What’s New in AE4AI: Updates Across AE4AI’s Working Groups

We’re pleased to share the latest initiatives currently underway across the AE4AI Working Groups. This page will be regularly updated with new developments and highlights of successful activities led by our Coordinators, so do check back regularly.

Working Group on AI Governance

What's Latest

The GOV working group is adapting the White Paper on AI Governance into an academic publication and will be presented to the European Parliament. The group is also exploring further publication opportunities and engaging in faculty exchanges and visiting lectures.

Plans and Prospects

The GOV working group has plans to:

• Explore lifelong learning collaboration and interdisciplinary research that bridges ethical, legal, and technical aspects of AI governance;

• Pursue joint research proposals to access international funding from European and Asian sources; and

• Co-develop new academic papers and courses

Given this, the working group is actively seeking collaborators for ongoing publications and upcoming milestones such as their engagement with the European Parliament. Reach out to Raphael and Robert!

Working Group on AI in Education

What's Latest

The EDU working group has started having its monthly meetups where members can share initiatives they are working on to kickstart talks for collaboration. Coordinators are also facilitating a call for chapters and are identifying themes based on identified commonalities in members’ interests.

Plans and Prospects

The EDU working group has plans to:

• Sustain monthly meetups to foster collaboration on on-going and future projects and other opportunities;

• Continue facilitating the call for chapters towards a book that ties together commonalities in its members’ thematic interests;

• Pursue a COST Action, which will be a researcher-led, interdisciplinary network that will align with the AE4AI Network’s nature.

Members are invited to reach out to Vince, Vanessa, and Monika to express their intent to present in meetups, contribute a chapter, or join the planned COST Action consortium.

Working Group on AI for Sustainable Development

What's Latest

The SD working group have discussed various areas of interest within their membership, such as hackathons, research, and signing agreements and letters of intent for cooperation. The members agreed to meet quarterly and will build collaboration on opportunities already shared by other members during the last General Assembly.

Plans and Prospects

The SD working group has plans to:

• Hold quarterly meetups to foster collaboration on on-going and future projects and other opportunities;

• Expand their partnerships for future editions of the AI in SD Hackathon successfully spearheaded by Universiti Teknologi Brunei

• Pursue initiatives shared during the last General Assembly, which includes creating an LLM for their working group page to serve as a knowledge hub for AI for SD as well as co-designing micro-credential courses on AI ethics and human-AI interaction

On top of these, other members of the SD working group shared a variety of on-going activities and future plans for collaboration. Members interested to contribute are encouraged to reach out to Yang and Sharina.

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Collaborative Wins in the AE4AI Network

We’re proud to share that partnerships continue to thrive within the AE4AI Network, thanks to the joint efforts of its coordinators and members. Below are recent successful activities implemented by the coordinators with the support of ASEF and the AE4AI Network:

The Asian Way to Innovation

Kozminski University in Poland hosted a Blended Intensive Program (BIP) as part of the European Union Week. On top of a hands-on workshop for students, the programme also featured complementary perspectives on innovation.

Dr Monika SOŃTA, one of EDU’s coordinators, led the academic coordination work for this BIP to ensure that the topic is approached from a diverse set of interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Read more here.

International AI & IoT for SDG Hackathon 2025

Held as part of Universiti Teknologi Brunei’s annual Robotic & Coding Conquest, this hackathon saw a successful run thanks to the efforts of Dr Sharina YUNUS, one of SD’s coordinators.

Students worked on video pitches and project reports, which collectively demonstrated how AI or IoT-based solutions address real-world problems in connection with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more here.