Z-Inspection®: International Ongoing Projects with Trustworthy AI Lab at HiØ Participation

New Pilot Project: Assessing Trustworthiness of the use of Generative AI for higher Education

In this project, a use case is defined where generative AI (such as ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion, Dall-E, etc.) is in use or planned to be in use for a specific situation in a high education institution (university, college universities etc.).


Trustworthy AI Lab Norway has members in the European steering group in this project.

Global  Advisory Board - Generative AI for Higher Education in Practice:


The advisory board will support the Z-inspection® initiative international community’s efforts to assess the risks, opportunities of using Generative AI in higher education in practice, within the pilot project "Assessing the use of Generative AI in Higher Education.

The project follows the UNESCO guidance for policymakers on AI and education: Pilot testing, monitoring and evaluation, and building an evidence base

The members are listed below:

 - Kiran Bhujun, Professor, Director of the Tertiary Education and Scientific Research Division of the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Mauritius.

- Yves Deville, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain. Senior Advisor to the President for the Digital University at UCLouvain. Belgium

- Julio Cesar Duhalde, Technical, economic and legal advisor at the Ministry of Economy – Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- Erja Heikkinen, PhD, Director General (temp), Ministry of Education and Culture, Helsinki, Finland

- Lambert Hogenhout, Chief Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies, United Nations, New York, USA.

- Jonathan Michie OBE FAcSS, Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (without portfolio), President of Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK.

- Irina Mirkina, AI Lead, Office of Innovation, UNICEF, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Victor Ochen, The African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET). Member of the Advisory Group to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at United Nations- Lira, Uganda.

- Sung Jae Park, Ph.D. Research fellow, Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI). Former Senior Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea. Seoul, South Korea.

- Gerald Santucci, President, European Education New Society Association  (ANSA) - France.

- Willy Tadema, AI Ethics Lead, Rijks ICT Gilde (RIG), Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations; AI policy Advisor, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations; Member of the Dutch National Standards Body for AI (NEN), The Netherlands.

- Peter J. Wells, Head of Education Southern Africa, UNESCO- Harare, Zimbabwe.

Validate -

Using Artificial Intelligence to improve outcomes for stroke patients

This EU-funded project includes an analysis of stroke journeys, contrasting experiences with and without an AI tool under development. It features a System Description and Z-inspection® socio-technical scenarios, providing insights into the system's use. A list of potential risks and harms compiled by VALIDATE staff highlights key concerns.


List of partners

  • Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
  • empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH Germany
  • Technological University Dublin Ireland
  • SIMULA METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AS Norway
  • Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Germany
  • HADASSAH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION Israel
  • FUNDACIO HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D’HEBRON – INSTITUT DE RECERCA Spain
  • IBM iX – Aperto GmbH Germany
  • SAFE Stroke Alliance for Europe Belgium
  • NORA S.L. Spain

Link to the Validate project site:

VALIDATE - SAFE (safestroke.eu)


VALIDATE has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 777107.


More information can be found at validate-project.eu/

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