BioMe in Times of Corona

by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Blog Post

Amanda Lagerkvist, Principal Investigator of the WASP-HS project BioMe: Existential Challenges and Ethical Imperatives of Biometric AI in Everyday Lifeworlds, reports from the research project and on the challenges faced by the pandemic. “BioMe: Existential Challenges...

When Sustainability Met AI

by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog Post

How many times the word “sustainability” has been discussed in local and regional agendas? In what contexts? and how is it used? These were some of the key interrogations lying at the core of the WASP-HS Summer School. We might find it normal to include this “fancy”...

Shaping Agency: Challenges for an Interconnected World from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Blog Post

One of the highlights of the WASP-HS summer school was the lecture given by evolutionary ecologist Keith Larson. For someone working in the design of technologies, this was an opportunity to hear directly from someone researching climate impact. During his wonderful,...

Reflections from WASP-HS Summer School

by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog Post

The theme of the WASP-HS Summer School of 2021 was sustainability. It is a broad concept, and some would argue that it is too broad, draining it from meaning, while others argue that the broadness is a strength to get people on board. Kalle Grill made us ponder upon...

Reflections on “Ethics in AI-driven educational practices”

by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog Post

I’m Clàudia Figueras, a doctoral student at Stockholm University, and I’m affiliated with WASP-HS. My supervisors are Harko Verhagen and Tessy Cerratto Pargman. I’m interested in studying how AI systems affect people, especially those who are already disadvantaged in...

Reflections on “Altered Relationships to Autonomous Systems”

by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog Post

This reflection from the WASP-HS roundtable on Altered Relationships to Autonomous Systems was written by Kristina Popova, who is a doctoral student at KTH Royal Institute of technology. As a part of an interdisciplinary team supported by WASP-HS grant, she is...