Dr. Mutlu Cukurova

Associate Professor

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Biography

Mutlu Cukurova is affiliated with the UCL Knowledge Lab at the Institute of Education and the UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Engineering. His work involves managing large-scale research projects, supervising postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, and leading the Design Use AI Education module within the Education Technology programme. He is actively engaged in policy-making related to AI Education, serving as an external expert for organizations such as UNESCO, OECD, and the European Commission. Cukurova is also part of UCL's Grand Challenges Transformative Technologies working group and holds editorial positions including Editor for the British Journal of Educational Technology and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. His research investigates human-AI complementarity in education, focusing on addressing pressing socio-educational challenges related to preparing people for future AI systems. Cukurova's interests include understanding and computationally modeling how to support individuals in learning to learn and solve complex problems collaboratively, which employs a transdisciplinary approach integrating Learning Sciences, Computer Science, and Human-Computer Interaction.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor Learning Technology

2023-07-01 — Present

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Lecturer Digital Technology Learning

2020-07-01 — 2023-07-01

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2014-04-01 — 2017-07-01

University College London • London, United Kingdom