Projects

These three research projects explore how like-minded active self-directed individuals -- called 'Tracers' -- learn, connect and drive positive change in the age of generative AI.

Creating Tracers studies the next generation of transformational changemakers: individuals who turn personal passion and grit into lasting community impact by leaving meaningful digital traces that inspire others, without centralized coordination. 

@GENZJP is a research-backed community hosted at Temple University, Japan Campus, where Tracers in Japan meet to share knowledge, build stigmergy networks and develop scalable solutions to real-world social and environmental challenges. 

SynchLearn is a community learning platform built on Trace Pedagogy, a framework designed to keep authentic human thinking visible and valuable as generative AI reshapes education, enabling learners to build collective intelligence through structured peer collaboration and AI-transparent contributions. 

Together, these projects form a connected body of work on transformational digital leadership, human stigmergy, AI literacy in higher education and peer-driven social innovation, grounded in the Stigmergy Network Theory developed by Dr. Marvin Starominski-Uehara at Temple University Japan."JP"}}}]}