Unveiling crisis in globalised higher education: Artificial intelligence insights from doctoral research in EThOS

Montgomery, Catherine; Stewart, Craig; Aduragba, Olanrewaju; Poli, Francesca

Abstract

This paper seeks to illuminate new perspectives on the concept of crisis in globalised higher education (HE) by focusing on knowledge generated by doctoral research. Doctoral research is a significant part of research and knowledge building in HE, particularly in science, and doctoral students contribute to the research capacity and knowledge building of institutions. This source of knowledge offers alternative perspectives on crisis in HE, providing a rich source of research which is often under‐consulted. Using the British Library's digital repository EThOS, a collection of around 637,000 doctoral studies carried out in British universities, the research harnesses Generative Artificial Intelligence approaches in order to analyse the ways in which crisis is defined and constructed in doctoral research since 2000. Through a pilot study using a prototype of a new AI tool, the paper offers both conceptual and methodological insights into constructions of crisis in this under‐used field of research.

Citation

Montgomery, C., Stewart, C., Aduragba, O., & Poli, F. (2024). Unveiling crisis in globalised higher education: Artificial intelligence insights from doctoral research in EThOS. Higher Education Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12537

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 18, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 5, 2024
• Publication Date: May 5, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 17, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2024
• Journal: Higher Education Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0951-5224
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2273
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12537
• Keywords: generative artificial intelligence, crisis in higher education, doctoral research
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2437495