Open Call for WASP-HS Project Initiation Grants
Do you have an innovative research idea within the WASP-HS field? Apply for a WASP-HS Project Initiation Grant. Proposed activities should lay the groundwork for developing new lines of research and competitive national and/or international funding applications. The...
Somatic Freedoms: Reconfiguring Human-Machine Ethical Relations — PhD Defense
Rachael Garrett defends her doctoral thesis, “Somatic Freedoms: Reconfiguring Human-Machine Ethical Relations“, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology on 28 August 2026. See event. Abstract Somatic freedoms are ethical commitments to bodies as whole, living...
Full Week of AI, Politics, and the Reshaping of Knowledge
AI is reshaping how knowledge is produced and trusted. During the WASP-HS Summer School 2026, participants examines how AI influences the ways societies understand themselves and the world around them. This week, the WASP-HS Summer School 2026 welcomes over 70 PhD...
AI Companions and the Future of Intimacy
AI companions are on the increase. What can we learn from their use in Japan? This fall, Hirofumi Katsuno, internationally renowned Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, will visit various WASP-HS robotics groups...
