Agentic AI for Humanistic Futures: Reimagining Research
with Autonomous Systems
With AI‑generated content becoming more common, the way we create knowledge and conduct research is rapidly changing. These shifts may reshape how we work and think within the Humanities and Social Sciences. How can AI help researchers the way a co‑researcher would? How can AI help make it easier for humans and machines to work together and make better decisions? How can we design AI that helps people think more clearly and avoid bias?
These are some of the questions explored by researchers in the WASP‑HS research environment Agentic AI for Humanistic Futures: Reimagining Research with Autonomous Systems. Their work examines not only how AI might transform research practices, but also how we can shape these technologies to support thoughtful, responsible, and human‑centred futures.
Research Leaders
Members
Andreas Olsson
Karolinska Institutet
Annika Wallin
Lund University
Ellen Peters
University of Oregon
Fredrik Tell
Uppsala University
Gustav Tinghög
Linköping University
Jay J van Bavel
New York University
Kate Devlin
King’s College London
Lars Hall
Lund University
Martin V. Butz
University of Tübingen
Nick Chater
Warwick Business School
Paul Slovic
Oregon Research Institute
Petter Johansson
Lund University
Philip Pärnamets
Karolinska Institutet
Sarah Rajtmajer
Penn State
Events
Selected Publications
(EXAMPLE) Andersson, P.E., Arbin, K. & Rosenqvist, C. (2025) Assessing the value of artificial intelligence (AI) in governmental public procurement, Journal of Public Procurement, 25(1),120-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-05-2024-0057
(EXAMPLE) Arvidsson, M. & Larsson, S. (2025) Fulfilling the Christian mission through law: The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as a legal actor in Congo 1881–1908. Studia Theologica. Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1080/0039338x.2025.2470720
(EXAMPLE) Arvidsson, M., (2025) On gardens of the Anthropocene: Gendered violence, colonial legal enclosures, and feminist posthuman kinship, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, vol. 16, pp. 137–167. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2025.00.11
