Research on generative AI in secondary STEM education is concentrated in the Global North, with 73% of affiliations and the United States accounting for 30% of publications¶

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q3 i? 73% of author affiliations are in the Global North; the United States leads with 30% of global publications, and the concentration is even stronger for conference publications (88% Global North, 48% US). → Alissa Fock and Hans-Stefan Siller 2025

Evidence¶

Alissa Fock and Hans-Stefan Siller 2025¶

Alissa Fock and Hans-Stefan Siller. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence in secondary STEM education in the light of Human Flourishing: a scoping literature review. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-025-00589-5

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Country categorization of all 183 publications by author affiliations shows "73% of the affilia - tions are situated in the Global North"; the United States accounts for 30% of global publications, followed by China (8%) and Germany (8%).

"Overall, 73% of the affilia - tions are situated in the Global North, and only 27% in the Global South. The distribution across different disci - plines shows that the concentration in the Global North is particularly strong for technology education and sci - ence education"

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