Research

Through original research and convening a global network of independent researchers, we are deepening our understanding of how young people learn about computing and digital making, and advancing the field of computing education.

A speaker at a research seminar.

Research projects

Our researchers and the Research Centre team work on a range of projects. Across all of them, we focus on direct collaboration with schools and educators to ensure that the research can readily inform practice.

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Events and seminars

We regularly host events that support the development of a global community interested in current computing education research. Our monthly online research seminars feature presentations from the world’s best researchers in the field.

Upcoming seminars
Teachers in a training workshop

From the blog

Research
Four young people sitting at their desks, on their mobile phones.

How AI shapes your feed: An explainable social media simulator for the classroom
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An educator helps a learner in the classroom

Promoting young people’s agency in the age of AI
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In a computing classroom, two girls concentrate on their programming task.

Opening the box: Tools to teach young people about AI
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A classroom of young learners and a teacher at laptops

Bringing data science to life for K–12 students with the ‘API Can Code’ curriculum
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Research publications

We share all of our research work through blogs, reports, papers from our research seminars, and academic publications. We ensure that open-access versions of our academic publications are available.

Research publications