About Dr. Navid Nazhand
Helping higher education respond to AI with clarity and purpose
Professor, author, researcher, speaker, and founder of Futurica Insights.
Professional biography
Dr. Navid Nazhand is a Professor in Seneca Business at Seneca Polytechnic and the founder of Futurica Insights. His work focuses on the responsible and practical use of artificial intelligence in higher education, with particular attention to teaching, learning, assessment, academic integrity, faculty development, and institutional readiness.
Across teaching, research, writing, speaking, and workshop development, Dr. Nazhand translates fast-moving technological change into questions educators and academic leaders can act on: What should students still be able to explain and defend? How should assessment change? Where can AI strengthen learning? What policies, capabilities, and human judgment are needed for responsible adoption?
Academic role
Professor, Seneca Business, Seneca Polytechnic.
Academic background
PhD in Technology & Innovation Management; MBA.
Research identity
ORCID 0009-0009-8375-6965; Web of Science ResearcherID QLV-1496-2026.
Teaching, research, and AI expertise
Dr. Nazhand’s current platform sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and higher education. His areas of focus include AI literacy, student agency, responsible classroom use, authentic assessment, evidence of learning, academic integrity, faculty practice, and the organizational conditions required for coherent institutional adoption.
His verified research record includes journal articles, conference papers, conference presentations, books, patents, and peer-review activity. Recent presentations recorded in ORCID address student engagement in online learning and the use of AI for grading and feedback.
Books
Dr. Nazhand is the author of two practical 2026 books focused on learning and assessment in the age of generative AI:
- AI-Resilient Assessment: Practical Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and Integrity in the Age of Generative AI
- The AI-Ready Student: Build Your Personal AI Learning System for College and University
Speaking and faculty development
Dr. Nazhand develops keynotes, institutional conversations, and faculty-development workshops for colleges, universities, teaching and learning centres, academic leaders, and professional audiences. Available themes include AI-ready institutions, assessment after generative AI, responsible AI leadership, faculty capability, and preserving human agency in AI-enabled learning.
Professional philosophy
Technology is most valuable when it strengthens learning, judgment, and human agency.
Dr. Nazhand’s approach emphasizes evidence, responsible experimentation, and decisions grounded in educational purpose. The goal is not adoption for its own sake, but thoughtful change that educators, students, and institutions can understand and sustain.
Research · Publishing · AI · Innovation
Futurica Insights
Dr. Navid Nazhand is the founder of FUTURICA INSIGHTS INC., a Canadian company focused on research, publishing, and knowledge development at the intersection of artificial intelligence, education, business, technology, and innovation.
Futurica Insights provides a platform for developing and publishing practical, research-informed resources that help educators, professionals, and organizations better understand and respond to emerging technologies. Its work includes publications, applied research, educational resources, and professional knowledge initiatives, with a particular interest in the responsible and effective use of artificial intelligence.
Through Futurica Insights, Dr. Nazhand brings together his academic research, professional experience, writing, and work in AI and higher education to translate emerging ideas into practical frameworks and resources for real-world use.