EDHEC Artificial Intelligence Centre

Artificial intelligence offers tremendous potential to transform how we learn, work and live. Higher education has a responsibility to engage proactively with these technologies to equip graduates with the skills, mindsets, and ethical foundations required to thrive in an AI-enabled world, while critically examining AI’s broader impact on education, society, and the future of work.

Founded and led by Michelle Sisto, EDHEC Associate Professor and Associate Dean, the EDHEC AI Centre is a transversal initiative that structures and accelerates AI-related research and programmes across the School. Its mission is to integrate AI across curricula, advance research on AI-enabled education and business practices, and to collaborate with academic and industry partners to shape the responsible adoption of AI.

Our ambition is to cultivate a community of forward-thinking leaders capable of innovating and leading effectively, ethically and responsibly in the AI era.

• See latest piece of news: (January 2026) “Me, Myself and AI”, the EDHEC Artificial Intelligence Center’s new bootcamp

AI for Education

AI Literacy and Competency Development

The AI Centre developed an AI Competency Framework, inspired by the UNESCO Student Competency Framework and the Alan Turing Institute’s AI Skills for Business Competency Framework. This model enables EDHEC to systematically identify, map, and align AI-related competencies across undergraduate, graduate and executive programs.

From foundational AI literacy for all students to specialized tracks and degrees, the Centre works in tandem with faculty and industry partners to prepare future AI-literate citizens, skilled professionals, and responsible leaders.

Integrating AI Across EDHEC Programmes

The integration of artificial intelligence into all programmes is a strategic priority for EDHEC. Building on nearly a decade of experience through its Master’s specialisation in Data Analytics and AI, the school has progressively expanded its AI offering across degrees and audiences.

The AI Centre works in close partnership with flagship programs including:

• The Programme Grande Ecole Data Science and AI for Business Track
• The Global MBA AI and Innovation specialisation

In collaboration with programme directors and faculty members, the Centre continuously redesigns curricula and develops new learning experiences that promote the intentional and responsible use of AI. These range from introductory and reflexive bootcamps to advanced applications in prompt and context engineering, AI assistants, and agentic AI systems, as well as executive programmes focused on creating value with AI.

AI for Research

Understanding how AI is transforming education, work, and organisational value creation requires rigorous, interdisciplinary research. The AI Centre leads and supports research projects conducted by EDHEC faculty in collaboration with partner institutions and the EDHEC Pedagogical Innovation Lab.

Current research focuses on high-impact applications, including:

• Transparency and trust in AI-enabled higher education systems
• AI supported pedagogy and interactive learning memory
• The use of AI in assessment and evaluation
• The scope and limits of agentic AI in organisations
• Leadership skills in hybrid human-machine environments

The Centre also hosts the AI for Research and Education (AIRE) initiative, a cross-disciplinary forum that drives dialogue among faculty members. AIRE supports the sharing and dissemination of educational and research innovations and challenges faculty encounter through AI adoption.

By combining academic rigour, ethical reflection, and practical experimentation, the EDHEC AI Centre contributes to shaping a future in which AI supports responsible leadership and human development.

Partnerships

Responsible AI and Global Collaboration

EDHEC’s commitment to a human-centric vision of AI led to the co-founding of the Responsible AI Consortium (RAIC) in 2024, alongside Imperial College, LUISS Business School, and QS.

RAIC is a global initiative connecting institutions committed to advancing the responsible use of artificial intelligence in higher education. The consortium serves as a platform for collaboration, research, and practice-sharing, and contributes to thought leadership on AI integration across universities and business schools worldwide.

Partnerships

International Higher Education

Responsible AI Consortium (RAIC) – Launched in 2024 with QS, Imperial College, LUISS Business School, EDHEC

Digital Education Council – A global community of institutions committed to driving sustainable innovation and AI adoption in Education and Workforce Development

FOME Alliance – Study in progress around student use of Generative IA with Imperial, John’s Hopkins, LUISS, Singapore, Management University, ESMT, Vlerick, EDHEC

Industry partners

Orange – Partner with the PGE Data Science and AI for Business Track, including the Ethical AI Startup Challenge

Cube5AI – Nexus Flow project on AI memory orchestration for next generation learning experiences

Private Partners

EDHEC AI Prize – EDHEC Foundation, with sponsorship from Eric Desautel (EDHEC 1995)

Outreach

02.12.2025 QS Reimagine, London

Michelle Sisto on 2 panels:

• Panel on Strategic readiness for AI: Leveraging the AI capability framework to drive institutional transformation
• Panel Discussion Embedding AI responsibly: Evaluating university readiness for AI integration

27.11.2025 AACSB Elevate, Seville

• Session Title: AI Spotlight: Innovations Shaping Business Education
• Presentation “The Next Frontier of Learning Innovation: AI Orchestration with Nexus Flow”

22.11.2025 Monaco AI forum by Artificial Intelligence, Monaco

• Michelle Sisto presentation on “AI in Higher Education: Perspectives and Challenges”

10-11.11.2025 Chartered Association of Business School, London

• Session - 'Preserving the human factor: Teaching students to develop critical thinking and human skills in an AI-driven world'

23.09.2025 Association Nationale de l’IA, Paris

• Panel on « Jeunesse et IA Générative : entre adoption, résistances et projections »

01.07.2025 EDHEC Vox Dialogues, Paris

• Re-inventing business to face new geopolitical challenges
• Panel on "The geopolitics of AI and future business strategies”

26.04.2025 MBA Alumni Refresher, Nice

• Keynote “From Anecdotes to Agents: The AI Acceleration Shaping Education and Business”

28.03.2025 GMAC Masters Leadership symposium, London

• Joint presentation with Imperial College “AI Integration in Business Education: Two Institutional Perspectives”

13.02.2025 World AI conference, Cannes

• Panel Speaker  « Comment l'IA bouscule les organisations et les relations au travail »