From its early conceptual development to an expanding international research community, postplagiarism has helped bring attention to the changing relationship between academic integrity and emerging technologies. The following milestones highlight key developments in this evolving area of scholarship.
2021 Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton explores postplagiarism in “Plagiarism in Higher Education: Tackling Tough Topics in Academic Integrity” building on earlier scholarship about plagiarism and authorship.
2023 Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton publishes “Postplagiarism: Transdisciplinary Ethics and Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Neurotechnology” in the International Journal for Educational Integrity, explicitly articulating the framework and its six tenets.
2024 Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton and Dr. Rahul Kumar launch the Postplagiarism website, sharing open-access resources and multilingual versions of the six tenets.
2025 Dr. Rahul Kumar publishes empirical research on the postplagiarism tenets in the International Journal for Educational Integrity.
2025 Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton and Dr. Rahul Kumar receive the 2025 Tracey Bretag Prize for developing the postplagiarism framework and academic integrity research in North America.
2025–26 The Centre for Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Literacy and Integrity (CAIELI) at the University of Calgary hosts the Postplagiarism Speaker Series, bringing together leading researchers and educators from around the world to examine how we can navigate the integration of AI tools in educational settings while maintaining ethical standards and fostering authentic learning. .
2026 The Postplagiarism Research Lab opens. Established at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, the Lab supports interdisciplinary and future-focused research into academic integrity, AI, educational technology, ethics, equity, and inclusion.
2026 Graduate researchers, including Dr. Bibek Dahal, Dr. Mike Healy, and Dr. Fuat Ramazanov, develop projects that engage with the postplagiarism framework, extending scholarly inquiry into emerging questions and applications.
