Organised by the HSS Early Career Researchers’ Network

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, via its ECR Network, will be holding a half day workshop aimed at supporting early career researchers (ECRs) in their use of AI tools, and provide guidance on the ethics and broader considerations of using these technologies in their research and teaching.

With a mixture of lectures and practical sessions, followed by a networking lunch, this workshop will bring together ECRs interested in expanding their skillsets to incorporate Machine Learning and generative AI applications in research and teaching. The workshop will offer a general introduction to tools and support at UoL for incorporating AI and Machine Learning tools into our research and teaching practices, delivered through the Centre for Innovation in Education. In addition, further sessions will showcase a range of applied research in the Humanities and Social Sciences to offer real-life examples of work in development including:

The Importance of Being a Stochastic Parrot (Dr Elena Musi, Dept of Communication and Media, Liverpool)
Prompting Creativity: Lessons from an AI Drawing Competition (Dr Carlos Medel-Vera, School of Architecture, Liverpool)
Quantifying Culture: AI and Cultural Heritage Collections (Prof Anna Foka, Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University)

Programme details will be updated once the final list of speakers is confirmed – please check this page regularly.

This workshop is targeted at Early Career Researchers from the Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences as a priority, broadly defined to include those within ~10 years of obtaining their PhDs and current PhD students. However, all members of the University are welcome to attend, pending availability of spaces. Please get in touch (hssecr@liverpool.ac.uk) if you are not an HSS ECR/PhD student and would like to register your interest in attending the event.

Spaces are limited so please register soon. If you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else.

For more information, please contact hssecr@liverpool.ac.uk.

This event is funded by Research England’s Enhancing Research Culture Fund which aims to improve research culture by supporting the careers of researchers.

AI in Research and Teaching - A practical Workshop for ECRs