AIED conference authorship is strongly WEIRD-imbalanced, with 90% of first authors from WEIRD institutions and no African first authors¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? First authors and other authors in ITS/AIED conferences are overwhelmingly affiliated with US and WEIRD institutions, with Latin American, Asian and African representation extremely low. → Blanchard 2015

Evidence¶

Blanchard 2015¶

Blanchard, E. G. (2015). Socio-Cultural Imbalances in AIED Research: Investigations, Implications and Opportunities. Int J Artif Intell Educ 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-014-0027-7

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Observational analysis of national affiliations of authors in the ITS and AIED conferences over 12 years (2002–2013), reported in Tables 4 and 5. The paper states "First authors and other authors are affiliated to US and WEIRD institutions to a very large extent", with Table 4 totals of 50% USA and 90% WEIRD for first authors.

"First authors and other authors are affiliated to US and WEIRD institutions to a very large extent. Latin American and Asian authors have extremely low representations"

Discussion¶

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