PhD Defense – The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population

Temcas, Tema building, Campus Valla, Linköping

Maria Arnelid defends her doctoral thesis, "The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population," at Linköping University. Click here for a link to DIVA, with more information about the dissertation.  Click here for a link to the event page at Linköping University.  Abstract In Sweden, a particular […]

PhD Defense – Enjoying the Fall – The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security

Karlstad University: 9C203 Nyquistsalen

Pasko Kisic Merino defends his doctoral thesis, "Enjoying the Fall - The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security" at Karlstad University. Click here for a link to DIVA, with more information about the dissertation.  Click here for a link to the event page at Linköping University.  Abstract Over the past […]

PhD Defense – Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making

MIT.A.121 Umeå University

Christian Kammler defends his doctoral thesis, “Modeling norms for social simulations: increasing realism in social simulations to support decision makers in their decision making” at Umeå University. Abstract It is very challenging for policymakers and other decision makers to make any kind of decision on a new policy, as the reaction of a person to […]

PhD Defense – How to Build Nice Robots: Ethics from Theory to Machine Implementation

LUX C121, Campus Lund

Jakob Stenseke defends his doctoral thesis, "How to build nice robots: Ethics from theory to machine implementation," at Lunds University. Click here for a link to the dissertation.  Click here for a link to the event page at Lund University.  Abstract This thesis investigates morality from a computational perspective by examining how machines can be […]

En ny regulatorisk verklighet? Perspektiv på AI-juridiken i praktiken

Svenskt Näringsliv Storgatan 19, Stockholm

Det senaste decenniet har EU lagstiftat på en mängd olika områden som alla har bäring på hur teknik av olika slag skapas och hanteras. Få branscher och sektorer undgår effekterna av de nya reglerna, oavsett om det handlar om offentlig eller privat verksamhet. Ambitionen har varit att stärka grundläggande rättigheter (integritet och dataskydd) samt söka […]

PhD Defense – Formal methods for verification in human-agent interaction

HUM.D.220 Umeå University

Andreas Brännström, defends his doctoral thesis "Formal methods for verification in human-agent interaction", at Umeå University. Abstract Formal verification is essential for ensuring that systems behave according to their mathematical specifications. However, applying formal verification to human-agent interactions presents unique challenges due to the dynamic nature of human mental states and behaviors. Unlike traditional verification tasks, […]

PhD Defense – Proactive Balancing: AI-driven Video-based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests

Stockholm University, Lecture Room 2, Södra huset A, Vån 3, Universitetsvägen 10 A and online via Zoom

Maksymilian M. Kuźmicz, defends his doctoral thesis "Proactive Balancing: AI-driven Video-based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests", at Stockholm University. Abstract This thesis aims to propose a method of balancing and identify appropriate legal tools of balancing in the context of AI-driven video-based Active Assisted Living (AAL) technologies. AAL represents a suite of […]

Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence – Part 2

Pushing boundaries of research design: Future Making through (re)mixing creative methods 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, fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Human-Robot Interaction and Human-Computer Interaction are still male-dominated. Similarly, new technologies, from […]

Exploring Human and Social Challenges in Data-Driven Life Sciences

Sigtunastiftelsen

The rapid development of data-driven approaches in the life sciences is transforming how we understand biological systems, develop treatments, and make healthcare decisions. While these advances promise insights and possibilities, they also raise questions about accountability, interpretability, and the changing relations between experts, technologies, and society.  These developments demand careful consideration of questions such as: […]

Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness

Aarhus 2025 Computing [X] Crisis Conference

Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. Synthetic data promises to address three key concerns for data-driven technologies: sparsity, privacy, and bias or lack of diversity. This workshop will interrogate the promise of creating better, more diverse, more representative datasets, by critically examining how […]