Advisory Panel
A Unique Alliance
The future of education is not shaped by academia alone. It is the product of a far more complex interplay of forces, each with its own perspective, influence, and responsibility.
Governments play a defining role in allocating resources, setting priorities, and shaping the policies that determine how education evolves at national and international levels. Businesses, corporations, and industry leaders influence the direction of education through innovation, investment, and the demand for future-ready talent, particularly in expanding access and reach to underserved communities and underdeveloped regions of the world. Non-profit organisations and think tanks generate critical knowledge, challenge assumptions, and advocate for equity and inclusion in ways that neither markets nor governments can alone. Philosophers and ethicists help us interrogate the deeper questions of purpose, meaning, and moral direction as technology reshapes what it means to learn and to teach. International organisations and multilateral bodies bring the global coordination and cross-border perspective that education in the age of AI urgently requires. Technologists and AI developers carry the responsibility of building the tools that are increasingly embedded in how knowledge is created, delivered, and assessed. Student and learner advocates ensure that the voices of those most directly affected by educational transformation are not absent from the conversation. And community leaders and indigenous knowledge holders offer perspectives rooted in local context, cultural heritage, and lived experience that no policy framework or algorithm can replicate.
For this reason, NudgEd has established an advisory panel that reaches deliberately beyond the walls of academia. If we are serious about expanding the vision of scholarly publishing to reflect the full complexity of the educational landscape, then we must bring every relevant voice into the conversation. This alliance is one of our founding commitments: to create a circle of diverse and informed perspectives that guides our mission forward, helps us see all angles of this interplay, and ensures that the journal's outlook remains as forward-looking, inclusive, and balanced as the future it seeks to understand.
Who guides our mission?
Academic Leaders
Professor Rose Luckin
Professor of Learner Centred Design, University College London, the UK
Rose Luckin is an internationally recognized expert in the ethical and effective use of AI in education. She serves as an Honorary Advisor to the editorial team and is the Director of EDUCATE. Professor Luckin has advised the UK House of Commons Education Select Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and co-founded the Institute for Ethical AI in Education. She is the President-elect of the International Society for AI in Education, and is a member of several influential panels, including the UK Office for Students Horizon Scanning Panel and the AI and Robotics Panel of the Topol Review on the future of the NHS workforce. She also contributes to the European AI Alliance and holds an International Franqui Chair at KU Leuven. In 2017, she was named one of the 20 most influential people in education on the Seldon List.
Professor Ignacio Aguaded
Professor of Media Education and Technologies, Universidad de Huelva, Spain
Ignacio Aguaded is a Full Professor of Media Education and Technologies applied to Education at the University of Huelva (Spain). He has a degree in both Spanish Studies and Education, and also holds a PhD. He is the founding President of Comunicar (a group of teachers and journalists that aims to raise the profile of media education). He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Research Journal ‘Comunicar’ (indexed in Scopus-Q1 and Journal Citation Reports-Q1) (from 1993 to 2023; 30 years) and is also a regular contributor to various international publications. He has led the Research Group ‘Agora’, part of the Andalusia Research Plan, and has conducted various research projects within the framework of Spanish and International programmes, such as Interreg III and E-learning… all within the area of media education. He has lectured at National and International forums, conferences and universities. Author of a long list of scientific books and papers, he has also chaired over twenty international scientific events. He is currently Vice-Chancellor for Technology and Quality at the University of Huelva. He was the recipient of the Best Researcher Award of the University of Huelva in 2015, and of the Ibero-American Communication Award in 2022 (ASICOM), and the Unesco-MIL World Prize as President of Alfamed in 2023. He is a member of the Spanish Society for Academic Excellence (SEDEA).
Professor Viktoria Dalko
Professor of Finance, Hult International Business School
Instructor of Finance, Harvard University, USA
Dr. Viktoria Dalko is a Professor of Finance at Hult International Business School and serves as an Instructor of Finance at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education. She is the Founder and President of the YXQ Research Institute of Comprehensive Economics. In addition to her academic roles, Dr. Dalko contributes her expertise as an Advisory Board Member at the College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the World Finance Conference; and the Uniform Adjusted Financial Reporting Standards initiative. Her global engagements reflect her commitment to advancing financial education and research across diverse institutions.
Philosophy Leaders
Professor Emmanuel Goffi
Professor of Ethics Applied to AI, Paris Institute of Digital Technology (ISEP), France
Emmanuel R. Goffi is an Artificial Intelligence ethicist and Professor of Ethics Applied to AI at ISEP – Paris Institute of Digital Technology, where he also serves as Head of the Ethics, Management, Personal and Professional Project Department. He is Vice-President for Europe of the Fondation Tamkine (Rabat, Morocco) and a member of the ICESCO Chair for AI Ethics in Oman. A former officer in the French Air and Space Force, Dr. Goffi holds a PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris. He works as an expert and ethics advisor (“ethics sherpa”), supporting public and private organizations in France and internationally in integrating ethical considerations into digital and AI-related activities. Dr. Goffi is regularly invited to deliver lectures and keynote talks, and to contribute to expert forums and advisory boards worldwide. He is affiliated as a research associate with several international institutions, including the Chaire Numérique et Citoyenneté at the Institut Catholique de Paris (France), the Cátedra Internacional ENIA en IA Generativa (Madrid, Spain), the Centre Éthique, Langue, Communication et Numérique at Université Mohammed Premier (Oujda, Morocco), the Centro de Estudos Sociedade e Tecnologia (University of São Paulo, Brazil), the DFAST Research Group at Universidade Católica de Santos (Brazil), and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba (Canada). In addition to his academic and advisory roles, Dr. Goffi teaches in institutions across France, China, Morocco, and Switzerland. He has authored numerous publications on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, with a research focus on the development of AI systems and the normative challenges they raise.
Governments and Policymakers
Soribel Feliz
AI Governance Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USA
Soribel Feliz is a consultant in Responsible AI and a thought leader in the AI Ethics space. She is currently a Senior AI Policy and Governance Specialist at the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, she was a Senior AI and Tech Policy Advisor for Senator Bill Cassidy, as part of an AI Rapid Response Fellowship in Congress. Prior to that, she worked in Regulatory Compliance at Meta and Microsoft. Before joining Meta, she was part of the diplomatic service with the US Department of State, serving overseas in Bucharest, Romania, and São Paulo, Brazil, as well as in Washington, DC. She earned two Master’s degrees in Public Administration and Economics from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Soribel is on this board in her personal capacity.
Businesses, Corporations, and Industry Leaders
Dr. Irena Palamani Xhurxhi
Director of People Science, Walmart, USA
Dr. Xhurxhi is Director of People Science at Walmart and holds a PhD in Economics from the City University of New York (CUNY), where she specialized in labor and health economics. During her doctoral studies, she taught economics and statistics courses at Trinity College, Hartford.
Following her PhD, Dr. Xhurxhi joined Amazon as a scientist building campaign performance measurement models and leading AI solution development in the marketing space. Currently at Walmart, she applies econometric modeling and AI to derive workforce insights, bridging quantitative research methodologies with practical business applications. Dr. Xhurxhi is passionate about helping others navigate career transitions, particularly supporting academics entering industry roles. Her unique perspective spans both rigorous academic research and applied industry implementation, positioning her to help bridge the gap between theoretical AI research and practical educational applications. She brings valuable insight into ensuring research publications deliver actionable impact for industry practitioners.
Manoj Kumar
Security Architecture & Engineering Leader and Senior Security Product Manager, Microsoft, USA
Manoj Kumar is a Senior Cybersecurity and AI Governance leader at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, artificial intelligence, and information security. He co-authored Microsoft's Responsible AI Standard and is a member of the AETHER committee (AI Ethics in Engineering and Research), helping shape how generative AI systems are designed, secured, and deployed at scale. Manoj has taught mathematics and computer science courses to undergraduate and graduate students, and mentors emerging professionals in product management and cybersecurity. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on AI security, responsible AI, and engineering leadership. Most recently, Manoj founded Vishva PathShala ("World School"), an education venture using generative AI to make world-class learning accessible to students in their regional languages — bridging cutting-edge AI with equitable global education.
Diba Kaya
Staff Insights Researcher, JSTOR (ITHAKA), USA
Diba Kaya is a researcher, strategic advisor, a psychotherapist focused on the intersection of AI, cognition, and knowledge development. Drawing on her experience at Google, Amazon, and JSTOR, she brings approaches that integrate distributed cognition and consequence awareness into AI strategy. She collaborates with founders and product teams navigating AI product development to ensure tools align with how humans actually think, research, and create meaning. As an Advisory Board member, she brings a systems-level, industry-informed lens on building AI tools that enhance human thinking rather than bypass it.
Call for Advisory Board Members
NudgEd is assembling a multidisciplinary advisory panel that reflects the true breadth of voices shaping the future of education. We are looking beyond the traditional boundaries of academic publishing to bring together a diverse alliance of thinkers, leaders, and practitioners whose collective insight will guide the journal's direction and strengthen its relevance across sectors and communities.
We invite expressions of interest from individuals who represent any of the following areas:
Academia and Research Institutions. Scholars and researchers whose work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and education across any discipline, and who bring depth of expertise and a commitment to advancing the field through rigorous inquiry.
Governments and Policymakers. Individuals involved in the design, implementation, or evaluation of education and technology policy at local, national, or international levels, whose perspective ensures that research remains connected to the realities of governance and public investment.
Businesses, Corporations, and Industry Leaders. Professionals from the private sector who are actively shaping the future of education through innovation, technology development, workforce training, or investment, particularly those committed to expanding access to underserved communities and regions.
Non-Profit Organisations, Think Tanks, and International Bodies.
Philosophers and Ethicists. Thinkers who engage with the deeper questions surrounding AI and education, including purpose, equity, moral responsibility, and the long-term implications of technological transformation on what it means to learn and to teach.
Technologists and AI Developers. Innovators and engineers who are building the tools that increasingly shape how knowledge is created, delivered, and assessed, and who understand the technical possibilities and limitations that the research community must consider.
Student and Learner Advocates. Individuals who represent the perspectives of learners at all stages, from higher education to lifelong learning, ensuring that the voices of those most directly affected by educational transformation remain central to the conversation.
Civil Society Representatives. Leaders from grassroots movements, community organisations, and culturally diverse contexts who bring perspectives grounded in local realities, lived experience, and inclusive approaches to knowledge and education.
What We Ask of Our Advisory Panel
Membership in the NudgEd advisory panel is a strategic and consultative role. Members are not expected to be involved in the day-to-day operations of the journal. Instead, we value your perspective in shaping the journal's long-term vision, identifying emerging themes and gaps in the field, strengthening connections between research, policy, and practice, and ensuring that the journal remains inclusive, forward-looking, and relevant to the global community it serves.
How to Express Interest
If you believe your experience, expertise, or perspective can contribute to this alliance, we welcome you to reach out. Please submit a brief expression of interest outlining your background, your area of expertise, and why you would like to be part of the NudgEd advisory panel. We are committed to building a panel that is as diverse in geography, discipline, and perspective as the future of education demands.
Please email your expression of interest to support@intelligentnudge.com