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  • PhD defense Alicja Ostrowska

    PhD Defense: Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds

    Alicja Ostrowska defends her PhD thesis, “Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds” on 30 January at Chalmers University of Technology. See event page. Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly introduced into scientific practices, including NASA’s missions that explore conditions for life and habitability on […]

  • Winter Conference 2026

    The WASP-HS Winter Conference 2026 will be in LUX, the Joint Faculties for Humanities and Theology, at Lund University 4-6 February. It will be filled with workshops, poster presentations, and interactive discussions, with ample opportunity for networking. Please join us and contribute to the conversation!WASP-HS Annual Exchange Encountering DigitalizationWhat happens when interactions are automated and digital […]

  • Dominika Lisy PhD Defence

    PhD Defence: Figuring the Boundary Between Human and Robot

    On 6 March 2026, Dominika Lisy defends her doctoral thesis, “Figuring the Boundary between Human and Robot: A Feminist New Materialist Perspective on Dermally Layered Relationality”, at Linköping University. See event page. Abstract Social robots are expected to become ubiquitous across different areas  of both the private and public spheres of human life, assisting in care, education, […]

  • Girls Sc(AI)ence 7: Conversations on How AI is Eroding Human Rights (And What Can We Do About It)

    The workshop series "Girls just want to have Sc(AI)ence" aims to foster knowledge and discussions on critical and feminist approaches to technology by engaging scholars working with AI from a variety of disciplines -from data science to art, political studies and philosophy, and invite them to reflect and imagine together how to use tools and theories from critical and feminist studies to implement more thcial, sustainable and inclusive technology-related practices and research.

  • Learning to do Research with AI: Towards Building a Toolkit to Support Doctoral Training

    Zoom

    Please note that this event is independently organized by WASP-HS researchers and not the WASP-HS Program Office.In this workshop, we invite senior researchers (including doctoral supervisors) to participate in a focused discussion aimed at collecting inputs, suggestions, reflections that will be translated into material for creating the toolkit. The toolkit will consist in a bespoke […]

  • Human Futures, Machine Pasts: Rethinking AI through Cultural Memory and Imagination

    Together with The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), WASP-HS is hosting an international series of symposium "Human Futures - AI Transisions in a Global Context" carried out with Tokyo College (Japan) and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS, South Africa). Running from 2026 to 2027, the program brings together scholars from a range […]

  • Workshop – WASP-HS Research Environment “The Rule of AI”

    Örebro University, Room T137

    The WASP-HS Research Environment “The Rule of AI” explores both the regulation of AI and the ways AI is transforming regulatory processes. The researchers examine the dynamics shaping AI governance, as well as AI’s role in compliance and policy implementation. At this first interdisciplinary workshop the researchers will present their current research and discuss opportunities for future […]

  • The Impact of AI on White Collar Work

    Katrinelunds Gästgiveri & Sjökrog

    White collar work is increasingly important in employment. Meanwhile, it performs a number of tasks that are susceptible to AI-induced automation. At the conference, researchers will present their current research. We welcome researchers in economics, computer-science, informatics, statistics, management, law, sociology, and other related fields. To benefit the research presented, we aim for an active and close interaction between participants, akin to a workshop.