The African Leadership Centre (ALC) invites you to AI for Connection: Storytelling, Belonging, and Leadership in Higher Education, a student-led interactive exhibition supported by the King’s Academy Strategic Education Practice and Scholarship Fund (SCTF), taking place on 15 May, 13:00–15:00.

In a moment where artificial intelligence is often defined by efficiency and automation, this event offers a different proposition: that through storytelling, AI can also be a space for human connection. Emerging from a student-led workshop, this exhibition brings together a series of images created through AI. These images act as invitations, offering glimpses into lived experience, revealing stories that might otherwise remain unseen.

As visitors move through the exhibition, they are invited to enter into dialogue with the images, with others, and with their own sense of belonging. Leadership, in this context, unfolds by making space for others, allowing shared narratives to become the ground on which community is built.

About the speakers

Mrinalini Agrawal

Mrinalini Agrawal is a Fellow at the African Leadership Centre (ALC) and an MSc candidate in Global Leadership and Peacebuilding at King’s College London. With a background in world politics and decolonial thought, Mrin's work focuses on inclusive policy approaches that centre lived realities across global contexts.

Danielle Sophie Tietchou Tegang

Danielle Sophie Tietchou Tegang is a Fellow at the African Leadership Centre (ALC) and an MSc candidate in Global Leadership and Peacebuilding at King’s College London. With a background in international relations and psychology, her work explores governance and culturally grounded approaches to leadership.

Gloriana Rodríguez Álvarez

Gloriana Rodríguez Álvarez is a Lecturer at the African Leadership Centre (ALC), working on leadership and decolonial approaches to knowledge. Her research explores Indigenous epistemologies, combining critical scholarship with participatory methods that centre lived experience and shared humanity.