Margarida Romero

Margarida Romero

Principal Investigator

IIIA

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Education Sciences Education Sciences
  • AIED
  • CSCL
  • creativity
  • creative problem solving
  • educational robotics
  • psychology
  • computational thinking

Margarida Romero is a research professor at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) in Barcelona. After the best PhD award in Psychology (2010) for a double PhD programme in France (CNRS UMR UT2J-UB3) and Spain (SINTE SGR-0819), she did her tenure track at Université Laval (Canada) and was appointed in 2017 as a full professor at Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France. Her research focuses on the study of creative uses of technology (#ppai6), particularly in relation to artificial intelligence in education (AIED) and creative problem-solving in CSCL.

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Current & Past Positions


  • IIIA , Cerdanyola del Vallès, ES
    2025-09 – Present
  • Associate professor - Faculty of Education
    Universitat Internacional de Catalunya , Barcelona, ES
    2024-09 – 2025-09
  • Associate researcher / Délégation à temps partiel - Inria Mnemosyne team
    Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest Research Centre , Bordeaux, FR
    2022-09 – 2024-08
  • Full professor - Institut NeuroMod, LINE
    Université Côte d'Azur , Nice, FR
    2017-01 – Present
  • Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
    Université Laval , Quebec, CA
    2013-04 – Present

Education

  • Doctorate
    Université de Toulouse 2 , Toulouse, FR
    2005 – 2010

Publications

Pair Interactions and Emergent Roles in Problem-Solving with Modular Robotics in Primary Education

Despoina Schina , Margarida Romero , Nice France , Romero, Margarida
2025 - Technology, Knowledge and Learning DOI: 10.1007/s10758-025-09907-w Education Sciences Education Sciences

Actes de la 12ème Conférence sur les Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain

Elise Lavoué , Lavoué, Elise , Margarida Romero , Peter, Yvan , Romero, Margarida , Yvan Peter
2025 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Playful Modular Robotics Among Children in Kyiv Under Condition of War and Ukrainian Refugees

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida
2025 - Electronic Journal of e-Learning DOI: 10.34190/ejel.22.10.3525 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Étude comparative entre réfugiés ukrainiens et apprenants en situation de guerre sur la créativité dans des tâches de robotique pédagogique

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida
2025 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Human-Centered Perspectives on Computational Thinking and Problem Solving in the Age of AI: How to Investigate the Changing Educational Landscapes?

Burcu Şener , Kateryna Zabolotna , Margarida Romero , Megumi Iwata , Romero, Margarida , Thomas B. Frøsig
2025 - Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences DOI: 10.22318/icls2025.547397 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Encourager le développement des cultures régénératrices dans le domaine de l'éducation : une approche axée sur l'apprentissage expansif

Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida , Sylvie Barma
2025 - Revue internationale du CRIRES : innover dans la tradition de Vygotsky DOI: 10.51657/jdjbyh14 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Enjeux citoyens de la formation à l'intelligence artificielle

Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2025 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Research Results of the Pilot Study: Will AI Teachers Replace Human Educators?

Chengcheng Li , Li, Chengcheng , Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida , Strutynska, Oksana
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Formative Interventions to Improve the Hand Hygiene Procedure in Your Emergency Department

Margarida Romero , Pierre Hamel , Romero, Margarida , Sylvie Barma
2024 - Global Journal of Health Science DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v16n11p10 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Assessment of divergent thinking through game based robotics

Lefèvre, Saint-Clair , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida , Saint-Clair Lefèvre
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

The effects of assessment instruction and test anxiety on divergent components of creative problem-solving tasks

Fabien Fenouillet , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida , Victoria Prokofieva
2024 - Frontiers in Education DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1440248 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Didactic of visual arts: Exploration of creative processes with and without AI assistance in artistic projects.

Alfonso Berroya , Berroya, Alfonso , Cejudo, Joseba , Cristina Miranda , Joseba K Cejudo , Margarida Romero , Miranda, Cristina , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Collaborative Design of AI-Enhanced Learning Activities

Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Lifelong learning challenges in the era of artificial intelligence: a computational thinking perspective

Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Штучний інтелект: виклики і проблеми для громадянського суспільства

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida , Tetiana Matusevych
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Affordances for AI-Enhanced Digital Game-Based Learning

Margarida Romero , Petros Lameras , Romero, Margarida , Sylvester Arnab
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_9 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Citizenship, Censorship, and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida , Tetiana Matusevych
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_5 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Creative Application of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Alex Urmeneta , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_1 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

Jonathan Reyes , Margarida Romero , Panos Kostakos , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_10 Education Sciences Education Sciences

International Initiatives and Regional Ecosystems for Supporting Artificial Intelligence Acculturation

Alex Urmeneta , Florence Tressols , Isabelle Galy , Jérémy Camponovo , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_6 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Manifesto in Defence of Human-Centred Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Alex Urmeneta , Amanda M. L. Taylor-Beswick , Bastienne Bernasco , Jari Laru , Marc-André Girard , Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida , Thomas Frosig
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_12 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Artificial intelligence and educational leadership: what impacts on the daily lives of educational school management

Marc André Girard , Margarida Romero , Normand Roy , Romero, Margarida
2024 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Students’ Perspective on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Christelle Caucheteux , Laurent Fouché , Lianne-Blue Hodgkins , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida , Victoire Batifol
2024 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55272-4_8 Education Sciences Education Sciences

Création d’une Communauté d’Apprentissage de l’Informatique

Charles Poulmaire , Franck Chambon , Gabriel Parriaux , Kim Mens , Margarida Romero , Maryna Rafalska , Olivier Goletti , Patricia Corieri , Romero, Margarida , Sylviane Bachy , Sébastien Hoarau , Thierry Massart , Thierry Viéville , Vassilis Komis
2023 - Adjectif : analyses et recherches sur les TICE Education Sciences Education Sciences

Evaluating Playful Creative Problem Solving in Kyiv and Ukrainian Refugees in France

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Exploring the Scope of Practicing Basic Science Process Skills in the Creative Problem-Solving Experiences through Modular Cube Robotics Technologies in Students across Various Educational Levels

Margarida Romero , Mehedi Hasan Anik , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Досвід оцінювання умінь креативного вирішення проблем з використанням модульної робототехніки

Margarida Romero , Oksana Strutynska , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Une approche historico-culturelle de l'activité (CHAT) pour analyser les enjeux du numérique en éducation

Barma Sylvie , Duret Caroline , Hamel Pierre , Isaac Guillaume , Kamga Raoul , Lepage Alexandre , Margarida Romero , Patiño Azeneth , Prevot Eloïse , Romero, Margarida , Trad Donia , Turcotte Jessy
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Towards computational learning science: modeling creative problem solving in child-robot interaction through behavioral learning analytics

Frédéric Alexandre , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Data management plan of the Special Interest Group Scol_IA Renewal of digital practices and creative uses of digital and AI

Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

The 5J5IA device, an example of critical regulation of AI in education

Jean-François Céci , Laurent Heiser , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Représenter l'apprentissage humain dans des problèmes ouverts

Axel Palaude , Chloé Mercier , Margarida Romero , Mercier, Chloé , Palaude, Axel , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Learner-centred perspectives in artificial intelligence education

Heiser, Laurent , Laurent Heiser , Margarida Romero , Romero, Margarida
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Teaching and learning in the age of artificial intelligence

Alexandre Lepage , Anne Gagnebien , Audrey Bonjour , Aurelie Lagarrigue , Axel Palaude , Caroline Boulord , Charles-Antoine Gagneur , Chloé Mercier , Christelle Caucheteux , Dominique Guidoni-Stoltz , Florence Tressols , Frédéric Alexandre , Jean-François Céci , Jean-François Métral , Julie Henry , Jérémy Camponovo , Laurent Fouché , Laurent Heiser , Lianne-Blue Hodgkins , Margarida Romero , Marie-Hélène Comte , Michel Durampart , Patricia Corieri , Paul Olry , Pauline Reboul , Philippe Bonfils , Romero, Margarida , Sami Ben Amor , Simon Collin , Solange Ciavaldini-Cartaut , Thierry Viéville , Victoire Batifol , Yann-Aël Le Borgne
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Un MOOC pour initier a l'IA : « Intelligence Artificielle avec Intelligence »

Aurélie Lagarrigue , Axel Palaude , Chloé Mercier , Frédéric Alexandre , Margarida Romero , Marie-Hélène Comte , Romero, Margarida , Thierry Viéville
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

Evaluation of a competency-based teaching practice transformation in higher education.

Margarida Romero , Prokofieva, Victoria , Romero, Margarida , Victoria Prokofieva
2023 - Education Sciences Education Sciences

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