Reshaping agencies in AI-mediated group collaboration
RESHAPE explores group collaboration with generative AI, examining how agency, capabilities, and ethics are reshaped as people think, negotiate, and co-create with generative AI.
AI-mediated group collaboration
learner agency
collaborative sensemaking
AI capabilities and literacy
AI Ethics
RESHAPE
RESHAPE project focuses on how collaborative learning in small groups is mediated by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Collaboration is a beneficial context to learn to reflect on the value and trustworthiness of information and actions with GenAI. The project studies how GenAI is used in small-group collaboration, how capabilities are challenged and developed, and how grounded ethics are confronted and renewed in AI-mediated interaction. These foci/aims/approaches offer new conceptualizations of agencies, both human and non-human, in learning/collaborating with GenAI.
We employ a micro-ecological approach to study learning with AI across levels, from capabilities and agencies to learning design and institutional ecosystems. An account of the dynamic and productive interactions is built across three stages of data collection and analysis on GenAI-mediated processes, self-evaluations, group and stakeholder reflections. The project creates solutions for training sustainable human-AI co-creation practices in education and work.
Meet the Team
EdPsy Lab Oulu
Hanni Muukkonen
Principal investigator
Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Oulu
Anni Silvola
co-principal investigator
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oulu
Anceli Kaveri
Core team member
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oulu
Danyu Yang
Core team member
Doctoral Researcher, University of Oulu
Egle Gedrimiene
Team member
Security Specialist, University of Oulu
Aada Ukonmaanaho
Team member
Research Assistant, University of Oulu
Updates
Co-creation characteristics in AI hybrid space June 10-12, 2026
EARLI SIG 4 & 11 conference at the University of Helsinki in June 2026 and a methods workshop advanced the RESHAPE project’s analytical approaches on agency in AI-mediated collaboration and the interplay of epistemic and agentic activities.
RESHAPE presents its research at Eudaimonia Spearhead kick-off May 13, 2026
The RESHAPE team introduced its research framework, first-stage study design, and doctoral research plan at the Eudaimonia Spearhead kick-off, connecting questions of AI-mediated collaboration and human agency with a wider interdisciplinary research community.
RESHAPE Held a Kick-off Meeting with Collaborators May 8, 2026
The RESHAPE Project held a kick-off meeting with project collaborators on 8 May to discuss project objectives, ongoing analysis examples, and other project-related matters.