BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WASP-HS - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wasp-hs.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WASP-HS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Stockholm BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250214T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250214T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250211T090410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T090410Z UID:19255-1739523600-1739523600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism\, Mind\, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents DESCRIPTION:Kashyap Haresamundram\, defends his doctoral thesis “Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User perception of anthropomorphism\, mind\, and trust in humanlike social agents”\, at Lund University (LTH). \nAbstract\nAdvancements in AI and Robotics have made it possible\, at least to some extent\, for technology to interact with humans in humanlike ways\, such as being able to use natural language. Some of these technologies have rapidly overtaken the consumer market in the form of services such as ChatGPT\, which in 2022 became the fastest growing user-base in history by acquiring 100 million users within two months of launching. Beyond chatbots\, several consumer products such as personal assistant “smart” speakers like Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri and personal robots such as Amazon Astro have been available to consumers for some time now. The common thread between these products is their use of “humanlikeness” of their appearance or behaviour (or both) to facilitate interaction. Humanlikeness in technology design\, in one sense\, is not new\, however\, interaction with technologies that explicitly resemble or mimic humans is rapidly developing in ways that have previously been unachievable. Research in interaction with such technologies is essential to understand how these technologies impact humans in interaction and society at large. This thesis takes a user-centred focus on such technologies and examines interaction with humanlike social agents\, with a focus on user perception of anthropomorphism\, mind and trust in them. The thesis is comprised of a compilation of research articles that each examine interactions with different types of agents\, such as robots\, chatbots and voice assistants\, particularly contrasting embodied agents with disembodied agents\, and text-based agents with voice-based agents\, in order to study the effect of humanlikeness on the perception of the agent in interaction. Employing video-based methods\, the thesis finds that users may be less likely to form trust perceptions regarding an agent based on its humanlike physical or behavioural characteristics compared to its performance. Additionally\, users broadly perceive agents to possess similar “mind” to one another irrespective of their physical or behavioural traits\, with this “mind” being distinct from that of humans or other biological agents. The thesis advocates for further research on humanlikeness\, collectively referring these agents as “Pseudo-Sapiens”. Read full thesis. \nSupervisor\nLarsson\, Stefan\, Supervisor Heintz\, Fredrik\, Assistant supervisor\, External person Torre\, Ilaria\, Assistant supervisor\, External person \nOpponent\nAssistant Professor Minha Lee\, Eindhoven University of Technology\, The Netherlands Read more about the defense. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-interactions-with-pseudo-sapiens-user-perception-of-anthropomorphism-mind-and-trust-in-humanlike-social-agents/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250318T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250318T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250211T225108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T225108Z UID:19258-1742301000-1742311800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence—Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Creating a Research Network to Foster Women’s Partcipation in Technoscience\nPlease note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nWhile 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. \nWelcome 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. \nPractical Information\nThe 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 \nInvited speaker: Ericka Johnson\, Professor at Linköping University \nProgram\n12.30 – 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 recruitmentand evaluation tips\, but also explore about how scientific practices and production can be changed to be more inclusive – and thereby also more relevant. \n(Coffee break) \n13.45-15.15: Hands-on workshopHere\, 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. \nRegistration\nPlease register for the event to participate. \nRegister for the workshop. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/girls-just-want-to-have-scaience-creating-a-research-network-to-fostering-women-participation-in-technoscience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Girrtl-Calendars.png.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250320T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250320T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250214T142136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T142136Z UID:19259-1742461200-1742488200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population DESCRIPTION: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.  \nAbstract\nIn Sweden\, a particular class of technology is imagined as a solution to an ageing population. “Welfare technology” is used in politics and policy documents to describe technology aiming to improve welfare through increased safety\, activity\, participation\, and independence for those with (or who risk developing) disabilities. The thesis focuses on welfare technology in elder care where it is used to\, for example\, administer medicine\, watch over people when they sleep\, and provide company through touch and conversation. The development and implementation of welfare technology is explored in two contexts: municipal care organizations and robotics research. The thesis analyzes the sociotechnical and robotic imaginaries informing the development and implementation of welfare technology and how they are materialized in the decision-making practices of municipal care organizations and robotics research. It also analyzes how ideals and practices of care and care work are renegotiated through the development and implementation of welfare technology\, and what this implies for the organization and valuation of elder care in Sweden. The analysis shows tensions between how different actors imagine the promises of welfare technology\, and between imaginaries of welfare technology for elder care and the characteristics and limitations of the organizations and technologies they rely on to materialize. It also points to how the development and implementation of welfare technology renegotiates ideals and practices of care away from an emphasis on human contact toward independent and remote care\, mobilizing a fragmenting logic where elder care is explored for potentially delegable tasks. Finally\, the thesis argues that discussions on how to maintain elder care provision in light of an ageing population cannot zoom in on welfare technology but need to make elder care a priority in more ways than as an opportunity for innovation. \nSupervisor\nKatherine Harrison\, Associate Professor at Linköping University Ericka Johnson\, Professor at Linköping University \nOpponent\nNete Schwennesen\, Professor at Roskilde University. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-the-imaginaries-and-politics-of-welfare-technology/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250328T101500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250328T121500 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250327T123925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T123925Z UID:19265-1743156900-1743164100@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Enjoying the Fall - The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security DESCRIPTION: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.  \nAbstract\nOver the past decade\, the far-right has become normalised globally. The tolerance of these ideologies challenges the weakened modern liberal order\, signifying its limitations as modernity’s symbolic authority. This phenomenon involves an unprecedented ontology in which fantasies of “stolen” ethnocultural wholeness and supremacy propagate through social media governed by neoliberal imperatives of attention hoarding. Fantasies of self-continuity amidst crises – ontological security – are diffused via social media\, whose algorithmic governance of our everyday shapes identities and experiences of the political. This problem points to the pressing need to explore the psycho-political and techno-mediatic dimensions of far-right normalisation. This thesis provides a novel perspective by mobilising Lacanian ontological security to investigate the role of these dimensions in normalising the far-right in four levels. It analyses the role of White supremacy and deglobalisation in shaping othering fantasies; traditional and social media’s roles in conveying far-right actors as legitimate interlocutors; the mainstream right-wing’s enjoyment of far-right fantasies; and the algorithmic governance of far-right normalisation as a fantasy reinforcing neoliberalism and eroding liberal democracy. \nOpponent\nJason Glynos\, Professor at University of Essex. \n  URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-enjoying-the-fall-the-normalisation-of-the-far-right-as-an-algorithmically-mediated-fantasy-of-ontological-insecurity/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250404T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250404T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250324T115747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T115747Z UID:19264-1743757200-1743757200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbstract\nIt 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 that policy (policy as one form of a norm) in a given situation is highly individual and based on their own subjective perspective. This becomes even more challenging in environments with a high degree of uncertainty (as is usually the case for policymakers). \nSocial simulations are a powerful tool for policymakers and other decision makers to support them in their decision-making process. To build agent-based social simulations that provide this support two main challenges exist: norm (policy) realistic behavior and the usability of the simulation. \nNorm realistic behavior includes differentiated norm engagement as well as seeing norms as more than just restrictions on behavior. Situated norm engagement means that people react differently to norms and focus only on the parts that are relevant for them. Seeing norms as more than just restrictions on behavior means that people can also violate norms and be motivated to circumvent norms. To address these two parts\, we formalize different perspectives on norms and develop a novel agent deliberation architecture\, called the Perspective-Based Agent Deliberation Architecture (PBADA) that can represent different perspectives on norms. Another key element of our agent deliberation architecture is that norms are explicit objects. \nHaving norms as explicit objects is crucial for addressing the challenge of usability of the simulation. It allows policymakers to modify them interactively in the simulation. In general\, we see usability as empowering the policy maker to use the simulation in a – for them – meaningful way. Policymakers need to understand how a norm (policy) is influencing the behavior of the agents and in what way. Furthermore\, policymakers need to be able to modify existing norms and add new ones on the fly. This requires interaction tools and visualization capabilities necessary to support them in this process. To address this challenge\, we present preliminary work on such an interaction tool.  \nRead full thesis. \nSupervisor\nFrank Dignum\, Professor at Department of Computing science\, Umeå University \nOpponent\nJavier Vázquez-Salceda\, Professor at Department of Computer Science\, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech\, Spain \nRead more about the defense. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-modeling-norms-for-social-simulations-increasing-realism-in-social-simulations-to-support-decision-makers-in-their-decision-making/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250402T120600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T120600Z UID:19266-1745661600-1745686800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – How to Build Nice Robots: Ethics from Theory to Machine Implementation DESCRIPTION: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.  \nAbstract\nThis thesis investigates morality from a computational perspective by examining how machines can be developed with capacities for moral reasoning and action. It addresses how to overcome interdisciplinary boundaries between moral philosophy and computer science (Paper I)\, proposes a virtue-theoretic framework for artificial moral cognition (Papers II and III)\, and highlights issues of using normative ethics in moral machine design (Paper IV). Additionally\, it analyzes how ethical decision-making is enabled and constrained by computational resources (Paper V) and explores artificial moral agency – first through an examination of Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (Paper VI)\, and then by proposing a theory that bridges capacity-based and practice-based approaches (Paper VII). The work unfolds along two main threads: Practically\, it argues that moral machines should be developed ‘bottom-up’\, with careful attention to the moral and non-moral aspects of the human practices in which they are meant to operate. Theoretically\, it demonstrates that a computational approach to morality offers exciting opportunities to integrate diverse interdisciplinary insights\, thereby enriching our understanding of morality itself. Taken together\, this work provides a smorgasbord of challenges and possibilities for moral machines\, underscoring the need for interdisciplinary collaboration\, technical feasibility\, and grounding in human practice. \nSupervisor\n\nBjörn Petersson\nChristian Balkenius\nYlva von Gerber\nTrond Arild Tjøstheim\n\nOpponent\nVincent Müller URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-how-to-build-nice-robots-ethics-from-theory-to-machine-implementation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jakob-PhD-Defence-webb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250429T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250429T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250303T131657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T131657Z UID:19262-1745931600-1745940600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:En ny regulatorisk verklighet? Perspektiv på AI-juridiken i praktiken DESCRIPTION:Om\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Medverkande\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anmälan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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 få datadriven teknik att tjäna både allmänna och kommersiella värden. Idag måste alla\, oavsett bransch\, förhålla sig till vitt skilda regelverk såsom GDPR\, AI-förordningen\, Data Act\, Data Governance Act\, Digital Services Act och Digital Markets Act. Denna regulatoriska utveckling sker dock samtidigt som utvecklingen i USA har medfört en stark efterfrågan på avreglering och/eller offentliga investeringar för ökad europeisk konkurrenskraft. Under tiden fortsätter tekniken att utvecklas. \nI detta samverkansmöte önskar vi lyfta frågor som dagens situation gett upphov till. Välkommen att tillsammans med forskare\, experter och praktiker samtala om bl.a. följande: Spelar alla nya regleringar någon roll i att vi i EU hamnat på efterkälken? Är kostnaderna för att leva upp till regelverkens krav proportionerliga till målen? Vilka möjligheter finns att hantera rättsläget genom avtal idag? Vilken roll ska juridiken spela i framtidens EU\, ska den t.ex. främst slå vakt om etablerade institutioner eller om konkurrenskraften? \nWASP-HS Community Reference Meetings (CRMs) riktar sig till både offentliga och privata organisationer i Sverige. Syftet med mötena är att ge er en chans att ta del av aktuella frågor samt att WASP-HS ska få möjlighet att presentera de senaste forskningsrönen inom programmet. Målet är att tillsammans identifiera nya samarbetsmöjligheter över olika sektorer. Detta specifika möte fokuserar på hur den nya regulatoriska verkligheten inom EU påverkar AI och teknik i praktiken. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n13.00-13.10 Välkommen och inledningAnna-Sara Lind\, professor i offentlig rätt\, Uppsala universitet\, WASP-HS \n13.10-13.25 Keynote 1Patrick Joyce\, Chefsekonom\, Almega \n13.25-13.40 Keynote 2Andreas Kotsios\, jur. dr i Europarätt\, Uppsala universitet\, WASP-HS \n13.40-13.50 Frågor \n13.50-14.35 Rundabordssamtal med deltagarna på platsInkl. fika \n14.35-15.20 PanelsamtalMalou Larsson Klevhill\, docent i civilrätt\, Uppsala universitet\, WASP-HSDavid Törngren\, rättschef\, IntegritetsskyddsmyndighetenSofia Edvardsen\, partner\, Sharp Cookie AdvisorsHelena Eriksvik\, Chief Privacy Officer\, EricssonModerator: Carolina Brånby\, jurist\, Svenskt Näringsliv\, styrelseledamot WASP-HS \n15.20-15.30 Nästa steg och avslutningAnna-Sara Lind\, professor i offentlig rätt\, Uppsala universitet\, WASP-HS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Medverkande\nKeynote speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Patrick JoyceKeynote 1\,Chefsekonom\, Almega \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andreas KotsiosKeynote 2\,jur. dr i Europarätt\, Uppsala universitet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Paneldeltagare\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Malou Larsson KlevhillDocent i civilrätt\, Uppsala universitet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Törngren\,Rättschef\, Integritetsskydds-myndigheten \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sofia Edvardsen\,Partner\, Sharp Cookie Advisors \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helena Eriksvik\,Chief Privacy Officer\,Ericsson \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Carolina Brånby\,Moderator\,Jurist\, Svenskt Näringsliv \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anmälan\nAnmälan är stängd. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Arrangerande grupp\nCarolina Brånby\, Jurist och policyansvarig på Svenskt Näringsliv.Anna-Sara Lind\, Professor i offentlig rätt vid Uppsala universitet.Magnus Strand\, Forskningsledare inom handelsrätt vid Uppsala universitet samt redaktör för Europarättslig tidskrift (ERT). URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/en-ny-regulatorisk-verklighet-perspektiv-pa-ai-juridiken-i-praktiken/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CRM-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250505T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250505T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250423T183327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T183327Z UID:19268-1746450000-1746464400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Formal methods for verification in human-agent interaction DESCRIPTION:Andreas Brännström\, defends his doctoral thesis “Formal methods for verification in human-agent interaction“\, at Umeå University. \nAbstract\nFormal 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\, which focus on ensuring correctness in a well-defined action space\, this work addresses reasoning over beliefs\, intentions\, and emotions that evolve through interaction. Two main contributions are introduced: (1) Belief Graphs for modeling mental state dynamics\, and (2) the integration of these with formal dialogue games for verifying strategies and influence. To this end\, the developed verification methods are rooted in two main pillars: psychological theories formalized to represent mental state dynamics as logical frameworks\, and Non-Monotonic Reasoning (NMR) methods\, including techniques such as Formal Argumentation and Answer Set Programming (ASP). By modeling  mental dynamics as states and transitions in a layer atop the action space—referred to as the Belief Graph methodology—we are provided a tool for modeling context and context dynamics that supports counterfactual\, forward and backward reasoning about mental states and behaviors. By incorporating Belief Graphs into formal dialogue games we gain mathematical frameworks for analyzing and verifying agent beliefs\, intentions and strategies\, thereby enabling the verification of human-agent interactions.Whether it concerns potentially harmful human behaviors—such as malicious activities on social media—or intelligent systems that interact with humans\, such as chatbots that are increasingly capable of influencing users’ emotions\, thoughts\, and decisions—there is an urgent need for formal verification methods to ensure safe and reliable human interactions in digital communication.The proposed methods have been evaluated through formal analysis\, case studies\, and published peer-reviewed research. \nRead full thesis. \nSupervisor\nJuan Carlos Nieves Sanchez\, Docent in theoretical foundations for artificial intelligence \nRead more about the defence. \nOpponent\nStefania Costantini\, Professor at University of L’Aquila\, Italy. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-formal-methods-for-verification-in-human-agent-interaction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Andreas-Brannstrom-PhD-Defence-webb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250506T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250506T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250429T171108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T171108Z UID:19269-1746525600-1746536400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Proactive Balancing: AI-driven Video-based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests DESCRIPTION:Maksymilian M. Kuźmicz\, defends his doctoral thesis “Proactive Balancing: AI-driven Video-based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests”\, at Stockholm University. \nAbstract\nThis 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 technologies integrated into computer systems that leverage AI to assist older adults in their daily lives\, enabling them to live independently and remain active. While numerous studies assert that AAL technologies keep improving their ability to assist individuals in need\, this optimistic prospect must be juxtaposed to several concerns. These concerns are often conflicts of interests\, i.e.\, situations in which pursuing one interest may hinder another. Conflicts of interest can be approached in many ways\, one of which is balancing. That presents an issue of balancing as a conflict management tool in the AAL context. In the legal context\, the problem is more specific: What is balancing\, and how could it be used to prevent or solve conflict? Consequently\, the main subject of this book is structuring balancing as a legal method of conflict management in the AAL context. The investigation focuses on European law and AAL deployed at private homes. The thesis begins by identifying stakeholders and their primary interests. Next\, the work proposes to merge the risk identification method with a dogmatic analysis of law to provide a method of identification of potential conflicts. Subsequently\, the book presents two main approaches to balancing recognised in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union: proportionality and compromising. Each method is analysed and presented in a structured way\, tailored to the AAL context. Building on these findings\, a catalogue of legal tools for balancing is constructed. Finally\, the thesis examines the possibility of an integrated model of balancing\, proposes how it could be constructed\, and evaluates its potential role as risk and quality management systems required by the AI Act. This thesis makes contributions to the field of legal sciences by examining the concept of balance\, methods of balancing\,and generating a catalogue of balancing tools. Moreover\, it advances the research on AAL technologies by proposing a novel stakeholders’ classification that merges analytical categorisations with those grounded in legal frameworks and identifying balancing tools applicable in the AAL context. Furthermore\, it proposes possible models of risk and quality management systems under the AI Act. \nRead full thesis. \nSupervisor\nPeter Wahlgren\, Professor \nLianne Colona\, Professor \nOpponent\nProfessor Tobias Mahler\, University of Oslo\, Norway. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-proactive-balancing-ai-driven-video-based-active-assisted-living-technologies-and-balancing-of-interests/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Maksymilian-PhD-Defence-webb-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250508T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250508T123000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250409T180614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T180614Z UID:19267-1746698400-1746707400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence – Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Pushing boundaries of research design: Future Making through (re)mixing creative methods\nPlease note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nWhile 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 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 in the hope of better technology. \nOur 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 ethcial\, sustainable and inclusive technology-related practices and research.  \nPractical Information\nThe workshop is arranged in a hybrid format on May 8\, 2025: \n– 10.00 to 10:45: Hybrid lecture on zoom – 11:00 to 12.30: On-site lecture and workshop\, Lund\, Sweden. \nInvited speaker: Annette Markham\, Professor at Department of Media and Culture at Utrecht University\, Netherlands. \nProgram\n10.00 – 10.45: Keynote by Annette Markham\, Professor at Department of Media and Culture at Utrecht University\, Netherlands: hybrid. How can we create methodological mindsets and sensibilities that give rise to alternate futures? How can critical perspectives\, reflexivity\, creativity\, and data science co-mingle? \n In this talk and workshop\, Professor Markham focuses on how to dismantle and then reconfigure disciplinary traditions for research design. The mindset of remix is one way to consider how methods are not just tools\, but make worlds. This talk encourages researchers to reflect on how all scientific practices embody fundamentally playful\, inventive\, and generative forms of interrogation and embracing less restrictive frameworks for engagement and analysis can form novel pathways through wicked polycrisis. To build the case for pushing boundaries\, Markham draws on her work conducting algorithmic literacy through arts-based community engagement as well as her work conducting close level sociological analysis of human-AI interactions.  \n(Coffee break) \n11.00-12:30: Workshop session: on-site. \nRegistration and more information\nPlease note that the exact location will be announced soon. Register for the workshop here. \nRead more about the workshop here. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/workshop-girls-just-want-to-have-scaience-part-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Girrtl-Calendars.png.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250513T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250226T091059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T091059Z UID:19261-1747123200-1747328400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Exploring Human and Social Challenges in Data-Driven Life Sciences DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\nThese developments demand careful consideration of questions such as: How do we ensure technological advances align with scientific and societal values and needs? Who benefits from these transformations\, and who might be left behind? How do we maintain human agency and ethical oversight in increasingly automated research processes? Addressing these challenges requires sustained dialogue between life sciences and humanities/social sciences perspectives. \n\nBackground\nThe workshop is part of a broader initiative funded by the Wallenberg Foundations to create collaborations between humanities/social sciences research and the data-driven life sciences. WASP-HS specializes in researching the human and societal aspects of AI and autonomous systems\, including ethical\, economic\, social\, and cultural implications. DDLS focuses on four strategic research areas: precision medicine and diagnostics\, biodiversity and evolution\, epidemiology and biology of infection\, and cell and molecular biology. \n\nThe collaboration between these programs aims to increase understanding of how AI\, autonomous systems\, and data-driven methodologies in the life sciences shape both science and society\, and aims to promote research that has a clear impact for both programs. This interdisciplinary approach is crucial for addressing the complex challenges at the intersection of technological advancement and societal needs. \n\nObjectives\n– Identify key societal challenges in data-driven life sciences– Promote dialogue between diverse research disciplines– Explore how technological advances influence science and society– Develop new collaborative research initiative \nTarget Participants\nWe welcome 25-30 participants from diverse backgrounds\, including but not limited to:– Social scientists and humanities scholars– Life scientists– Healthcare professionals– Bioinformaticians and data scientists \nParticipants will be selected to ensure a balanced representation of disciplines and perspectives. Both individual researchers and small teams (2-3 people) from the same institution are welcome to apply. Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to participate \nExpected Outcomes\n– A comprehensive mapping of key social and human challenges in data-driven life sciences– Formation of new interdisciplinary collaborations– Written documentation of insights and proposals \nPractical Information\nDates: 13-15 May 2025Venue:  SigtunastiftelsenCost: No registration fee. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for accepted participantsApplication Deadline: 24 March 2025Please note that participants of this workshop will be selected based on this application. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.. \nHow to Apply\nSubmit your application through https://www.lyyti.in/Sandpit_wokshop_2025 :Brief statement of motivation (max 500 words)Short bio highlighting relevant experienceOptional: Potential challenge or opportunity you’d like to explore \nTravel and Accommodation\nAccommodation will be arranged at SigtunastiftelsenTravel booking instructions will be provided upon acceptance \nContact\nUlrika.wallenquist@scilifelab.se URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/workshop-on-societal-challenges-in-data-driven-life-sciences/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DDLS_WASP_WP-e1676982853334.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250602T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250602T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250515T113827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T113827Z UID:19275-1748876400-1748876400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Webinar: The Digital Prior Restraint: Can Freedom of Expression Survive Upload Filters? DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nAcross Europe\, automated upload filters are increasingly used by social media platforms to screen content before it’s published—a practice that raises important questions about freedom of expression. These technologies are used as a measure to effectively limit the dissemination of terrorist content\, of publications infringing copyright\, among others. \nWhether used voluntarily or mandated by law\, these technologies can amount to a form of prior restraint\, potentially limiting speech before it even reaches the public. \nThis webinar delves into the legal and human rights implications of upload filters under EU law. We’ll explore how both mandatory and voluntary filtering mechanisms are regulated by EU secondary legislation\, and how these rules interact with fundamental rights protections. Drawing on European Court of Human Rights case law\, the discussion will also highlight the procedural and institutional safeguards needed to prevent overreach\, including the rights to a fair trial and to an effective remedy. \nThis webinar is jointly organised by Örebro University and the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS). \nSpeakers\nEmmanuel Vargas Penagos\, PhD researcher in AI and Law – Örebro University \nPietro Ortolani\, Professor – Faculty of Law of Radboud University \nJoan Barata Mir\, Senior Legal Fellow – The Future of Free Speech \nSilvia Caretta\, Joint Doctoral Candidate in EU private law at Uppsala University & the WASP-HS Graduate School \nModerator\nMartin Ebers \nRead more about this webinar!\n  URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/webinar-the-digital-prior-restraint-can-freedom-of-expression-survive-upload-filters-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250605 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250211T221227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T221227Z UID:19256-1748995200-1749081599@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Högberg defends her doctoral thesis\, “Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise\,” at Lund University (LTH). \nClick here for a link to the event page at Lund University. \nAbstract\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly researched and applied for medical knowledge discovery and to support or automate clinical decision-making. The aim of this thesis is to increase the knowledge on (1) how AI experts\, radiologists\, and standardizers make sense of AI\, in the processes of medical AI development\, clinical use and standardization\, and (2) how this sensemaking contributes to configurations of AI transparencies and expertise in sociotechnical entanglements. Specifically\, I study the research questions: How are AI experts that are involved in developing AI for medical purposes\, and medical professionals\, making sense of medical AI? How is AI transparency made sense of in standardizations? And how are AI transparencies made and expertise (re)configured in these processes and sociotechnical entanglements? In studying these questions\, I focus on different actors’ practices and reasoning about: ground truthing and transparency in the development of medical AI\, integrating and critically engaging with AI in clinical work\, and standardization of AI transparency. \nTheoretically\, this thesis is situated in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS)\, sociology\, information science\, communication studies and organization studies. An epistemological underpinning of this thesis is the entanglement of social actions and technological and material artefacts. This entails an understanding of the research topic as involving knowledge-making phenomena where the social and the technical\, the human and the non-human\, are co-constituted in sociotechnical assemblages. Empirically\, the research is conducted in three studies using different methods. In the studies\, different actors are engaged through: interviews and observations with AI experts working with AI development for medicine and healthcare\, a survey study of breast radiologists’ views regarding the integration of AI in breast cancer screening\, and a practice-oriented document analysis focusing standard-making of AI transparency. In total\, this thesis shows how medical AI is as much a sociotechnical matter as a technical or clinical endeavor. It highlights the complexity of making sense of AI\, by different actors’ reasonings and practices and through different processes. Both the role of opacity mitigating practices\, as well as the challenges of making AI transparent\, are made visible. Moreover\, this thesis shows the importance of empirical insights\, and stakeholder and context–sensitive approaches to better understand how medical AI is made sense of and how expertise is reconfigured in the process. \nSupervisor\nStefan Larsson\, Associate Professor of Technology and Social Change at Lund University \nKristina Lång\, Associate Professor in the Division of Diagnostic Radiology\, Lund University \nKatja de Vries\, Associate Professor of Public Law at Uppsala Universitet \nOpponent\nMaja Hojer Bruun\, Associate Professor at Aarhus University\, Denmark. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-making-sense-of-medical-ai-the-making-of-ai-transparencies-and-configuration-of-expertise/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Mall-for-PhD-Defence-webb-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250604T010000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250604T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250521T164636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T164636Z UID:19276-1748998800-1749049200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence – Part 3 DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nCreating a research network to foster woman’s partcipation in technoscience.\nTopic: We Should All Be Feminists in Software Engineering \nPractical Information\nThe workshop is arranged in a hybrid format on June 4\, 2025: \n– 13.00 – 14.00: Hybrid lecture on zoom.– 14.15 to 15.00 On-site lecture plus workshop\, Lund Sweden. \nInvited speaker: Letizia Jaccheri –  Professor of Computer Science\,Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) \nRegistration and more information\nRegister for the workshop here! \nAbstract\nSoftware engineering is a paradigm of human activities that incorporates our problem-solving capabilities\, cognitive aspects\, and social interaction. Software is an infrastructure of all industries and societies around the world\, serving global users of all genders. However\, there is a current gender gap in both the development and operations of software products and services. In 2023\, internet users reached 5.3 billion\, constituting 65.7% of the world population. About 70% of males and 63% of females globally use the internet\, but merely 5.17% of the worldwide software developer population (27 millions) is comprised of women. \n \nGender studies is a growing research topic in software engineering as it re-lates to the diversity and inclusion issues for performing and healthy teamwork. Several studies have been devoted to understanding the relation between gender and software engineering. \nIn the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and increasing automation in software industry\, the role of humans is even more emphasized across age\, culture and gender. However\, the engagement of genders in Software Engineering is not uniform. It is important to address the gender gap in software engineering urgently when new AI intensive software systems are being created because there is a risk that AI generated software perpetuates sexist assumptions and ideologies. \n \nFeminism can be defined as both a theoretical perspective and a social move-ment aiming to diminish and ultimately eliminate sexist inequality and oppres-sion. The concept of intersectionality explores the interconnectedness of social differences\, including race\, gender\, class\, ethnicity\, sexuality\, and nationality. Feminism draws attention to the systemic power dynamics emerging from the interaction of various dimensions of social difference across individual\, institu-tional\, cultural\, and societal spheres of influence. \n \nThe goal of this lecture is to learn about software engineering and gender research\, and to discuss the state of the art about gender issues in core topics of software engineering. The lecture will provide participants with a clear definition and understanding of Software Engineering and gender and explain the origins and historical context that led to the emergence of this field. The intended audience for the lecture includes researchers\, software engi-neers\, policy-makers\, educators as well as anyone who is interested in the inter-section of technology and social issues. \n \nThis work is partially supported by the EUGAIN COST Action CA19122 – European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/workshop-girls-just-want-to-have-scaience-part-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Girrtl-Calendars.png.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250605T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250605T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250505T182356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T182356Z UID:19270-1749117600-1749124800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing DESCRIPTION:Emil Häglund defends his doctoral thesis\, Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing\, at Umeå University. \nClick here for a link to the event page at Umeå University \nAbstract\nAs privacy concerns increase and regulation against tracking-based advertising tightens\, contextual advertising\, which targets ads based on webpage content rather than personal data\, offers a compelling alternative. The shift towards this alternative form of ad targeting is gaining momentum thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI)\, which significantly improve the ability to interpret and categorize online content. This thesis explores how AI can interpret online contexts and leverage them for targeted\, privacy-conscious marketing. A key contribution is the development of methods for extracting opinions from text and structuring them into “opinion units”\, leveraging the power and versatility of large language models. Opinion units consist of concise\, context-rich excerpts that capture individual opinions\, paired with sentiment metadata. The proposed methods demonstrate high accuracy in opinion extraction and show promise for downstream applications. For instance\, in opinion search and topic modeling of customer reviews\, the compactness and distinctness of opinion units enhance retrieval precision and produce more coherent and interpretable groupings of opinions. This enables the identification of specific aspects driving customer satisfaction\, providing insights for product development and targeted marketing. Marketing experiments conducted in this thesis reveal how media contexts influence advertising perceptions. The findings demonstrate that engaging content and the credibility of website sources create a spillover effect\, enhancing the effectiveness of associated ads. Regarding brand safety—ensuring ads do not appear in brand-damaging contexts—the results suggest that proximity to negative news articles alone is not directly harmful. However\, marketers face increased risks when the advertised message is associated with a negative context. To mitigate these risks\, AI tools can be used to detect and avoid potentially unsafe online environments. Finally\, the thesis offers guidance on AI-driven ad targeting by outlining the trade-offs between contextual and personalized strategies\, as well as manual versus automated methods. The discussion considers key factors such as marketing objectives\, data availability\, and ethical considerations alongside regulatory requirements. The findings serve as a foundation for making well-informed\, strategic choices in the future of advertising targeting. \nSupervisor\nJohanna Björklund\, Associate Professor at Umeå University \nOpponent\nBernard Jansen\, Professor at Qatar Computing Research Institute. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-artificial-intelligence-in-marketing-and-contextual-advertising/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Emil-Haglund-defence-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250609T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250609T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250527T125055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T125055Z UID:19278-1749481200-1749484800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives from PhD Graduates DESCRIPTION:Newly minted PhD students from the Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society Graduate School discuss their insights into the implications and entanglements of AI for society and humanity. \nProgram\nEmpathy and Manipulation VerificationAndreas Brännström\, Umeå University \nDemocratic Subjects and Datafied WelfarePetter Falk\, Karlstad University \nSensemaking and Transparency of Medical AICharlotte Högberg\, Lund University \nNeoliberal Social Media Fuels Far-RightPasko Kisić-Merino\, Lund University \nProactive Balancing: Law and AIMaksymilian M. Kuźmicz\, Stockholm University \nThe event will take place online over Zoom on June 9 at 15-16. All are welcome and the event will be in English. \nRegister. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-and-society-fresh-perspectives-from-phd-graduates/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250611 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250211T221840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T221840Z UID:19257-1749513600-1749599999@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense – AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation DESCRIPTION:Katarzyna Söderlund defends her doctoral thesis\, “AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation\,” at Lund University (LTH). \nAbstract\nTransparency has emerged as a fundamental component of ethical AI guidelines around the world. In the European Union (EU)\, it is recognised as one of the core principles for fostering Trustworthy AI\, and serves as a cornerstone in building an ecosystem of trust within the AI governance framework. \nHowever\, to support these ambitious policy objectives\, the concept of transparency must be translated into clearly defined and implementable measures. Thus\, by employing a combination of legal-doctrinal and socio-legal approaches\, this compilation thesis aims to contribute to a clarified understanding of the concept of AI transparency in the EU’s AI governance discourses. I examine the concept of AI transparency across four levels of abstraction: as a stand-alone objective\, as a governance ideal\, as a governance tool\, and as a ‘floating signifier’. Focusing in particular on AI transparency as a governance ideal and as a governance tool in relation to the EU’s policymaking objective of Trustworthy AI\, I analyse how AI transparency has been conceptualised\, designed\, and implemented for two stakeholder groups — individuals and oversight bodies — within the governance frameworks of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)\, the Digital Services Act (DSA)\, and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). \nThe main argument advanced in the thesis is that while AI transparency directed at individuals (understood as data subjects\, service recipients\, and natural persons) remains relevant\, it is the effectiveness of oversight-oriented AI transparency that is crucial to the enforcement of the EU technology regulation and is\, ultimately\, foundational in the EU’s pursuit of Trustworthy AI. Although transparency is central to the EU’s vision for Trustworthy AI\, its effectiveness depends on how legal obligations are interpreted\, implemented\, and enforced in practice. \nOpponent\nAssociate Professor Lena Enqvist URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-ai-transparency-from-theoretical-concept-to-governance-tool-in-the-eu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kasia-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250623T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250627T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250217T104556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T104556Z UID:19260-1750665600-1751043600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed. \nAbout the Event\nJoin us for the Joint Summer School on Resilience and Regulation\, arranged by the WASP Research Arenas Robotics\, Public Safety\, Media & Language\, and Operational Data\, as well as WASP-HS. \nThis year’s theme—Resilience and Regulation—centers on building safe and robust AI-driven systems while addressing the legal and regulatory frameworks shaping AI and autonomy. The summer school welcomes PhD students from various disciplines\, fostering interdisciplinary discussions on the challenges and opportunities in developing responsible and resilient autonomous technologies. \nThe program will feature a mix of lectures\, hands-on technical sessions\, workshops and student presentations\, with embedded discussions on regulatory and legal aspects across all tracks. Topics included in the tracks will be shared shortly. Beyond the academic experience\, the Summer School offers engaging social activities and a conference dinner. \nThis Summer School is a unique opportunity to explore your research at the intersection of technology\, regulation and resilience\, while connecting with peers from WASP and WASP-HS. \nTarget Groups\nThe main target group from WASP Graduate School is Class 2024\, however\, students from other classes are more than welcome to attend.  \nAll WASP-HS graduate students are expected to attend.  \nThere is a limited number of seats so please register as soon as possible. There will be a waiting list in case of high demand.   \nAccommodation  \nDuring this week\, Norrköping is hosting SM-veckan (a huge sports event). Accommodation is provided for all WASP-HS PhD students at Scandic Norrköping City. We suggest that you book your train tickets to Norrköping as soon as you get a confirmation of your participation. \n \nRead more on the WASP website. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/joint-summer-school-on-resilience-and-regulation/ CATEGORIES:Summer School ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Picture-from-last-years-Joint-Summer-School.-Photo-Peter-Karlsson-Svarteld-form-och-foto.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250819T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250819T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250515T091857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T091857Z UID:19273-1755590400-1755622800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nSynthetic 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 data are understood to be “representative” in different senses\, for example\, statistically\, through stereotype\, or more qualitative and individual depictions of identity and other qualities. We invite participation from anyone interested in the broad questions of what it means to “represent” things and people in data. To ground the event across our various disciplines and practices\, we ask you to submit a short (1-2 page) position statement on the topic of data “representation” in your context. Accepted submissions will be shared with all participants via the workshop website before the event\, allowing participants to introduce themselves to each other and for asynchronous discussions of their position papers and virtual network building from the start. \nLocation\nAarhus 2025 Computing [X] Crisis Conference \nImportant Dates\nSubmissions due – 8 June\, 2025\nNotification of Acceptance – 13 June\, 2025\nWorkshop – 18 or 19 August\, 2025 (TBC) \nSubmission information\nSubmissions should be 1-2 A4 pages\, not including references. We welcome alternative formats like artistic works\, design fictions\, or policy statements. Please contact us to discuss how best to submit alternative formats. Submit position papers via email to synthetic-data-workshop@protonmail.com\, following the template below: \nSUBJECT LINE: Aarhus2025 Synthetic Data Represent – Submissions\nBODY:\nName – [name]\nAffiliation – [affiliation]\nPronouns – [Optionally\, specify which pronouns you would like organizers to\nuse for you when discussing your submission]\nOther information – [Optionally\, include anything else you would like\norganizers to know\, for example accessibility requirements] URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/synthetic-data-representation-and-vs-representativeness/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250905T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250905T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250829T124414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T124414Z UID:19286-1757066400-1757077200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Health Data Governance in the Age of Digital Health: Legal Approaches of the EU and China DESCRIPTION:Zhicheng He defends his doctoral thesis\, “Health Data Governance in the Age of Digital Health: Legal Approaches of the EU and China” at Stockholm University. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nThis dissertation explores how legal frameworks in the EU and China respond to the growing tension between the use of health data and the protection of privacy in the digital health era. As technologies such as AI\, wearable devices\, and health-monitoring sensors increasingly reshape the delivery of care\, legal systems face mounting pressure to support data-driven innovation while upholding individual rights. Through a comparative legal analysis of key instruments such as the EU’s GDPR\, European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation\, and China’s Personal Information Protection Law\, the study examines how each jurisdiction regulates health data\, defines the legal bases for its use\, and integrates privacy-enhancing technologies like anonymisation. In doing so\, it aims to generate insights into how law can address the shared global challenge posed by the dual demands of innovation and privacy in a society striving for better health. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisor\nZamboni\, Mauro\, ProfessorGreenstein\, Stanley\, Associate ProfessorKampel\, Martin\, Doctor \nOpponent\nTuomas Pöysti\, former Chancellor of Justice\, Finland URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defence-health-data-governance-in-the-age-of-digital-health-legal-approaches-of-the-eu-and-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PhD-defence-Zicheng-He.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250916T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250916T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250825T121846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T121846Z UID:19283-1758040200-1758043800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Webinar with Patrick Hynes about HAI DESCRIPTION:Welcome to an engaging seminar featuring Patrick Hynes\, Senior Manager of Research Communities at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). Patrick will present an overview of HAI’s mission and vision\, and explore in detail its activities across research\, education\, and policy. \nThe discussion will offer examples of funded research projects\, showcase some of HAI’s policy briefings\, and spotlight some of the multi-stakeholder workshops and conferences that HAI has held in order to address the pressing challenges and opportunities posed by the extraordinary advances witnessed in AI.  \nThe seminar is a fantastic opportunity for WASP-HS PhD students interested in upcoming postdoc opportunities at Stanford University. \nRead more about HAI.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nPlease register below no later than September 14 to attend the webinar. A zoom link will be sent to all who have registered. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/webinar-with-patrick-hynes-about-hai/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250917T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250917T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250910T145157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T145157Z UID:19289-1758099600-1758110400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Fact and Ideology in the Machine: Modelling Knowledge and Belief in Neural Models from Text DESCRIPTION:Denitsa Saynova defends her doctoral thesis\, “Fact and Ideology in the Machine: Modelling Knowledge and Belief in Neural Models from Text” on September 17 at Chalmers University of Technology. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nThis thesis explores questions of knowledge\, language\, and neural network models. Motivated by an increasing need for insight into complex political and social science phenomena\, we study how methods within natural language processing (NLP) can help us gain such insight. With a particular focus on a model’s knowledge\, how it is structured\, and how we can access and assess it\, we study two important aspects of NLP models. \nFirst\, we investigate their capabilities and limitations\, focusing on how they can capture political and social signals. We use embedding models to capture and reveal distinctions in policy and ideology in Swedish political parties\, discussing the strengths and drawbacks of the approach. We also investigate the presence of more complex social knowledge in large pre-trained language models. We prompt models to produce synthetic samples of responses to social science experiments and access if effects calculated from the synthetic data can be used to predict a study’s replicability. A central limitation we find in these studies is the lack of robustness\, which we explore in depth by studying what influences model consistency in a more simplified setting\, namely\, recalling facts. \nSecond\, we aim to bridge the gap between the model and the domain expert by developing and improving interpretability insights of model behaviour. We develop a method for aggregating class-level explanations for a text classifier and demonstrate its utility in the context of Swedish political texts. We also develop the understanding of how models store and access factual information. We propose a taxonomy of possible language model behaviours for fact completion and\, based on our novel testing data set\, examine internal knowledge structures using established mechanistic interpretability methods. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisors\nOpponent\nDirk Hovy\, Professor\, Bocconi University URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defence-fact-and-ideology-in-the-machine-modelling-knowledge-and-belief-in-neural-models-from-text/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PhD-defense-Denitsa-Saynova.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250926T101500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250910T095349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T095349Z UID:19288-1758881700-1758906000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Online Content Moderation: The Regulatory Continuum from EU Regulation to Platform Self-Regulation DESCRIPTION:Silvia A. Carretta defends her doctoral thesis\, “Online Content Moderation: The Regulatory Continuum from EU Regulation to Platform Self-Regulation” on September 26 at Uppsala University. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nIn today’s digital landscape\, users generate a staggering amount of content every minute. Some of this content poses serious legal challenges\, including terrorist propaganda\, copyright-infringing works\, hate speech and disinformation. Online platforms are under growing pressure to moderate such content. They must comply with legal obligations to remove illegal content or risk liability\, while remaining free to exercise discretion in enforcing private moderation policies to restrict lawful content they deem incompatible with their Terms and Conditions. This dual role raises pressing legal and societal questions about the balance between public regulation and the growing influence of private actors in governing online speech. \nThis book investigates how content moderation is regulated within the European Digital Single Market. While public regulation has been widely debated\, there is a lack of insight into how the public and private regulatory spheres interact in this context. The study frames the issue within two complementary dimensions: the Regulation “of” platforms\, involving binding legislative acts which mandate the removal of illegal content (most notably the Digital Services Act)\, and the Regulation “by” platforms\, private governance mechanisms comprising co-regulatory initiatives beyond state-mandated obligations\, self-regulation practices\, and private rule-making embedded in online platforms’ Terms and Conditions. \nThe analysis is structured around the concept of a regulatory continuum and follows a theoretical classification of three modes of regulation: regulation stricto sensu\, co-regulation and self-regulation. It is a pioneering study that systematically maps policy variables and governance instruments across each mode. Through selected case studies of major online platforms\, the study innovatively examines how public and private regulatory frameworks interact\, overlap and sometimes conflict in shaping platform and content governance across the regulatory continuum. \nA timely and rigorous analysis\, this study critically reflects on the Digital Services Act’s transformative impact on platform accountability and digital governance. It demonstrates that the two dimensions – Regulation “of” platforms and Regulation “by” platforms – should not be viewed as a dichotomy between public and private governance but as part of a dynamic\, multi-actor regulatory process in the governance of the digital landscape. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisors\nSandra Friberg\, Associate ProfessorAnna-Sara Lind\, ProfessorMagnus Strand\, Associate Professor \nOpponent\nMika Viljanen\, Professor URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defence-online-content-moderation-the-regulatory-continuum-from-eu-regulation-to-platform-self-regulation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PhD-defence-Silvia-A-Carretta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251009T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251009T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250828T080051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T080051Z UID:19284-1760004000-1760007600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Book Launch for How That Robot Made Me Feel DESCRIPTION:Whether robots\, or the artificial intelligence (AI) that powers them\, can feel emotions is a topic of ongoing debate. It is a familiar theme in science fiction and a frequent headline in tech development. Just as important is the question: How do we humans emotionally respond to robots? And how do those responses influence the way robots are designed today? \nThe book “How That Robot Made Me Feel” is an edited collection that explores what emotions we have when encountering robots\, how we react emotionally to them in different contexts\, and why these emotional responses are so important. \n\nDo robots\, or the AI that is driving them\, have emotions? That is a hotly debated topic—both in science fiction\, where such assertions are a staple of the narrative\, and in tech development\, where it often makes headlines. But what about how we humans emotionally respond to robots? Are our emotional responses any less important when it comes to how the robots we encounter today are designed? In How That Robot Made Me Feel\, Ericka Johnson asks the authors in this collection to critically examine our emotional and affective responses to robots\, and what such an examination would do to the way roboticists use (or toy with) our emotions in their design decisions. \nThe narrative arc of this anthology follows the question of just whose emotions are being engaged through robotic interactions\, why\, and for what design ends. Of course\, the answer is that it is our emotions that are interesting. And these emotions are not universal\, despite the historically universalist paradigm of AI and how robotic emotions work. Emotions are contingent\, to borrow a commonly used phrase in feminist technoscience. They are placed in space\, time\, and cultural context. And understanding how they are produced and engaged with will help clarify many of the political aspects of robotic interaction that are currently concealed by the shiny and allegedly neutral surfaces of robots. \n\nThe book launch takes place on October 9 at 10:00-11:00 in the KAW Lounge at Stockholm School of Economics. Lolanda Leite\, Royal Institute of Technology\, will introduce the book and contributing authors will be present for discussions over coffee and cake. \nWelcome! \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nPlease register below to attend the book launch. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/book-launch-for-how-that-robot-made-me-feel/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/book-launch-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251009T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251009T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250919T125410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T125410Z UID:19291-1760014800-1760025600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Ethical Tensions in AI-Based Systems DESCRIPTION:Clàudia Figueras Julián defends her doctoral thesis\, “Ethical Tensions in AI-Based Systems” on 9 October at Stockholm University. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nThis thesis contributes to human-computer interaction (HCI) by exploring how various stakeholders in Swedish public organisations make sense of ethical considerations and negotiate ethical responsibility in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems. \nWhile high-level ethical frameworks (e.g.\, guidelines that emphasise principles such as fairness\, transparency\, and accountability) are intended to guide AI ethics application\, prior research reveals that practitioners frequently struggle to translate abstract frameworks into concrete actions within design and use contexts. Responding to calls in HCI for situated\, empirical approaches to studying AI ethics in practice\, this thesis investigates how stakeholders engage in ethical reasoning through three interconnected dimensions: how they reflect and make sense of ethical considerations\, the ethical tensions they encounter when working with AI-based systems\, and how ethical responsibility is described and negotiated across AI-based systems’ life cycles. \nDrawing on two qualitative case studies combining semi-structured interviews and a multi-stakeholder focus group\, the thesis develops an empirically grounded account of stakeholders’ ethical reasoning processes. \nThe analysis draws attention to three cross-study themes. First\, stakeholders make sense of ethical considerations in situ\, shaped by organisational roles\, institutional demands\, and technological constraints\, rather than direct application of abstract frameworks. Second\, ethical tensions are not simply obstacles but catalysts that prompt ethical reasoning\, surfacing hidden assumptions and conflicts that require stakeholders to renegotiate responsibilities. Third\, the negotiation of responsibility is made and remade among actors\, shifting across the AI-based system’s life cycle in response to tensions and contextual constraints. \nTogether\, these findings show that ethical reasoning in public sector AI work is best understood as contextual\, relational\, and evolving – taking shape through the interplay of sense-making\, handling tension\, and doing responsibilities. In doing so\, this thesis invites more reflective (embracing tensions as triggers for ethical reflection)\, relational (attuned to the shared and negotiated nature of responsibility)\, and practice-oriented (grounded in the situated ways stakeholders make sense of ethical considerations in everyday work) approaches to Responsible AI. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisors\nChiara Rossitto\, Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction\, Stockholm UniversityTeresa Cerratto-Pargman\, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction\, Stockholm University \nOpponent\nChristopher Frauenberger\, Interdisciplinary Transformation University\, Austria URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-ethical-tensions-in-ai-based-systems/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PhD-defense-Claudia-Figueras-Julian.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251009T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251010T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250117T140517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T140517Z UID:19252-1760014800-1760115600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI for Humanity and Society 2025 DESCRIPTION:About\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynotes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Great TransformAItion\nCollaboration\, Work\, and Agency in an AI World\n \n \n \n \n \n As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in the fabric of society\, we are entering a period of profound transformation — of how we work\, collaborate\, and define human agency. AI is no longer simply a tool; it is a force that is reshaping institutions\, labor\, relationships\, and the foundations of decision-making across every sector. This raises critical questions: How do we ensure that this transformation enhances human dignity and social cohesion? What new forms of collaboration — between humans\, machines\, and institutions—are emerging\, and how can they be designed to promote justice\, autonomy\, and collective resilience? \nThis year’s conference\, The Great Transformation: Collaboration\, Work and Agency in the Age of AI\, will explore how individuals\, organizations\, and societies can navigate this rapidly evolving landscape. It invites researchers\, industry leaders\, policymakers\, and civil society to come together to reflect on the new dynamics of power and participation in an AI-driven world. Through panels\, keynotes and discussions\, we will engage with topics such as algorithmic labor\, augmented decision-making\, digital justice\, and the evolving nature of expertise and human value. \nThe WASP-HS AI for Humanity and Society 2025 conference offers a space not only to examine the challenges\, but to imagine new pathways forward — where AI can be a catalyst for inclusive innovation\, democratic collaboration\, and meaningful work. We warmly welcome you to join us in Stockholm at the Stockholm School of Economics (Sveavägen 65\, Stockholm) on October 9–10\, 2025. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynotes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Juliane ReineckeProfessor of Management Studies\,University of Oxford \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stewarding the Future Commons: Imagining Desirable Futures in an Age of AIThe accelerating advance of artificial intelligence raises profound questions about humanity’s collective future. Will AI amplify crises of inequality\, climate breakdown\, and democratic erosion\, or help us reimagine more just\, sustainable\, and inclusive societies? In this keynote\, Juliane argues that how we conceptualize and govern the future is itself a contested commons. Building on recent work on prospective theorizing and stewardship of the future commons\, she propose that imagining desirable futures requires more than forecasting trends. It demands acts of disciplined imagination\, normative commitments\, and collective responsibility for how today’s practices structure long-term possibilities. Juliane will introduce a framework for navigating diverse and often conflicting modes of future making\, and suggest principles of “speculative rigour” that keep our theorizing both imaginative and grounded. In doing so\, she aims to develop a conceptual vocabulary that enables interdisciplinary scholarship to critically engage with AI as a site of future-making. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gillian TettProvost of King’s College\,University of Cambridge \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why One AI needs another AI (anthropology intelligence) to Make Sense of the Modern WorldAI has emerged from the field of quantitative analysis and is often discussed with awe in those terms. However there is an urgent need to use social analysis to make sense of how it is impacting our lives and how humans are framing it. Nothing illustrates this better than the question of how we do – or do not – trust AI\, and some fascinating new research from Jigsaw and other groups suggests that we are framing this entirely wrong\, particularly for Gen Z. Most notably\, AI is entering our lines through lateral networks of distributed trust and needs to be framed in that manner.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Conference Program\nConference program may be subject to change. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, October 9\n12:00 Registration opens \n13:00–13:20 Welcome and introductionMagnus Mähring\, the Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation\, Stockholm School of EconomicsChristofer Edling\, Professor of Sociology\, WASP-HS Program DirectorLisen Selander\, Professor of Information Systems\, University of Gothenburg \n13:20–13:50 Keynote and Q&A “AI Innovation and Societal Resilience in a Multipolar World” (hybrid over Zoom)Gillian Tett\, Provost of King’s College\, Cambridge \n14:00–14:30 Living with AlgorithmsSebastian Krakowski\, Assistant Professor\, House of Innovation\, Stockholm School of EconomicsMia Liinason\, Professor of Gender Studies\, Lund UniversityLisa Irenius\, Editor-in-Chief and CEO\, Svenska DagbladetModerator: Magnus Mähring\, the Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation\, Stockholm School of Economics \n14:35–14:55 Fika and roundtable discussions \n15:00–15:30 Algorithmic Augmentation and Expertise in OrganizationsElmira van den Broek\, Assistant Professor\, House of Innovation\, Stockholm School of Economics Marleen Huysman\, Professor\, School of Business and Education\, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamPanos Constantinides\, Professor of Digital Innovation\, Alliance Manchester Business School\, The University of ManchesterArmin Catovic\, Head of AI\, Aloi and Vice Chair\, Stockholm AI Moderator: Anna Essén\, Associate Professor\, House of Innovation\, Stockholm School of Economics \n15:35–15:55 Fika and roundtable discussions \n16:00–16:30 Algorithmic (In)justicesOlgerta Tona\, Associate Professor\, Department of Applied IT\, University of GothenburgCharlotta Kronblad\, Postdoctor\, Informatics department Gothenburg University and Research Fellow\, House of Innovation\, Stockholm School of EconomicsStefan Larsson\, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change\, Lund UniversityBinette Seck\, Tech Entrepreneur\, Chairperson Microsoft AI CouncilModerator: Lisen Selander\, Professor of Information Systems\, University of Gothenburg \n16:35–16:55 Fika and roundtable discussions \n17:00–17:15 Wrap up and closingMagnus Mähring\, the Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation\, Stockholm School of Economics \n17:20–18:30  Mingle and Art Tour sessionsEvening mingle with drinks and light bites. The Art Tour will take place at Stockholm School of Economics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friday\, October 10\n08:30 Registration and coffee and tea \n09:00–9:05 Welcome and openingLisen Selander\, Professor of Information Systems\, University of GothenburgChristofer Edling\, Professor of Sociology\, WASP-HS Program Director \n09:05–09:45 Keynote and Q&A “Stewarding the Future Commons: Imagining Desirable Futures in an Age of AI”Juliane Reinecke\, Professor of Management Studies\, Saïd Business School\, University of Oxford \n09:45–10:35 Lightning Talks – WASP-HS Research Project and ResultsTeresa Cerratto-Pargman\, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction\, Stockholm UniversityNicolette Lakemond\, Professor in Industrial Management\, Linköping UniversityDonal Casey\, Senior Lecturer in European Law\, Uppsala UniversityPontus Strimling\, Professor of Analytical Sociology\, IAS and Research Leader\, Institute for Futures StudiesJonas Tallberg\, Professor of Political Science\, Stockholm UniversityModerator: Helena Lindgren\, Professor in Computer Science\, Co-Director of WASP-HS\, Umeå University \n10.35–10.55 Coffee break \n10:55–11.45 Lightning Talks – New Research ClustersMartin Ebers\, WASP-HS Guest Professor\, Örebro UniversityAnne Kaun\, Professor of Media and Communication studies\, Södertörn UniversityAnna Foka\, Professor in Digital Humanities\, Uppsala UniversityOskar Nordström Skans\, Professor of Economics\, Uppsala UniversityEva Erman\,  Professor of Political Science\, Stockholm UniversityModerator: Christofer Edling\, Professor of Sociology\, WASP-HS Program Director\, Lund University \n11:45-12:00 Closing wordsMagnus Mähring\, the Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation\, Stockholm School of EconomicsChristofer Edling\, Professor of Sociology\, WASP-HS Program DirectorHannah Pelikan\, Postdoctor\, Department of Culture and Society\, Linköping University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nRegistration is closed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In the afternoon of October 10\, participants are welcome to attend Dialogues on Digital\, a half-day conference hosted by the Stockholm School of Economics — House of Innovation. With its focus on how digital innovation is reshaping what it means to be human\, the event offers a continuation of the conversations from WASP-HS AI for Humanity and Society — especially for those interested in the societal and personal dimensions of digital transformation.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Conference Chairs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Magnus Mähring\n \n the Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation\, Stockholm School of Economics \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lisen Selander\n \n Professor of Information Systems at the University of Gothenburg URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2025-the-great-transformaition/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/testbildforprint2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251010T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251010T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20251002T120540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T120540Z UID:19292-1760090400-1760094000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence—Part 4 DESCRIPTION:Critical Robotic Dialogues: Exploring Robots in the Present and Future\nPlease note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nWhile 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 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 in the hope of better technology. Our 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. \nWhen & where:  10 October 2025 at 10:00–11:00\, online only via Zoom. \nThis event is sponsored by WASP HS and Lund university profile area Natural and Artificial Cognition \nRead more about the workshop series. \nInvited Speakers\n– Iolanda Leite\, KTH Stockholm\, Division of Robotics\, Perception and Learning \n– Katie Winkle\, Uppsala University\,  Department of Information Technology; Vi3; Human Machine Interaction \nDescription\nFeatured in the NAC Week and part of the Girls in Sc(AI)ence seminar series. This seminar invites participants to critically reflect on the role of robots in contemporary society and their possible futures.  \nSpeaker Bios\nIolanda Leite is an Associate Professor at the Division of Robotics\, Perception and Learning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on developing robots that can capture\, learn from\, and respond appropriately to the subtle dynamics that characterize real-world situations\, allowing for truly efficient and engaging interactions with people \nKatie Winkle is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology\, Uppsala University\, where she is part of the Vi3 division and the Human–Machine Interaction group. Her research explores socially responsible and participatory approaches to human–robot interaction at the individual level as well as at the family\, group\, community and societal levels.  \nRegistration\nTo participate is free of charge. Registration for online lecture. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/girls-scaience-4-critical-robotic-dialogues-exploring-robots-in-the-present-and-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Girrtl-Calendars.png.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251104T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251104T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250905T084331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T084331Z UID:19287-1762263000-1762272000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Dialogmöte: Utmaningar för kulturen och kulturskaparna i AI-utvecklingen DESCRIPTION:Foto: Dipqi Ghozali      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Om\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registrering\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Välkommen till ett dynamiskt kunskapsutbyte där vi sätter strålkastarljuset på den snabbt växande AI-utvecklingen och dess påverkan på kulturskapare. I takt med att generativ AI tar plats i kreativa processer uppstår både nya möjligheter och brännande frågor. Hur skyddar vi upphovsrätt och konstnärlig integritet när algoritmer tränas på mänskligt skapande? Vad händer med uppdrag och arbetstillfällen när maskiner kan skapa på egen hand? Och hur försvarar vi våra personligheter i en tid av deepfakes och digital användning av bland annat röster och utseenden? \nDetta möte är en del av WASP-HS möteskoncept för Dialogmöten som tidigare kallats Community Reference Meetings. Eventet hålls i samarbete med KLYS. KLYS utgör en samlad röst för Sveriges yrkesverksamma kulturskapare och företräder genom sina 14 medlemsorganisationer nästan 30.000 kulturskapare inom olika konstområden såsom bild- och form\, musik\, scen och film\, litteratur och journalistik. KLYS främsta syfte är att förbättra villkoren för dessa yrkesgrupper och därmed stärka konstnärlig frihet och kvalitet\, samt kulturell mångfald. \nLäs mer om KLYS och KLYS arbete på deras hemsida. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n13.30–13.40 Välkomnande och introduktionUlrica Källén\, verksamhetschef KLYSKatja de Vries\, universitetslektor i offentlig rätt\, Uppsala Universitet \n13:40-14:40 KeynotesJosefine Engström\, Ordförande i Svenska Tecknare – “Hur kulturarbetares arbetsförhållanden påverkas i kölvattnet av generativ AI”Thorbjörn Öström\, Advokat och grundare av Öström Advokat\, konsult KLYS – ”AI och den kreativa sektorn – juridiska utmaningar”Johan Axhamn\, Docent\, Lunds universitet – ”Upphovsrätt och AI: Licensiering\, ersättning\, upphovsmannaskap och plagiat”Andreas Kotsios\, Universitetslektor i Europarätt\, Uppsala universitet\, WASP-HS – ”En rättvis marknad för data – ett rättssociologiskt perspektiv” \n14.40–14.50 – Paus \n14.50–15.35 – DiskussionsgrupperUpphovsrätt – Rundabordsansvarig: Katarina Renman Claeson\, Förbundsjurist\, Konstnärernas RiksorganisationLicensiering – Rundabordsansvarig: Åsa Anesäter\, jurist\, Författarförbundet & Claes Reimertz\, Business Development Manager\, StimPersonlighetsrätt – Rundabordsansvarig: Jakob Malmlöf\, jurist\, fackförbunden Svenska Musikerförbundet och Sveriges Yrkesmusikersförbund \n15.35–15.55 – Avslutning och sammanfattningReflektioner och insikter från gruppdiskussionerna \n15.55–16.00 – Tack och avslut \nNotera att detta event hålls på svenska. Programmet uppdateras löpande \n \n \n  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Medverkande\nKeynotes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Josefine EngströmOrdförande\, Svenska tecknare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thorbjörn Öström\, Advokat\, grundare av Öström Advokat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Johan Axhamn\, Docent\, Lunds universitet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andreas Kotsios\, Universitetslektor i Europarätt\, Uppsala universitet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rundabordsansvariga\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Katarina Renman Claeson\, Förbundsjurist\, Konstnärernas Riksorganisation \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Åsa Anesäter\, Jurist\, Författarförbundet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Claes Reimertz\, Business Development Manager\, Stim \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jakob Malmlöf\, Jurist\, fackförbunden Svenska Musikerförbundet och Sveriges Yrkesmusikersförbund \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dialogmötesvärdar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ulrica Källén\, Verksamhetschef\, KLYS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Katja de Vries\, Universitetslektor i offentlig rätt\, Uppsala Universitet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registrering för detta event har stängt. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/dialogmote-utmaningar-for-kulturen-och-kulturskaparna-i-ai-utvecklingen/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Girl-in-mirror-1-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251110T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251110T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20251107T091920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T091920Z UID:19296-1762765200-1762776000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots DESCRIPTION:Ziming Wang defends his doctoral thesis\, “Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots” at Chalmers University of University. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nThe relationship between nature and humanity has evolved throughout history and across technological epochs. This thesis advances the hypothesis that integrating natural characteristics into robot design can enrich human–computer interaction (HCI) by drawing on our deep-rooted familiarity with and affinity for the natural world. To investigate this proposition\, I examined close-range interactions with flying robots under different proxemic conditions\, employing a mixed-methods approach. \nThe thesis comprises four empirical studies\, each probing a different pathway through which biophilic elements might shape human perception\, interaction\, and imagination. Study I examined how overlaying natural soundscapes such as birdsong and rainfall affected the perception of a noisy flying robot (N = 56). Study II explored nature narratives\, particularly the conceptualization of indoor drones as animal-like companions through function framing (N = 60). Study III compared experiences with a bioinspired flapping-wing drone—foregrounding organic forms and biomimetic movement—against a similarly sized quadcopter (N = 56). Study IV staged a speculative dinner theater in which participants (N = 6) engaged with the provocative scenario of eating a biohybrid drone\, highlighting hybrid living components as a design material. Across these studies\, variations in spatial proximity (from very near to relatively far) and temporal framing (from near- to far-future scenarios) were integrated to reveal how context shapes engagement and experiences. \nCollectively\, the findings show that nature-inspired design elements can foster intuitive\, relatable\, and emotionally resonant interactions with flying robots\, while also surfacing ethical and practical challenges. This thesis contributes empirical insights into how people respond to biophilic flying robots and argues for moving beyond surface-level biomimicry toward intentional\, context-aware integration of natural elements. By treating nature not merely as aesthetic inspiration but as a lens for crafting meaningful\, embodied interactions\, we can design technologies that resonate more deeply with human experience—particularly in close-range\, affective\, and everyday settings. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisor\nMorten Fjeld\, Professor \nPedro Cardoso-Leite\, Associate Professor \nOpponent\nJoseph Paradiso\, Professor\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, USA URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-multisensory-interactions-with-biophilic-flying-robots/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PhD-defense-Ziming-Wang-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251117T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T011327 CREATED:20250918T091212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T091212Z UID:19290-1763382600-1763391600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Girls Just Want to Have Sc(AI)ence—Part 5 DESCRIPTION:Reimagining the Politics of AI: Co-Creating Tools to Confront Gender-Related Violence\nPlease note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nSuch of today’s AI development is driven by large-scale models that demand vast datasets\, compute resources and invisible human labour — often reinforcing the very inequalities they claim to solve. But what might AI look like if we built it differently? Drawing from the participatory\, feminist work of the Data Against Feminicide project\, this talk will explore how we can shift the politics of knowledge and data production in AI development towards non-extractive approaches that centre context\, collaboration and care. \nData Against Feminicide is a collaborative research and design project focused on supporting the work of civil society organisations and grassroots activists who monitor gender-related violence and feminicide — the gender-related killing of cisgender and transgender women and girls. Across the world\, many activists and grassroots groups produce their own data to draw attention to this systemic\, lethal violence\, hold public institutions accountable\, support collective action and remember lives lost.Since 2019\, our interdisciplinary team has worked with activists and civil society groups across the Americas and in Sub-Saharan Africa to co-design machine learning tools that support activists’ existing data production strategies rather than replace their labour. This work has included participatory data annotation and model evaluation with attention to the socio-spatial and ethical complexities of defining and detecting feminicide across contexts. \nThe talk will reflect on what this work reveals about the politics of AI\, showing how choices about who is involved\, how technology is developed\, and to what ends directly shape its social impact. It will argue for a feminist data epistemology that moves from centralised\, extractive data practices towards collaborative forms of knowledge production; from abstract\, generalising models towards bespoke tools attentive to local and contextual difference; and from harmful automation towards more reflexive\, caring engagements that question not only what machine learning can do but whether it should be applied at all. \nUsing concrete examples from the project\, the talk will also explore the tensions of co-producing AI: how such tools can alleviate activist labour\, where biases remain and what it means to democratise technical know-how. Ultimately\, it will invite researchers and practitioners to rethink how AI can be designed with and for communities on the frontlines of social justice. \nPractical Information\nThe 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 \nInvited speaker: Ericka Johnson\, Professor at Linköping University \nProgramme 17 November\n13.00 – 14.00 Lecture (hybrid) \n14.00 Coffee break \n14.15 Workshop session \nRegistration\nTo participate is free of charge. Registration for online lecture or for both lecture and workshop on-site in Lund at ai.lu.se. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/workshop-girls-just-want-to-have-scaience-part-5/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Girrtl-Calendars.png.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR