Books, papers and collaborations
2026
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. “LLMs are as dry as the Sahara Desert. Towards a more child-centered crafted AI” in How to make AI work for your Primary School: Tools, Ethics, and Opportunities, Emma Palastanga and Dilma De Araujo Eds. Routledge (in preparation)
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. and Lane, G. “Children's Culture Leadership: Holistic Ways of Knowing in Early Childhood” in Post Foundational Philosophies in Early Childhood Studies Volume Edited by Nicola Yelland, Ame Christiansen and Nikki Fairchild, Changing Images of Early Childhood Routledge Series (in preparation)
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. “Flooding Children’s Imagination Through AI: How Current LLMs’ Design Impacts Children’s Self-Identity, Expression, and Creativity“ in Artificial Intelligence and the Abundance/Saturation of Creative Content: Implications and Strategies for Creators, Industries, and Society, Francisco Tigre Moura Ed. Routledge (in preparation)
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. and Legrand, C. “Breaking Molds. Comparing Analog-AI Constraints on Children’s Creativity through a Self-Portrait Drawing Technique”. Global Studies of Childhood Journal (on review)
· Gordillo Martorell, J. A. “Welcome to our PlAIground!”, paper accepted at LIFE Conference: (Re)Thinking Vulnerability through Arts-Based Research, which will take place on 2–3 November 2026 at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A., “Toward More Embodied Museums: How Children Play with Museums Through Their Bodies” Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy. 2026. DOI
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Amarasinghe Adikaramge Krishani, M., and Landum, J.N. (2026) “Welcome to our PlAIground! How AI affects children’s self-image and mental wellbeing,” 25th Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference 2026. 22nd-25th June. Brighton
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Amarasinghe Adikaramge Krishani, M., and Landum, J.N. (2025) 'Emotional Agency in Child–AI Creative Interaction: Ethical Implications for Child-Centred Educational AI', poster presented at Inclusive AI Lab Networking Poster Session, Data CARE Festival — "Collaboration for Good", Utrecht University, 9–12 June.
· Gordillo Martorell, J. A. Children as museum researchers. Journal of Creative Research Methods (published online ahead of print 2026). Retrieved Mar 23, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1332/30502969Y2026D000000015
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. The Blue Whale Park. A Story of Hope. United PC.
· Godrillo Martorell, J.A. Beshert. United PC.
2025
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. Children’s Boards in Museums. Transforming the world through Children’s Participation. Routledge & Taylor Francis. 2025.
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. “Projects as Encounters. How Children Give Me a New Way to Be Responsible in My Research Action”, in Smith, B.J. (ed.) Urgent Care for Educators. Situating Responsibility as a Way for Educators to Transform School Cultures. Leiden: Brill. 2025
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. ”Collaborative Museum Design and The Children’s Board” in Castella, K. Designing for Kids: Creating for playing, learning, and growing, 2nd Ed. Routledge, 2025
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. Why it's so great to be a child (as an adult). Self-advocacy manual for educators.United Publishers. 2025
· Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2025) “The Enchanted Castle: A Children’s Board in Château de Prangins, Switzerland” by Social History in Museums Journal. Vol 49.
· Gordillo Martorell, J. A. (2025). Creating a Children’s Boards for Designing Child-Led Museum Experiences. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 16(2), 316. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v16i2.42011
2024
• Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2024) ‘Students as Museum Creators: A Future with No Museums?’, in Smith, B.J. (ed.) Urgent Care for Schools: Situating Responsibility as an Engaging Way for Students to Transform School Cultures. Leiden: Brill, pp. 108–113.
• Gordillo Martorell, J.A 26 January 2024 “Winterrede Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell: «Unsere wahre und einzige Heimat ist unsere Kindheit» Tsüri
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. and Primary School Bifang Students (2024) “A Museum is… so a Museum should be…”. Exploring children’s museum perception to improve professional practice.”, Journal of Museum Education. DOI - 10.1080/10598650.2024.2342593
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YJRXTQNCYKSY34WJQZDR/full?target=10.1080/10598650.2024.2342593
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. and Primary School Bifang Students (2024) “Students as Museum Creators” Chapter in a collective Book Ed. By Barbara Smith in Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2023) “You need our eyes to see us”; Exploring Children’s Solidarity Mindset and Performance in a Museum Context”. Culture Caleidoscoop. Publication Issue#2 Solidarity February 2024.DOI: https://doi.org/10.57031/culcal.v2i1.16061
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2023) “Is your digital cultural heritage sustainable? Tell us through the Climate Action Community survey” Europeana Pro. 13 July.
As a Reviewer For or the European School Education Platform and eTwinning
•”Are vocational agriculture teachers in Greece motivated to foster sustainability competences?”
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2022) “Everything starts with a question: diversity and inclusion in a global world” Europeana Pro. 8 November
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A. (2021) “Rethink digitally a museum from sustainability; the "Vi är planeten" experience.” Congreso CIMED. I Congreso Internacional de Museos y Estrategias Digitales. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 25 y 26 de Marzo 2021. Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ CIMED21.2021.
•Gordillo Martorell, J. A., Json Lindmark, S. Rönnbäck. E. (2021), ”Berätta för mig”: an efficient method to co-create culture contents with your audiences in corona times” Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, Vol 2. Art. 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21134/jcci.v2i.1316
•”We are the planet” exhibition/hub/hybrid
https://norrbottensmuseum.se/evenemang/utstaellningar/vi-aer-planeten.aspx?lang=en
•Singh, S., Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Martin-Torres, J. (2019) Smart educative tools for climate change action, Arctic Futures 2050, Washington, D.C. 4-6 September 2019.
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano Mier, M-P. (2019) Touring space science: the HABIT Tour experience, 3rd ESA Symposium on Space Educational Activities Proceedings. Leicester, UK, between September 16th-18th. Page 5 / 3
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano Mier, María-Paz, Mathanlal, T., Cuartielles, D. and Johansson, M. (2019) The Infinite Learning Chain. Flipped professional labs for learning and knowledge cocreation, Open Education Studies.
•Gordillo Martorell, J.A., Nazarious, M.I., Mathanlal, T., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano Mier, M.P., Thurfjell, M., Porsöskolan students (Margaretta Antich Lunqvist on their behalf), (2019) Metabolizing science from the laboratory to the classroom: The METABOLT Educational Experience, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology. https://www.stemjournal.in/issue-version?volumeId=v2&versionId=version-1&issueId=i7
2010-2017
•Gordillo Martorell, José Antonio (2017) Involving the Child in the Management of Science Museums: A Tool of Social Transformation, Journal of Museum Education, 42:1, 81-86, DOI: 10.1080/10598650.2016.1263041
•Gordillo Martorell, José Antonio (2017) Involving the Child in the Management of Science Museums: A Tool of Social Transform, Spokes. Issue 26.
•Gordillo Martorell, José Antonio (2017) An ear to the ground Stories from members. ECSITE Annual Report 2016. Common Ground. Spokes.
•Gordillo Martorell, José Antonio and Atienza Fernández, Miriam (2015) La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias; el lugar donde experimentas la pasión de ser científico. Revista de Museología, 63.
Gordillo Martorell, J. A. [José Antonio] (2012). La llanterna meravellosa. Les portentoses vides de George Albert Smith. Universitat de València.
•Gordillo Martorell, José Antonio (2010) ¿Sabías que la naturaleza se deja tocar? Revista de Museología, 48.
