Education Futures
Episodes
Measuring what actually matters in Edtech
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Asyia Kazmi, OBE spent 12 years teaching mathematics in some of London's toughest schools, and she loved every minute of it. She went on to advise...
Making computer science tangible for children
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Liukas spent her early career surrounded by engineers in Silicon Valley, working at Codecademy and dreaming of a different kind of computer scie...
Super Skills: The 7 human skills AI can't replace
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What skills will remain irreplaceable as AI takes over more and more of the work we do? That's the question that led Rahim Hirji to write Super Skills...
AI, Companions & EdTech: A VC's Perspective
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What separates an AI companion from an AI agent? And when does a "sticky" learning app actually make you smarter?In this episode, Svenia Busson sits d...
From AI readiness to human flourishing
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if education wasn't about delivering content, but about preparing young people for human flourishing in the age of AI?In this episode of Educatio...
MOON: A new pedagogy for the age of AI
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does education need to become when AI can replicate most of our cognitive abilities, and what human skills must we protect, develop, and teach no...
Socratic Dialogue in the age of AI
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What can Socrates teach us about artificial intelligence? In this episode, Svenia Busson sits down with Alexander Montag, a scholar of ancient Greek p...
When teachers become co-architects of AI
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if teachers stopped being passive consumers of AI, and started shaping how it's built?In this episode, Svenia Busson sits down with Stephen Jull ...
A new blueprint for AI in higher education
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it actually look like when a higher education institution takes AI seriously, as something to integrate into the very design of how students...
How AI chatbots reshape children's brains
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson sits down with Pilyoung Kim, Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver and Director of t...
Protecting children in the age of AI
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson sits down with the founder of the Safe AI for Children Alliance, Tara Steele, a former intelligenc...
Is AI safe for children? Inside KORA's benchmark
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when millions of children start talking to LLMs every day and no one knows whether it's safe?In this episode, Laurent Jolie sits down wit...
AI in education: separating the hype from the evidence
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Svenia Busson sits down with Wess Trabelsi, a Tech Integration Specialist at Ulster BOCES in New York, where he supports eight rural ...
Teaching and measuring soft skills in the age of AI
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson is joined by Michaela Horvathova, founder of Beyond Education and former policy analyst at the OEC...
Rethinking assessment in the age of AI
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to assess learning in a world where AI can generate answers instantly?In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson is joined ...
From knowledge to durable skills: rethinking higher education
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What should universities teach in the age of AI?In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson speaks with Art Markman, Chief Academic Officer at...
The trust crisis in education and the role of AI
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when students start trusting AI more than their teachers?In this episode ...
AI in education: a conversation with an 11-year-old
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if we asked children how to design the future of education?In this special ...
Rethinking Edtech: where is the evidence?
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are we building educational technology faster than we can prove it actually works?In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson speaks with Nata...
What schools must protect in the age of AI
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What should we protect in education, as AI transforms how we learn, think, and work?In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson speaks with Ni...
Rethinking university in the age of AI
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson speaks with education entrepreneur Ed Fidoe, founder of London Interdisciplinary School and co-...
Peace building and education in the age of AI
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Svenia Busson speaks with Guila Clara Kessous, a UNESCO Artist for Peace and Harvard teacher, about the intersection of art, educatio...
How Khan Academy is designing AI for learning
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, we speak with Kristen DiCerbo, Chief Learning Officer at Khan Academy, where she leads the teams responsible for...
AI, literacy, and the global learning gap
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
By 2050, Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to nearly 1 billion people under 18.Today, 90% of 10-year-olds in the region cannot read a simple paragraph (...
AI governance and child safety in education
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is already in classrooms. The real question is: who is responsible for governing it?In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson sits down w...
How AI exposes inequities in modern schooling
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, host Svenia Busson sits down with Ken Shelton, a 20-year teaching veteran and global thought leader in education...
Insights into Estonia’s OpenAI rollout
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, we explore the "AI Leap"—Estonia's ambitious national strategy to roll out a specialized version of OpenAI ac...
Using AI as a motivational translator
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, host Svenia Busson sits down with Alex Sarlin, the founder of EdTech Insiders and Global Edtech lead at the ASU ...
Why hope is our greatest educational asset
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with François Taddei, Chief Exploration Officer of the Learning Planet Institute, to discuss the radical shifts needed i...
Translating AI research into educational reality
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI in education is evolving at a pace that often overwhelms teachers, school leaders, and policymakers. New tools appear weekly. Research lags behind ...
AI denial is the real risk
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, we welcome Louis Rosenberg — technologist, entrepreneur, and long-time researcher in virtual reality, augmente...
Education for the stewardship of the commons
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What is education actually for, in a world where AI can increasingly do things for us?In this episode of Education Futures, recorded at the Learning P...
When AI forces Universities to face reality
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if artificial intelligence isn’t the real threat to higher education?In this episode of Education Futures, we speak with Michael Burgess, a sha...
Imagining better futures in the age of AI
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are we really living through the worst moment in history, or are we actually in the best position ever to build a better future?In this episode of Edu...
A student's take on learning in the age of AI
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does school look like through the eyes of a 15-year-old who actually uses AI to learn, not just to finish homework faster?In this episode of Educ...
Why teach coding in the age of vibe coding
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is learning how to code still relevant when AI can generate code for us?In this episode of Education Futures, we sit down with Dora Palfi, founder of ...
🇩🇪 A youth dialogue on keeping the future human
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(EPISODE IN GERMAN - FOR THE ENGLISH SUBTITLES CHECK OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://youtu.be/tiLh9Jq1ApU)In dieser preisgekrönten Folge der Podcast-Ser...
🇫🇷 A youth dialogue on keeping the future human
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(EPISODE IN FRENCH - ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/iR5IhYTjYA4)Dans cet épisode de la série primée "A youth dialogue on ...
🇺🇸 A youth dialogue on keeping the future human
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Svenia sits down with Hudson (15), Joseph (15), and Violet (17), high school students in San Diego and members of their high school’...
🇬🇧 A youth dialogue on keeping the future human
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special award-winning series for the Future of Life Institute's Keep the Future Human contest, host Svenia Busson sits down with teenagers fro...
AI Safety: Protecting kids, schools, and society
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia & Laurent speak with Erin Mote, Co-Founder and Executive Director of InnovateEDU, about the urgent in...
Raising an AI-literate generation
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia sits down with Corey Layne Crouch, educator and Chief Program Officer of AI for Education, to explore wha...
How to think critically in the age of AI
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech philosopher and author Tom Chatfield joins Education Futures for a deep exploration of what it really means to learn, think, and stay human in an...
What is school for in the age of AI?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Svenia Busson and Laurent Jolie speak with Chris Bush, an Australian teacher, school leader, and Churchill Fellow exploring how artif...
A father and AI engineer on parenting in the age of AI
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, host Svenia Busson sits down with Samuel Path, a senior engineer in AI and a father of four, to explore the evol...
Empowering teachers in the age of AI
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson and Laurent Jolie engage with Diana Knodel and Ksenia Sokolyanskaya from Fobizz to explore the fut...
What is AI doing to our kids' brains?
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, neuroscientist Grégoire Borst discusses the intersection of neuroscience and education, particularly in the context of AI's impact o...