Dr Brian Ballsun-Stanton is leading Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts understanding, policy, teaching, and research initiatives around the techniques and appropriate uses of Generative AI. With a PhD in Philosophy of Data that enables him to bridge theoretical frameworks with practical implementations, he has developed the university’s “Guidance Note: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Research” and pioneered AI integration across multiple disciplines, winning the 2024 Faculty of Arts Educational Leadership Award for his innovative work in AI-enhanced learning. His implementations span Languages, Security Studies, and Law, each featuring unique aspects such as AI-optional and AI-required assessments, cross-model critical evaluation, and simulations. He teaches the effective use and techniques of generative AI to undergraduate and post-graduate students, reaching more than 1,500 students through various initiatives.

Research Profiles

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-7912
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gc0PEWQAAAAJ&hl=en
• https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/brian-ballsun-stanton

Papers

• A university framework for the responsible use of generative AI in research
• The use of large language models as scaffolds for proleptic reasoning
  • Generative AI in Research: Disclosure & Documentation Guidance / Checklist

Preprints

• Teaching Students How to Effectively Interact with LLMs at University: Insights on the Longitudinal Development of AI-Locus of Control
  • Prompts
• Teaching the Unknown: A Pedagogical Framework for Teaching With and About AI
  • Prompts

Teaching With and About AI - Edited Volume preprints

• [https://zenodo.org/communities/iacap-aisb-25-teachingai/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest]

Workshops and Teaching

• An Introduction to LLMs
• AI Summercamp 2025: Techniques and Ethics of Generative AI

Keynotes and presentations

• How Teaching Must Become Process-Oriented instead of Knowledge-Oriented from The Emperor’s New Clothes: A Manifesto for Universities in an AI-Haunted World
  • Prompts
• Research Use of LLMs: Beyond the chatbot
• Briefing on the Guidance Note on Generative AI in Research at Macquarie University from Guidance Note: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Research
• Avoiding Sadness: Research policy for Generative AI

Other resources

• Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Undergraduate Assessment

Recordings/Videos

And if you want to hear me giving a lecture to a graduate research methods class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHXpnZF_8I&feature=youtu.be