Integrating Generative AI in Higher Education: From Reactive Use to Identifiable Learning and Employability Outcomes

Call for Papers

Integrating Generative AI in Higher Education: From Reactive Use to Identifiable Learning and Employability Outcomes

Journal: Education + Training
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 17 October 2026

Education + Training invites submissions for its Special Issue on Integrating Generative AI in Higher Education: From Reactive Use to Identifiable Learning and Employability Outcomes.

About the Special Issue

Generative Artificial Intelligence is transforming higher education by reshaping teaching, learning, curriculum design, assessment, and student engagement. While early institutional responses largely focused on academic integrity and ethical concerns, the growing adoption of AI technologies presents an opportunity to strategically embed AI into educational practice to improve learning experiences and workforce preparedness.

This Special Issue seeks high-quality empirical, conceptual, and practice-oriented research that explores the effective integration of generative AI into higher education. It particularly welcomes studies demonstrating measurable learning outcomes, innovative assessment practices, employability development, institutional transformation, and responsible AI adoption that support inclusive, future-ready education systems aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4 and SDG 8).

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• Strategic integration of Generative AI in curriculum and assessment

• Generative AI and student learning outcomes

• AI-enabled teaching and learning

• Student engagement and academic success

• AI-driven employability and workforce readiness

• Assessment innovation using Generative AI

• Ethical, responsible, and inclusive AI in higher education

• AI governance and institutional policy

• Educational innovation and digital transformation

• Future-ready higher education systems

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

• Empirical Research Articles

• Conceptual Papers

• Practice-Oriented Studies

• Case Studies

• Interdisciplinary Research

Submission Information

• Manuscript Submission Opens: 17 June 2026

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 17 October 2026

• Manuscripts must be submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts submission system.

• Authors should select the appropriate Special Issue during the submission process.

• All submissions must strictly follow the journal's official Author Guidelines.

• Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

Guest Editors

• Swati Gupta, Canterbury Institute of Management, Australia

• Belinda Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

• Mayola Fernandes, Canterbury Institute of Management, Australia

• Ruchika Rastogi, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, India

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