On 17 April 2026 at 12:30 CET, we are pleased to invite you to join our #emmaTalk “Generative AI in Scholarly Publishing: Ethics, Norms and the Grey Zone.”

The use of AI in scholarly publishing raises important questions about ethics, transparency, reliability, and the boundaries of acceptable academic practice. This #emmaTalk features two researchers whose work engages with these issues and addresses questions that matter to media management researchers.

Nivedita Chatterjee will draw on the recent report ChatGPT and Beyond: AI Literacy for Early-Career Scholars. Prepared with the support of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the report examines how AI is being used in academic work and highlights concerns relating to authorship, bias, data privacy, AI hallucinations, and the need for clearer ethical boundaries. Gergely Ferenc Lendvai will offer insights from his recent research on the AI policies of academic publishers, focusing on how publishers are responding to the growing use of generative AI.

The webinar will discuss the ethical questions, evolving norms, and grey zone surrounding the use of generative AI in scholarly publishing. If norms governing AI use remain insufficiently clear, is there a risk that this may foster a culture in which, rather than refraining from unethical uses of AI, researchers instead refrain from disclosing their use of it?

Speakers:

Nivedita Chatterjee is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey.

Gergely Ferenc Lendvai is a Researcher at Ludovika University of Public Service.

NB! Registration is required to participate in the #emmaTalk. Please register using this link.