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Doing Research with AI: Changing Academic Practices and Doctoral Training
What are approapriate ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools when carrying out research? How to set up a good conversation between supervisors and students around expectations of AI tool use...
Networking and Community Building at the WASP-HS Winter Conference 2026
More than 100 WASP‑HS PhD students, newly graduated doctors, and supervisors gathered at Lund University on 4–6 February for the WASP‑HS Winter Conference 2026. Three days of workshops,...
AI in the Swedish Election Campaign – Democracy on New Terms
How does AI affect democracy and opinion formation? That was the focus when researchers and Members of Parliament met in the Swedish Parliament on 28 January for a seminar arranged by Rifo and WASP...
Open Call for WASP-HS Nordic Collaborative Workshops
To stimulate new collaborations across the Nordic countries WASP-HS invites applications to organize a series of Nordic collaborative workshops. Applicants can request up to 500,000 SEK per session...
Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds — PhD Defense
Alicja Ostrowska defends her PhD thesis, “Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds” on 30 January at Chalmers University of Technology....
Developing New Tools to Reveal Hidden Errors in Synthetic Data
Synthetic data is increasingly used in research and development. In the WASP‑HS project “Social Complexity and Fairness in Synthetic Medical Data,” Ericka Johnson identified intersectional...
WASP-HS Collaboration Arena Welfare – Call for Applications
WASP-HS is developing the Collaboration Arena Welfare in dialogue with The Swedish Social Insurance Agency, The Swedish Tax Agency, Public Employment Service, and the Swedish Association of Local...
Mapping Small Water Channels Using Machine Learning — PhD Defense
Mariana Busarello defends her doctoral thesis “Mapping small water channels using machine learning” on December 5 at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Abstract Boreal landscapes are...
AI, Education, Healthcare, and Art – Berlin Study Visit 2025
Berlin is a hub of ideas and inspiration that 15 WASP-HS PhD students explored when vising the city’s research and innovation landscape. On November 10–12, the WASP-HS Graduate School organized a...
Generative AI and the Rights for Creators and Culture — Open Dialogue
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of creative processes, questions on copyright, licensing, and personality rights arise. Together with KLYS, WASP-HS welcomed researchers,...
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