SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE

The Policy Deficit in AI x Social-Emotional Learning Research

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 30, 2026 · UTC

As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into social-emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, the need for evidence-based policy has become paramount. We systematically reviewed 65 peer-reviewed papers that examine the intersection of AI and SEL to investigate how these studies articulate policy implications. Our analysis revealed a substantial "policy deficit" in the current AI x SEL literature: nearly three-quarters of the studies did not mention policy implications at all. Using the "WH-question" framework (Who, What, Why, When/Where, and How), we map the policy implications

Read original source ↗ Open in workspace

recordType

paper

region

Global