Global Congress on Women Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Nowadays there is the digital shock that has rocked the societies of Europe and the world in general, and the Higher Education (HE) sector in particular. The last years’ exponential proliferation of 
ChatGPT and other technologies empowered by large language models has impacted the HE sector with force, and though individuals and organisations have come to various terms with them, there is a fundamental problem with digital literacy. We have seen the Universities starting to deliver new modules on artificial intelligences (AIs) in different domain from management, entrepreneurship to medicine. However, there is still some reluctance in using such new tools in the academic world due to the resistance in learning new teaching and learning approach (Chen et al., 2024). Notwithstanding, there is a clear direction in embracing into the new Academic world. This talk wants to stimulate new debates in order to understand how the use of AI can empower teachers and student in terms of digital readiness, resilience, and capacity, but more especially by developing tools and frameworks allowing them to share and scale up the use of these tools, and their effects. The scope is to offer a methodological and innovative design that can explain the benefits of using AI for both teachers and students. We need to open eyes and ears and being flexible,“for better or for worse, digital modernity is upon us, and we must steer or be swept away by the current (Brønholt, 2021)”. The discussion seeks to sparking empowerment in its ideal form and consciously steers clear of nudging and related practices.

Biography

Veronica Scuotto (PhD, FHEA, MBA, BA-Honour) is currently an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Management, Institutions at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) 
after working at the University of Turin, at the University of the West of Scotland (UK), and at the Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci in Paris (France). She obtained the Italian National Qualification as full professor in 2020. She is awarded highly cited researcher by Clarivate (2023). She has been invited as a guest speaker to GfWM Knowledge Camp; World Young Forum; and PDW at the AoM Conference, among others. In 2018, she organised a conference on ‘Cognitive Perspective in Entrepreneurship Research’ jointly with IPAG University in Paris. She teaches entrepreneurship and loves encouraging young student entrepreneurs to develop new, creative business ideas. Her research interests are focused on SMEs, entrepreneurship, knowledge management and digital technologies which have resulted in the publication of more than 90 articles featured in 3* and 4* peer-to-peer journals and books. Veronica is the managing editor for the Journal of Intellectual Capital and an editorial board member of the Journal of Knowledge Management, Management Decision, and the Journal of Entrepreneurship. Veronica is also a member of the International Council for Small Business and is a mentor for the Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator in Turin, Italy.