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Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making — New PhD Defense
Christian Kammler defends his doctoral thesis, “Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making” on Friday April...
Three New DDLS-WASP-HS Research Initiation Grant Projects Approved
To foster collaborative research at the intersection of data-driven life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, three new initiation projects between WASP-HS and DDLS have been approved. The...
Enjoying the Fall – The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security—New PhD Defense
Pasko Kisic Merino defends his doctoral thesis, “Enjoying the Fall – The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security”. Karlstad University, on...
Does the Future Belong to Self-Driving Cars?
How does self-driving cars affect the relationship between pedestrian and passenger? At last year’s WASP-HS AI for Humanity and Society conference: Creating Shared AI Futures, I was one of four...
The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population — New PhD Defense
Maria Arnelid defends her doctoral thesis, “The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population,” at Temcas, Tema building,...
Dancing Robots, Archives and AI at the Winter Conference
Does AI affect the authenticity of our heritage? What are the impressions of those working with heritage archives on AI? These are some of the questions I am currently exploring as my research is on...
Call for Applications—Project Initiation Grants
Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) is offering up to 250 000 SEK to support emerging research ideas that require multi- or interdisciplinary...
Winter Conference 2025—Strengthening AI Research and Collaboration
Over 120 researchers from the WASP-HS program gathered at Stockholm University on February 5-7 for the Winter Conference 2025, focusing on the multifaceted impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on...
Interactions With Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents—New PhD defense
Kashyap Haresamundram defends his doctoral thesis, “Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents,” at Lecture Hall E:A, building...
Queering AI—New Report
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in reinforcing biases, the balance between regulation and inclusivity, and the power of generative AI in shaping worldviews were among the key issues...
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