ETIH Innovation Awards 2026: judges spotlight on Tina Austin
We’re pleased to welcome Tina Austin to the ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 judging panel, bringing global expertise in AI ethics, education, and responsible innovation.
As part of our ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 spotlight series, we’re announcing the judges who will be reviewing entries across this year’s categories.
Each judge has been selected for their depth of expertise and their ability to assess innovation through a practical, ethical, and real-world lens. We’re pleased to welcome Tina Austin to the judging panel, whose work sits at the intersection of AI ethics, pedagogy, and global education systems.
Judge profile
Tina Austin is an AI ethics consultant, biomedical researcher, and global educator who works with universities and education systems to support responsible, inclusive, and critical adoption of artificial intelligence. With teaching and advisory experience spanning three continents and more than forty countries visited, she brings a strong cross-cultural perspective to AI literacy, governance, and educational transformation.
Austin is the creator of the UnBlooms Framework, a reimagining of Bloom’s Taxonomy for the age of AI, designed to support metacognition, inclusive assessment, and critical evaluation of AI across disciplines. The framework was first presented at Oxford University and is now used by educators internationally to build critical AI literacy rather than tool dependency.
Her academic and faculty development work includes roles at UCLA, USC, CSU, Caltech, and Pacific Oaks College, where she has taught and led programs across AI ethics, biomedical research, critical thinking with AI, and instructional design. She has supported more than 900 faculty members and students in navigating AI thoughtfully, separating practical value from hype.
Austin also advises the California Department of Education, the Los Angeles AI Task Force, and the Marconi Society AI Institute, and serves as an AI Technical Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education. She was selectively invited to speak at OpenAI’s inaugural Higher Education Summit and has partnered with organizations including Microsoft, Duolingo, and Canva on educator enablement and responsible AI workflows.
In 2025, she was named a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and recognized as an ASU+GSV Leading Woman in AI. Alongside her advisory and teaching work, she is the founder of GAInable.AI, a platform focused on helping institutions and individuals use AI responsibly, contextually, and without defaulting to surveillance-driven models.
Enter the ETIH Innovation Awards 2026
Entries for the ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 are now open. Submissions are reviewed by an independent judging panel made up of education leaders, researchers, practitioners, and policy experts, including judges such as Tina Austin and Al Kingsley MBE.
To enter, download an entry form or submit via the entry link. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 27 March 2026, with winners announced in April 2026.
For questions or further information, please contact Director of Content Emma Thompson.
