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Dr Kevin Witzenberger
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication
Biography
Kevin Witzenberger is a research fellow at QUT’s GenAI lab and affiliate investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. His research background is grounded in science and technology studies and media theory. His work examines the skills and knowledge people need to engage with AI, the capabilities AI requires to engage with people, and the social & technical limits that constrain this relationship.Kevin received his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2023 where he investigated the impact of automation and AI on education governance.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication - Visitor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
T1 Res. Centre - CI, Edu & Social Justice (U91)
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of New South Wales)
- Masters by Research (Lund University)
Publications
- Witzenberger, K., Burgess, J., He, W. & Snoswell, A. (2025). GenAI Arcade [Digital Creative Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/258787
- Snoswell, A., Osman, K., Witzenberger, K., Mitchell, P., Goldenfein, J., Burgess, J. & Riedlinger, M. (2025). DMRC Response to Jobs and Skills Australia call for input: "Have Your Say on Gen AI". https://eprints.qut.edu.au/259907
- Burgess, J., He, W., Snoswell, A. & Witzenberger, K. (2024). Unboxing GenAI: Building capacities for public understanding of Generative AI. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256730
- Thompson, G., Gulson, K., Swist, T. & Witzenberger, K. (2023). Responding to sociotechnical controversies in education: a modest proposal toward technical democracy. Learning, Media and Technology, 48(2), 240–252. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235114
- Williamson, B., Gulson, K., Perrotta, C. & Witzenberger, K. (2022). Amazon and the New Global Connective Architectures of Education Governance. Harvard Educational Review, 92(2), 231–256. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248188
- Gulson, K. & Witzenberger, K. (2022). Repackaging authority: artificial intelligence, automated governance and education trade shows. Journal of Education Policy, 37(1), 145–160. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248175
- Gulson, K., Murphie, A. & Witzenberger, K. (2021). Amazon go for education? Artificial intelligence, disruption, and intensification. In C. Wyatt-Smith, B. Lingard & E. Heck (Eds.), Digital Disruption in Teaching and Testing: Assessments, Big Data, and the Transformation of Schooling (pp. 90–106). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248176
- Perrotta, C., Gulson, K., Williamson, B. & Witzenberger, K. (2021). Automation, APIs and the distributed labour of platform pedagogies in Google Classroom. Critical Studies in Education, 62(1), 97–113. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248177
- Witzenberger, K. & Gulson, K. (2021). Why EdTech is always right: students, data and machines in pre-emptive configurations. Learning, Media and Technology, 46(4), 420–434. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248174
- Witzenberger, K., (2018). The Hyperdodge: How Users Resist Algorithmic Objects in Everyday Life. Media Theory, 2(2), 29–51. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248189
QUT ePrints
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/kevin.witzenberger
Selected research projects
- Title
- Generative AI and the Future of Academic Writing and Publishing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP250100074
- Start year
- 2025
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- AI-generated content and internet celebrity: A cross-platform analysis
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess, Dr Phoebe Matich - Research GenAI Platforms in the Scholarly Economy: A Comparative Walkthrough Analysis
MPhil, External Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess, Dr Aaron Snoswell - Traditional Chinese Culture Meets Generative AI on Platforms: Rethinking Authenticity in AI-generated Visual Content
PhD, External Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess, Dr Elif Buse Doyuran
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.