Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office.
While feminist approaches to technoscience are getting increasing attention, the HRI/AI/HCI fields are still male-dominated. Similarly, new technologies, from assistive robots to chatbots, are often imbued with the same intrinsic gender and ethnic stereotypes and biases present in our western society. An increasing number of scholars have thus called for a “feminist reboot” praising more ethical, sustainable and inclusive research practices and epistemologies.
Welcome to the workshop series Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence, organized by WASP-HS Assistant Professor Valentina Fantasia. This series aims to foster knowledge on critical and feminist approaches to technoscience. By engaging scholars from various disciplines who work with AI, the workshops will encourage discussion, reflection, and imagination on how feminist tools and theories can be used to design and implement AI technology that reflects collective societal values, considering ethics, diversity, and equality. To achieve this, the series will consist of five hands-on sessions, each featuring a keynote presentation followed by group discussions.
The workshop is arranged in a hybrid format on 18 March, 2025
– 12.30 to 13.20: Hybrid lecture on zoom
– 12.30 to 15.30: On-site lecture plus workshop in SOL:A129b, Helgonabacken 12, Lund, Sweden
Invited speaker: Ericka Johnson, Professor at Linköping University
12.30 – 13.20: Keynote by Ericka Johnson, Professor at Linköping University, hybrid.
This talk will share some practical steps people can take in scientific work-environments – especially but not limited to academic ones – to nurture and draw on the benefits of diversity and inclusion. We will discuss concrete recruitment
and evaluation tips, but also explore about how scientific practices and production can be changed to be more inclusive – and thereby also more relevant.
(Coffee break)
13.45-15.15: Hands-on workshop
Here, participants will be invited to share their own research practices and discuss how to use tools and theories from feminist approaches to design and implement more ethical, diverse-oriented and equality-driven research.
On-site participation, also open to the public but pre-registration is required.
Please register for the event to participate.
