Rachel Forsyth is a Senior Educational Developer at Lund University, Sweden. She focuses on the use of digital tools in teaching and assessment. Rachel is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and research is focused on trust, inclusion, and organisational change. Some of her recent publications include: 

• Forsyth, R., and Glessmer, M. S. (2025). How teachers build trust with students in the presence of GenAI. LTH:s 13:e Pedagogiska Inspirationskonferens, 4 December 2025.
• Felten, P., Forsyth, R., & Sutherland, K. (2023). Building Trust in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model for Teachers, Scholars, and Academic Developers in Higher Education. Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 11. 
• Glessmer, M. S., Persson, P., & Forsyth, R. (2025). Engineering students trust teachers who ask, listen, and respond. International Journal for Academic Development, 30(1), 106–119. 
• Sutherland, K. A., Forsyth, R., & Felten, P. (2024). Expressions of Trust: How University STEM Teachers Describe the Role of Trust in their Teaching. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 12, 1–15.