the Department of Economics, University of Kassel, Germany, and also invited researcher at J-PAL Initiative.
Peer-Benedikt Degen is research assistant at the Department of Education, Section: Empirical Research on Schools and Teaching.
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Venue: International House, Conference Room, Mönchebergstraße 11a, 34125 Kassel
The INCHER & ZELL Colloquium lectures 2025 are hybrid events.
To participate via ZOOM, please send a short note to Susanne Koch (koch[at]incher.uni-kassel[dot]de). Ms Koch will provide you with an access code.