Academic Ethics in the Age of Instant Text Generation

Are you curious about what academic integrity means in a world where AI can instantly generate essays, summaries, and research text? Join us for an engaging webinar with Dr Hazem Zohny, an applied ethicist at the University of Oxford, to explore the ethical challenges that instant text generation poses for research, teaching, and scholarly communication.

Dr Zohny is a Senior Research Fellow in Practical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. His research focuses on the ethical and societal implications of emerging technologies — particularly artificial intelligence and large language models — and how they affect areas such as healthcare, public policy, and research practice.

He has published widely in bioethics and AI ethics, including work on the implications of generative AI systems that can produce convincing human-like text, raising new questions about authorship, responsibility, and academic integrity.

In this webinar, Dr Zohny will explore the ethical landscape emerging as AI systems capable of instant text generation become embedded in academic work. The session will consider how these tools challenge traditional assumptions about authorship, originality, and responsible scholarship — and what this may mean for the future of academic norms and evaluation.

This session is ideal for researchers, educators, students, and policy professionals interested in understanding how generative AI is reshaping academic practice and the ethical frameworks that guide it.

📅 Date: Wednesday 30 April
🕐 Time: 13:00–14:00
📍 Format: Teams Webinar