AI, Education, and Equity: Innovation at a Crossroads

Harvard Center for International Development

In this episode of the Road to GEM podcast, host Felicity Powell joins a panel of international development and education experts to explore how artificial intelligence could transform education and promote equity. As foreign aid declines and humanitarian challenges grow, the discussion highlights why education remains essential to global equity and revisits past technology initiatives to consider whether AI will help bridge—or deepen—the digital divide. Guests: Dr. Rob Jenkins (Harvard Graduate School of Education, formerly UNICEF), Dr. Chris Henderson (Geneva Graduate Institute), and Ellen Eun (Program Specialist, UNICEF Learning Passport) Student Host: Felicity Powell, Harvard Graduate School of Education