Contributions

Publications, talks & academic work

Peer-reviewed research on AI in education, digital transformation and teacher motivation, alongside editorships, invited talks and reports.

Papers

  1. Martínez-Moreno, J., Christen, M., & Bernstein, A. (2026). Towards an AI Buddy for every University Student? Exploring Students' Experiences, Attitudes and Motivations towards AI and AI-based Study Companions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.20909. arxiv.org/abs/2603.20909 Under review
  2. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2026). Berufswahlmotive und digitale Anforderungen im Lehrberuf: Passungen und Diskrepanzen [Career-choice motives and digital demands in the teaching profession: Fit and discrepancies]. In E. Burri & M. Geiss (Eds.), Schulen im digitalen Wandel: Stand und Entwicklungen in der Schweiz [Schools in digital transformation: Status and developments in Switzerland]. Bern: hep Verlag. In press · expected November 2026
  3. Martínez-Moreno, J., Zhou, X., Petko, D., & Chiu, T. K. F. (2025). Motivation to Shape the Future of Education with Artificial Intelligence: An International Comparison Between Switzerland and China. Computers and Education Open, 100327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2025.100327
  4. Martínez-Moreno, J., & Petko, D. (2024). What motivates future teachers? The influence of Artificial Intelligence on student teachers' career choice. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 7, 100296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100296
  5. Martínez-Moreno, J., & Petko, D. (2024, March). Becoming a teacher in digital times: No differences between the motivations of future science and humanities teachers? In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2527–2533). AACE. learntechlib.org/primary/p/224337
  6. Martínez-Moreno, J., & Petko, D. (2023). Motives for becoming a teacher in times of digital change: Development and validation of the (D)FIT-Choice scale. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12338-8
  7. Bernstein, A., Cordoba, A., Witt, C., Siegers, D., Wessels, D., Thouvenin, F., Hastings, J., Hatt, J.-M., Buhmann, J., Martínez Moreno, J., Schawinski, K., Christen, M., Coors, M., Denner, M., Hunger, P., von Thiessen, R., Fabrikant, S., Friemel, T., Neupert, T., & Sachs, U. (2023). AI in Education, Research, and Innovation. DSI Strategy Lab 2023: Position Paper. Read the position paper
  8. Beardsley, M., Martínez Moreno, J., Vujovic, M., Santos, P., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Enhancing consent forms to support participant decision making in multimodal learning data research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(5), 1631–1652. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12983
  9. Albó, L., Beardsley, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2020, September). Emergency remote teaching: Capturing teacher experiences in Spain with SELFIE. In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 318–331). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57717-9_23

Editorships

  1. Ernst, J., Seyferth-Zapf, C., Martínez-Moreno, J., Rummler, K. (Eds.) (2024). Measuring Media Literacy / Medienkompetenz messen. Vol. 57, MediaEducation / MedienPädagogik. medienpaed.com/issue/view/117

Symposia

  1. Getto, B., Herfurth, F., Martínez-Moreno, J., Misiutin, M. (2025, March 18). Aligning Individual and Organizational Developments in Higher Education in the Context of GenAI. Zurich University of Teacher Education & University of Rostock.
  2. Getto, B., Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). Aligning Individual and Organizational Developments in Higher Education in the Context of GenAI. EARLI SIG 04 & 17 Conference. Utrecht, Netherlands.
  3. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2023). Digitalization and Higher Education. In Getto, B., Zellweger-Moser, F., Feixas, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Pirovino, L.: Approaches to Research in Higher Education Teaching and Learning. Zürich, Switzerland.
  4. Martínez-Moreno, J. [chair]. (2023, June 26–28). Artificial Intelligence in Education: Crossed perspectives of students and pre-service teachers. Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE) Conference. Locarno, Switzerland.
  5. Getto, B., Zellweger-Moser, F., Feixas, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Pirovino, L. (2023, November 20–21). Approaches to Research in Higher Education Teaching and Learning. Zürich, Switzerland.

Talks

  1. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2026, November 2). The Role of AI in Education. Guest lecture, Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: The Ethics of Automated Systems Across Critical Industries, University of Basel. Basel, Switzerland. Upcoming
  2. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2026, October 1). AI for Education. AI+X Summit, ETH AI Center. Zürich, Switzerland. Upcoming
  3. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2026, May 15). Guest lecture on Sparkli. Design in Educational Technology, ETH Zurich. Zürich, Switzerland.
  4. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2026, January 21). Beyond Chatbots: Sparking Curiosity and Agency with AI for Tomorrow's Kids. BETT. London, UK.
  5. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2025, September 15–17). Sparkli: AI-Enhanced (Personalized, Fun, Interactive) Learning for Kids. AIEOU Conference (AI in Education). Oxford, UK.
  6. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024, August 28). AI@UZH: What Do Our Students Think? Digital Literacy, AI Buddy and Virtual University. Teaching Inspiration Week, Digital Society Initiative & Institute of Education, University of Zurich. Zürich, Switzerland.
  7. Getto, B., Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). GenAI in Higher Education: Bridging Strategy and Practice with an Empirical Systemic Approach. EARLI SIG 04 & 17 Conference. Utrecht, Netherlands.
  8. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). What Motivates Future Teachers? The Role of AI in Social Improvement. SIG 11 & 13 Conference. Oxford, UK.
  9. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). How does Artificial Intelligence in education influence the career choice of student teachers? Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE) Conference. Locarno, Switzerland.
  10. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). AI in the Classroom: A New Era in Education? Pint of Science. Zürich, Switzerland.
  11. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2024). Becoming a teacher in times of digital change: the relationship between digital competence and motivation to digitalise. 29th GERA Congress. Halle, Germany.
  12. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2023). Becoming a teacher to digitally transform education? Developing and applying the (D)FIT-Choice scale. EARLI 20th Biennial Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece.
  13. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2023). Becoming a teacher in times of digital change: Development and validation of the (D)FIT-Choice scale. SSRE. Zürich, Switzerland.
  14. Peters, L., Martínez-Moreno, J., Gronau, K., Cefa Sari, B., Zawacki-Richter, O. (2022). Student Teachers' Digital Self-Regulated Learning: A Systematic Review. EARLI SIG 11 Conference.
  15. Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2021). Maker Education in Primary Education: Changes in Students' Maker-Mindset and Gender Differences. Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM'21). Barcelona, Spain. https://doi.org/10.1145/3486011.3486431
    Best paper, Track 3: Bridging the diversity gap in STEM
  16. Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2021, July). Teachers' self-perception in maker education: three approaches for STEM professional development. 2021 International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) (pp. 234–235). IEEE.
  17. Santos, P., Martínez-Moreno, J., Alonso, N., Mayrhofer, M. & Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Facilitating digital equity in educational contexts with teenagers at risk of social exclusion: the ICT facilitator competence profile. SIIE 2020.
  18. Beardsley, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Comparing pre-service and in-service teacher perceptions of the science of learning. XI Congrés CIDUI. Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. hdl.handle.net/10230/45481
  19. Beardsley, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Learning to learn: university student perceptions of a science of learning intervention. XI Congrés CIDUI. Spain. hdl.handle.net/10230/45484
  20. Beardsley, M., Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., & Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Supporting students in making informed data sharing decisions: From comprehension to consenting. IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 175–179. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT49669.2020.00058
  21. Martínez-Moreno, J., Hernández-Leo, D., Santos, P. (2020). Artificial intelligence and social media threats: Increasing teenagers' reflective thinking through digital literacy. Interaction Design and Children (IDC).
  22. Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., Hernández-Leo, D. (2020). Making for reflecting: The maker methodology for grounding a positive mindset against technology. Interaction Design and Children (IDC).
  23. Amarasinghe, I., Hernández-Leo, D., Manatunga, K., Beardsley, M., Bosch, J., Carrió, M., Chacón-Pérez, J., Jimenez-Morales, M., Llanos, D., Lope, S., Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., Vujovic, M. (2020). Collaborative Learning Designs using Pyramid App. 11th International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation (CIDUI). Barcelona.
  24. Martínez-Moreno, J. & Santos, P. (2020). TIDE: An outreach / knowledge-transfer program to support the development of digital skills in teaching and learning. I Jornada sobre comunicació i divulgació del coneixement, UPF, Barcelona.
  25. Eimler, S., Brandenberg, G., Martínez-Moreno, J. (2019). Courage: A social media companion safeguarding and educating students, Empirical Approach. Kick-off "Artificial Intelligence and the Society of the Future", Volkswagen Stiftung. Hannover, Germany.
  26. Martínez-Moreno, J., Arsiwalla, X., & Verschure, P. (2018). From neural correlates to a functional hierarchy of consciousness: integrating the easy problems. International Congress Human Brain Project: Understanding Consciousness. Barcelona, Spain.
  27. Villar, E., Martínez-Moreno, J., Miralles, L., & Ureña, R. (2015). Protocol for the systematic analysis of emotional episodes and the evaluation of emotional competence. V Jornadas Emociones y Bienestar, SEAS. Madrid, Spain.

Theses

  1. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2025). Becoming a Teacher in Times of Digital Transformation: Revisiting Career Choice. University of Zurich.
  2. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2019). A study on the development of maker activities with primary education teachers and students: from self-concept change to gender factors. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3484507
  3. Martínez-Moreno, J. (2017). Autoconcepte, autoconstructe i creativitat: La relació entre l'autoconcepte familiar i la creativitat en una mostra d'estudiants universitaris [Self-concept, self-construct and creativity: The relationship between family self-concept and creativity in a sample of university students]. Universitat de Girona.

Reports

  1. Martínez-Moreno, J., Bernstein, A., & Christen, M. (2024). Strategy Lab AI in Education: Descriptive Analyses AI Survey. Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich.
  2. Rogers, H., Martínez-Moreno, J., Santos, P., Tabacaru, M., Mebrahtu Kidanemariam, S., Zinkevičiūtė, G., Dragt, E., Bol, E., Varanauskas, A., Gouache, C. (2020). Addressing the gaps & needs of primary school teachers when designing the d-tips toolbox. D-TIPS Erasmus.
  3. Martínez-Moreno, J. & Santos, P. (2018). Makers per la Inclusió: Informe [Makers for Inclusion: Report]. Colectic i TIDE, Barcelona.
  4. Esteban-Guitart, M., Llopart, M., Cebrián, N., Martínez-Moreno, J. & Castro, A. (2017). Situació de la infància, adolescència, joventut, famílies i professorat a Figueres [The situation of children, adolescents, youth, families and teachers in Figueres]. Institut de Recerca Educativa, Girona.

Projects

  1. ImaginEd. Educational board game supporting schools in navigating digital transformation, co-developed by the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zürich) and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), with support from the Digitalisation Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH). Role: project team, evaluation. Published by hep Verlag and recommended by éducation21 as an education-for-sustainable-development resource. imagined.ch

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