BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WASP-HS - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:WASP-HS 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20280326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20281029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250605T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250605T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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:20260404T004145 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251124T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251124T171500 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20250624T122042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T122042Z UID:19280-1764000000-1764004500@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Study Abroad Tips and Tricks DESCRIPTION:Interested in going abroad for a semester? WASP-HS PhD students are welcome to this session where your fellow PhD students who have been abroad can share their ideas and thoughts about their experience. \nPlease join November 24\, at 16:00 – 17:15.  \nZoom link: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65780063878 \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 \n \n \n \n \n Generously funded by the Wallenberg Foundations. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our newsletterContactAbout \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Researcher DirectoryNewsEvents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/study-abroad-tips-and-tricks/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/studying-abroad.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251205T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251205T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20251128T105734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T105734Z UID:19301-1764923400-1764936000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Mapping Small Water Channels Using Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:Mariana Busarello defends her doctoral thesis “Mapping small water channels using machine learning” on December 5 at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. \nAbstract\nBoreal landscapes are shaped by a dense network of natural streams\, modified streams\, and ditches. Together\, they regulate hydrology\, nutrient transport\, and ecosystem function. Historically\, streams were modified to accommodate log transportation\, and drainage ditches were dug to improve food and timber production. Although new ditching has mostly stopped\, historical changes to the drainage network still affect forestry and water management. Small streams and ditches are the landscape’s capillaries\, but they remain poorly mapped despite their vital hydrological and ecological roles. This thesis addresses this gap in knowledge by developing a novel\, national-scale framework for mapping small streams and ditches using high-resolution topographic data and machine learning techniques. Combining convolutional neural networks\, XGBoost classification\, uncertainty quantification\, and drainage analyses\, this work identifies geomorphological and hydrological indices that distinguish streams from ditches across the landscape. The highest-performing model shows that integrating digital elevation models with terrain indices and machine learning delineates the channel networks successfully for ditches (recall=76%\, precision=88%) and moderately for natural streams (recall=58%\, precision=56%). Furthermore\, the produced uncertainty maps highlight low-certainty pixels from the background that can be used to potentially improve the mapping of streams in the future. To the best of our knowledge\, this is the first study that can separate streams and ditches on maps across an entire nation. By providing consistent\, scalable maps of small channels\, this research supports restoration prioritization\, sustainable forestry planning\, and national reporting under EU and UN environmental frameworks. The methodology also offers a reproducible approach for characterizing coupled natural-artificial drainage systems in boreal and temperate regions worldwide. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisor\nWilliam Lidberg\, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences \nOpponent\nChris Soulsby\, University of Aberdeen URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/17481/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PhD-defense-Mariana-Busarello.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20250814T121748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T121748Z UID:19282-1765206000-1765209600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives from PhD Graduates DESCRIPTION:Welcome to second webinar in the AI and Society: Fresh Perspectives form PhD Graduates series! Join us as newly minted PhD students from WASP-HS Graduate School discuss their insights into the implications and entanglements of AI for society and humanity in a series of lightning talks. \nProgram\n“Conflicting Aims of Welfare Technology” Maria Arnelid\, Linköping University \n“The End of a Platform Exeptionalism”Silvia A Caretta\, Copenhagen Business School / Women in AI \n“How to Build Nice Robots”Jakob Stenseke\, Lund University \n“Transparency in Trustworthy AI”Kasia Söderlund\, Lund University \nRegistration\nRegister by 7 December to receive a zoom link. \nRegister here. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/fresh-perspectives-from-phd-graduates2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/8Dec2025-Salong-3logos-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251216T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20251016T111540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T111540Z UID:19298-1765890900-1765897200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI Futures: Navigating Ethics\, Law\, and Heritage DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \nCan AI models be lawfully and ethically trained on copyrighted and cultural heritage–protected materials? This question has become one of the most pressing and contested issues in Sweden’s AI and cultural policy landscape. Recent debates between rights-holder organizations and public institutions have highlighted tensions around copyright\, lawful access\, and the future of generative AI. \nThis roundtable\, hosted by WASP-HS Research Cluster AI Futures of Culture and Memory\, WASP-HS Research Cluster The Rule of AI\, the Swedish Research Council Research Environment VOICE and the Swedish Research Council Excellence Network in Ground Breaking Technologies Culture Code at Uppsala University\, brings together experts from law\, technology\, cultural heritage\, and creative sectors to foster an informed and respectful dialogue beyond polarized public discourse. \nWhen & where: 16 December 2025\, 13:15–15:00\, Online event \nType: Workshop \nOrganiser: WASP-HS Research Cluster AI Futures of Culture and Memory\, the Swedish Research Council Research Environment VOICE and the Swedish Research Council Excellence Network in Ground Breaking Technologies Culture Code at Uppsala University \nContact person: Kailin Hatlestad \nInvited Speakers\n– Jens Västberg – Chief Legal Officer\, Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives)– Love Börjesson – Head of KB Lab\, National Library of Sweden– Josefine Engström – Chair\, Svenska Tecknare (The association of Swedish illustrators and graphic designers) & Vice Chair KLYS (Swedish Joint Committee for Artistic and Literary Professionals)– Marijn Storm – Partner at Morrison Foerster\, involved in GPT-NL development \nEach speaker will provide a 5-minute perspective with one slide\, introducing themselves and sharing their thoughts on opportunities and challenges related to AI training on cultural heritage data. \nWho Should Attend?\nResearchers\, policymakers\, cultural heritage professionals\, rights-holder organizations\, and anyone interested in the intersection of AI\, law\, and culture. \nOrganized by:\n– Anna Foka\, Professor of Digital Humanities\, Uppsala University– Katja de Vries\, Associate Professor in Public Law\, Uppsala University \nRegistration\nTo participate is free of charge. Register here! URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-futures-navigating-ethics-law-and-heritage/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260112T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260112T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20251212T131838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T131838Z UID:19299-1768235400-1768239000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Knowledge Exchange: Algorithm Watch DESCRIPTION:We welcome all WASP-HS researhers to exchange knowledge about political aspects of algorithms together with Oliver Marsh from Algorithm Watch\, Berlin. The goal of the one hour workshop is to explore strategies to manage the increasingly algorithm-driven society. \nSpeaker\nOliver Marsh\, Head of Tech Research at Algorithm Watch \nAbout Algoritm Watch\nAlgorithm Watch is a non-governmental\, non-profit organization based in Berlin and Zurich. We fight for a world where algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) do not weaken justice\, human rights\, democracy\, and sustainability but strengthen them. \nRead more. \nRegistration\nDo you want to join the webinar? Send an email to graduate.school@wasp-hs.org for the link! URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/knowledge-exchange-algorithm-watch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Designer4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260130T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260129T161319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T161319Z UID:19302-1769778900-1769792400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds DESCRIPTION:Alicja Ostrowska defends her PhD thesis\, “Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds” on 30 January at Chalmers University of Technology. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nArtificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly introduced into scientific practices\, including NASA’s missions that explore conditions for life and habitability on other planets and moons. How does the development of new AI tools within these missions transform scientific knowledge production? \nDrawing on theories from Science and Technology Studies (STS)\, this dissertation analyzes science as a cultural practice. It is based on ethnographic research conducted at NASA and within the wider community of planetary scientists and astrobiologists\, including interviews and documentary materials. \nThe dissertation demonstrates how efforts to realize visions of autonomous science beyond Earth already reshape the everyday work of scientists on the ground. It shows how AI is shaped by organizational structures\, knowledge infrastructures\, and scientific cultures at NASA\, while simultaneously feeding back into these dimensions. Boundary work to sustain the legitimacy of planetary missions influences the purposes for which AI can be developed – to identify organic molecules\, to explore habitability and potential biosignatures. \nThe study further shows how field sites\, laboratories\, and national databases together constitute a knowledge infrastructure that shapes AI by determining which data are available for training. Choices of field sites are influenced by accessibility and symbolic value\, rendering some places more popular than others\, which skews knowledge production. Digital databases and AI training datasets serve as libraries of knowns against which the unknown is identified. Decisions about anomalies\, artifacts\, and novelty in data are central to both AI design and scientific discovery. The study highlights the limits of performance metrics and the importance of negotiations with domain experts\, particularly in the emerging use of synthetic data. \nAlthough AI remains at an early stage of development in the cases studied\, it already reshapes power relations in scientific knowledge production by introducing new ideals of epistemic order and altering who determines the value and usability of data. \nBy providing an empirical account of AI development in one of the most impactful scientific institutions\, this dissertation contributes to discussions about data-driven solutions in science\, and the epistemic consequences of using AI in science on Earth and beyond. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisor\nFrancis Lee\, main supervisor \nShai Mulinari\, co-supervisor \nOpponent\nMarisa Cohn\, IT University of Copenhagen\, Denmark URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defense-life-and-ai-at-nasa-an-ethnography-of-how-scientists-and-engineers-make-tools-to-explore-other-worlds/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PhD-defense-Alicja-Ostrowska.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260204T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260206T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20250624T141331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T125045Z UID:19281-1770195600-1770379200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Winter Conference 2026 DESCRIPTION:About\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exchange\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Posters\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Workshops\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The WASP-HS Winter Conference 2026 will be in LUX\, the Joint Faculties for Humanities and Theology\, at Lund University 4-6 February. It will be filled with workshops\, poster presentations\, and interactive discussions\, with ample opportunity for networking. \nPlease join us and contribute to the conversation! \n \n \n \n \n \n WASP-HS Annual Exchange\nEncountering DigitalizationWhat happens when interactions are automated and digital agents intervene?  Welcome to this year’s WASP-HS Annual Exchange — a dynamic conversation on human-centred digitalization with Prof. Brit Ross Winthereik\, Dr. Kash Haresamudram\, Dr. Charlotte Högberg and Dr. Malin Heintz. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brit Ross Wintereik\n \n Professor\, Dept of Technology\, Management and Economics\, Technical University of Denmark \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kashyap Haresamudram\n \n PhD in Technology and Society\, Lund University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Charlotte Högberg\n \n PhD in Technology and Society\, Lund University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Malin Heintz\n \n PhD in Economics\, Arbetsförmedlingen \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Poster sessions for all\nCome and see the most recent PhD project results and give your feedback and contribute with your insights. \nPlease download and use the poster template for the poster session.Download poster template (.pptx) \n \n \n \n \n \n Workshops\nOpen for WASP-HS PhD students: \nBias and Prejudices in AI Training DataModerator: Sarah de Heer \nSmashing the Cloud with a Hammer: Exploring AI Through RejectionModerator: Martin Lindstam \nHistory a la ChatGPTModerator: Johannes Widegren\, Nasrin Mostofian and Mo von Bychelberg \nAI experts meet AI narratives on BlueskyModerator: Igor Ryazanov \nOpen for all WASP-HS researchers: \nAI in Higher Education – limitations and risks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, February 4 \n09:00—11:30Workshop: AI in Higher EducationC214\, and breakout rooms:C213C212 (the Staff canteen) \nWorkshop: Smashing the Cloud with a HammerB352 \n11:30—13:00Lunch and Poster PresentationsOutside of Lux Auditorium \n13:00—15:00WASP-HS Annual ExchangeLUX Auditorium \n15:00—15:20CoffeeOutside Lux Auditorium \n15:20—18:00How to Write a PostDoc ApplicationC214 \n15:20—18:00Posters that Don’t Suck: From Awkward to Awesome!B336 \n18:00—18:30PhD student council meetingB336 \n19:00Conference dinner PhD certificate ceremonyForum Medicum\, Sölvegatan 19 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, February 5 \n10:00—12:00Poster sessions by WASP-HS PhD students \n12:00—13:00Lunch \n13:00—15:00Supervisor meetingLUX C214 \n13:00—16:00Workshop: Bias and Prejudices in AI Training DataB240 \nWorkshop: History a la ChatGPTB352 \nWorkshop: AI Experts Meet AI Narratives on BlueskyB339 CANCELLED \n18:00Pool for PhD studentsParadis Biljard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friday\, February 6 \n9:30—12:30Oral presentations by PhD studentsLUX Auditorium \nClick here for abstracts \n09.30: Welcome and introduction by Ericka Johnson\, WASP-HS Graduate School Director \n09.35 Johannes Widegren: Archives +Sapmi = AI? \n10.05 Nicolas A. de Pieuchon: Countering Bias in AI Methods for Text Data \n10.35 Coffee \n11.00 Ziming Wang: A Meat-Summer Night’s Dream: A Tangible Design Fiction Exploration of Eating Biohybrid Flying Robots \n11.30 Laetitia Tanqueray: Reframing Robots for Care: Situating Informal Caregivers in the Development of Social Robots \n12.00 Sarah de Heer: When Algorithms Shape Care: AI-Driven Medical Device\, Precision Medicine and Quality under the Right to Health \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nRegistration is closed URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/winter-conference-2026/ CATEGORIES:Winter Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/LUXfeb1514.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260306T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260306T121125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T152317Z UID:21401-1772784000-1772816400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:PhD Defence: Figuring the Boundary Between Human and Robot DESCRIPTION:On 6 March 2026\, Dominika Lisy defends her doctoral thesis\, “Figuring the Boundary between Human and Robot: A Feminist New Materialist Perspective on Dermally Layered Relationality”\, at Linköping University. \nSee event page. \nAbstract\nSocial robots are expected to become ubiquitous across different areas  of both the private and public spheres of human life\, assisting in care\, education\, and daily tasks. Hopes for meaningful\, efficient\, and enjoyable interactions with these kinds of robots drive social robotics research\, but there are also ethical concerns and critiques concerning negative social consequences. Both sides involve assumptions about the boundaries around what it means to be human in relation to the non-human. In order to disentangle optimistic and pessimistic notions about this relationality\, there needs to be a reconsideration of how the boundaries constituting the human/non-human divide are understood and figured in encounters with robot bodies. Following Dominika Lisy’s personal experiences that have been documented as reflections\, diary entries\, and by photographing moments of meeting different social robots\, this thesis starts at the first point of contact: the skin. \nBut how might the skin be used to rethink boundaries between humans and social robots? The research in this thesis illustrates an interdisciplinary endeavour to weave together insights from feminist theory and methodology\, research on affective and tactile robots\, and the biology and neurophysiology of the skin. Grounded in feminist new materialism\, which embraces the entanglement of matter and discourse\, the thesis develops a figuration of the skin through which both the form and content of the thesis’ text illustrate what it means to pay attention to boundaries during encounters with affective and tactile robots. Figuring boundaries in this way\, they can be described as multilayered\, flexible yet sturdy\, hardening over time\, and dependent on un/noticeable sensations\, just like the skin. This thesis aims to contribute to feminist theories of human/non-human relationality. \nThe thesis presents a situated feminist account of making sense amidst diverse knowledges through the skin and personal embodied experiences in order to develop a sensitivity and ethical responsibility for human–robot relations. \nSee full thesis. \nSupervisors\nKatherine Harrison\, PhD at Linköping UniversityHarald Wiltsche\, Professor at Linköping University \nOpponent\nMaaike Bleeker\, Professor at Utrecht University URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/phd-defence-figuring-the-boundary-between-human-and-robot/ CATEGORIES:PhD Defence,PhD Defense ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dominika_Lisy_PhD_Defense.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260313T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260326T082053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T082455Z UID:21862-1773388800-1800205200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI and The Paradox of Agency DESCRIPTION:Who holds the power when AI enters our lives? AI and the Paradox of Agency is curated by Sarah Cook\, WASP-HS Guest Professor\, and Museum Director Katarina Pierre\, and features new commissions by international artists\, from interactive games and immersive installations to sculptures and a drone-read hand-painted textile. \nThe exhibition is open between 13 March\, 2026 and 17 January 2027. \nArtists: boredomresearch\, Tega Brain\, Dennis Delgado\, Linda Dounia Rebeiz\, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg\, Nicolas Gourault\, Zeno Gries\, Lawrence Lek\, Rachel Maclean\, Stephen Marche\, Lauren Lee McCarthy\, Florian Model\, Yuri Pattison\, Planetary Portals\, Raqs Media Collective\, Daniel Shanken\, Caroline Sinders & Romy Gad el Rab\, Paola Torres Núñez del Prado\, and Addie Wagenknecht. Curators: Sarah Cook and Katarina Pierre. \nAI and the Paradox of Agency is produced by Bildmuseet at Umeå University with support from the Jacob Wallenberg Foundation and WASP-HS (Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society). \n \n Read more URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-and-the-paradox-of-agency/ LOCATION:Bildmuseet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AI-and-the-Paradox-of-Agency.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T111500 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260303T092553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T092713Z UID:20960-1774346400-1774350900@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Girls Sc(AI)ence 7: Conversations on How AI is Eroding Human Rights (And What Can We Do About It) DESCRIPTION:Creating a Research Network to Foster Women’s Participation in Technoscience\n \n \n \n \n \n Please note that this event is independently organized by a WASP-HS researcher and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \n \n \n \n \n \n Topic:Conversations on how AI is eroding human rights (and what can we do about it)Invited speaker: Sue Ann Teo\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Faculty of Law\, Lund University \nWhen: March 24th\, 10.00  to 11:15Where: hybrid – link by registration– On site:  at LUX B:339\, Department of Philosophy\, Lux\, Helgonavägen 3 Lund– Online on zoom \n \n Read more URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/girls-scaience-7-conversations-on-how-ai-is-eroding-human-rights-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/ 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:20260415T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260415T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260324T100548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T132905Z UID:21823-1776258900-1776286800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Who Is Speaking? Artificial Intelligence in Art and Culture: From AI-generated Voices to Data-Driven Cultural Heritage DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by WASP-HS researchers and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \n \n \n \n \n \n Who is speaking? The conference is on AI in art and cutlure including generated voices to data-driven cultural heritage. The full day conference program is ended with an evening program filled with artistic music performances involving AI. \n \n Read more and register\n \n \n \n \n \n AI Futures of Culture and Memory\n\nThe conference is partly hosted by the WASP-HS research environment AI Futures of Culture and Memory.\n\n \n Read more URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/who-is-speaking-artificial-intelligence-in-art-and-culture-from-ai-generated-voices-to-data-driven-cultural-heritage/ LOCATION:Humanistiska Teater\, Uppsala University CATEGORIES:AI Futures of Culture and Memory ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Who-is-speaking-16-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260508T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20251103T150223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T123454Z UID:19294-1778144400-1778259600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Research Opportunities at the Intersection of Society\, Life Sciences\, and Technology DESCRIPTION:A joint conference between DDLS\, WASP and WASP-HS\nUniting Sweden’s life science\, machine learning and artificial intelligence communities\, we welcome researchers from all disciplines to explore new research opportunities in a changing world.    \nParticipants will have the opportunity to network\, be inspired by excellent international keynote speakers\, and take part in the latest research in Sweden. In addition to plenary keynotes\, the program will offer a panel discussion\, a poster session and ample time to mingle.  \nPractical Details\nDatesMay 7-8\, 2026  \nVenueUppsala Konsert & Kongress \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 Maja Fjaestad\n \n Adjunct Associate Professor\, Department of Computing Science\, Umeå University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Olli Kallioniemi\n \n Research Director at FIMM University of Helsinki\, Professor of Molecular Precision Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Danica Kragic\n \n Professor at the School of Computer Science and Communication at the Royal Institute of Technology\, KTH \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Preliminary Conference Program\nThe program may be subject to change. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, May 7\n09.00  Registration opens (coffee) + poster hanging \n10.00  Opening Remarks:Program Directors from the three Research Programs \n10:15-11:00  Keynote “Algorithmic rule: AI and the future of democracy”Maja Fjaestad\, Strategic Advisor to the Executive Leadership at Karolinska Institutet\, Adjunct Professor at Luleå University of Technology \n11:00-11:30  Flash Talks: Future Ideas at the Intersection of Society\, Life Sciences & TechnologyPhD Students and Post Docs from the three Research Programs \n\n\n11:30-12:30 Parallel Workshops\, Session 1 \n12:30-13:45  Lunch \n13:45-14:20  Keynote “A plan for the Finnish Health Data Space (FHDS) in the AI era: Navigating  health\, data\, legal\, social and political aspects”Olli Kallioniemi\, Research Director at FIMM\, University of Helsinki\, and Professor of Molecular Precision Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab \n14:20-15:15  Panel: Initiatives in the NordicsArto Klami\, Professor of Computer Science at University of Helsinki. Part of the Helsinki Probabilistic Machine Learning Lab\, the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI\, and faculty of the ELLIS Institute Finland. \nStine Lomborg\, Professor of Digital Communication at University of Copenhagen\, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Tracking & Society\, Chief Scientist at the Danish national center for AI in society (CAISA) \nMalcolm Langford\, Professor of Public Law\, University of Oslo and Co-Director of TRUST: Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI.  \n16:00-17:00  Parallel Workshops\, Session 2 \n17:00  Mingle food and Poster Session \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nRegistration is open from 16 March through 16 April. \n \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friday\, May 8\n08:30-09:30  Parallel Workshops\, Sessions 3 \n09:40-10:15  Keynote “Perception\, Action\, Intercation in Physical AI systems”Danica Kragic\, Professor at the School of Computer Science and Communication at the Royal Institute of Technology\, KTH \nCoffee \n10:45-11:45  Flash Talks: Funded Projects NEST & RIGTime-Resolved Imaging and Multi-Channel Evaluation of Cellular Dynamics (TIMED) – Ola Spjuth\, Professor of Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics\, Uppsala University \nThe 3D dynamics of the chromosome – Johan Elf\, Professor of Physical Biology\, Uppsala University \nMultimodal AI-based Precision Diagnostics and Decision Support for Breast Cancer (AID4BC) – Jens Sjölund\, WASP Fellow and Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, Uppsala University \nAI tools for mental health: Clinical Trials – Sverker Sikström\, Professor Cogntive Psychology\, Lund University & Axel C Carlsson Associated Professor\, Karolinska Institutet \nExplainable and Just AI in Data-Driven Disease Surveillance – Yana Litins’ka\, Associate Professor\, Lund University & Atiye Sadat Hashemi\, Associate Postdoctoral Researcher\, Lund University \nPersonalized medicine: Ethics and knowledge-making in data-driven medical prediction – Stefan Larsson\, Associate Professor of Technology and Social Change\, Lund University &  Markus Lingman\, Specialist Physician in Cardiology Adjunct Professor Medicine\, University of Halmstad &  Charlotte Högberg\, PhD\, Postdoc in Technology and Society\, Lund University \n11:45-12:00  Closing remarks\, lunch to go \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Parallel Workshops\, Sessions 1-3\nParticipants will be able to choose one workshop per session during the three parallel workshop blocks. Each workshop has a limited number of seats\, and registration is handled on a first‑come\, first‑served basis. If a workshop no longer appears in the registration form\, it means that it is fully booked. Participants are then welcome to select among the remaining workshops running in the same session. \n \n \n \n \n \n Parallel Workshops\, Session 1\n “AI for Science! An interactive discussion on a new initiative”This workshop aims at creating awareness and collecting feedback around a new initiative to support academic researchers with AI competence through a new company called AI4S AB (AI for Science)\, funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. We offer AI support to academic researchers with ongoing grants from the three largest Wallenberg Foundations for up to 6 months full time.Workshop Organizer: Salla Franzén\, CEO\, AI4S AB \n“What is the future of AI-supported precision medicine? Scrutinizing personalized care\, equal treatment and disruption of knowledge”The current development of AI-supported precision medicine\, and personalization of medical knowledge and treatment\, raises concerns about ethics and fair representation. This interdisciplinary workshop examines questions of ethics and knowledge in AI-supported precision medicine\, including fairness\, prioritization\, and changing knowledge practices. The goal is to produce a discussion paper identifying policy proposals and issues in need of further cross-disciplinary discussion.Workshop Organizer: Charlotte Högberg\, PhD\, Postdoc in Technology and Society\, Lund University \n“Unpacking Technology Through Interdisciplinary Reflection”In this collaborative and hands-on workshop\, we will introduce and lead participants through a series of reflective exercises known as the implosion method. This exercise outlines social and historical considerations around the responsibilities\, concerns\, and attentions of researchers working on and with technology. Workshop attendees are expected to learn a new method for reflecting on the socio-technical impacts of their research and making connections across disciplines.Workshop Organizer: Derya Akbaba\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Dept. of Computer Science\, KTH \n“Large Language Models in Conflict: Knowledge\, Legitimacy\, and AI”Large language models contribute to the production of knowledge\, such as ideas and recommendations. The accuracy and reliability of this knowledge remain questionable. What if these models contribute to the mass killing of people through mass surveillance? We ask: what does LLMs’ production of knowledge reveal about the ethical and legal dimensions of their use\, given the untrustworthiness of their outputs? The discussion follows the ‘Jonsered model’Workshop Organizer: Mais Qandeel\, Associate Professor (Docent) of International Law / Law and Technologies\, Örebro University \n“Zero-Click Futures: Safeguarding Knowledge Pluralism in the Age of Generative AI”Generative AI is reshaping how knowledge is accessed\, synthesized\, and trusted. This interactive workshop explores the rise of zero-click information environments and their risks for transparency\, diversity\, and epistemic justice. Participants will collaboratively design actionable principles for building responsible AI systems that protect knowledge pluralism\, informational autonomy\, and public trust.Workshop Organizer: Selcen Ozturkcan\, Associate Professor of Business Administration\, Linnaeus University \n \n \n \n \n \n Parallel Workshops\, Session 2\n “AI-Ready Data to enable collaborations across fields”Modern machine learning methods open up opportunities for new discoveries\, especially when researchers collaborate across fields. For example\, a biologist may have collected a novel dataset and collaborate with an ML engineer to build new models. In this session\, we will focus on AI-ready data – what it means in practice and how to prepare datasets so they can be shared\, understood\, and reliably used for AI applications.Workshop Organizer: SciLifeLab Data Centre: Arnold Kochari\, Project manager at Department of Immunology\, Genetics and Pathology\, Uppsala University \n“Foundation models on European biomedical and healthcare data: ethical\, legal\, and technical pathways to life-course precision health”This workshop explores how AI foundation models applied to biomedical and health data can enable personalized prevention and healthcare\, considering critical questions of governance\, transparency\, bias\, and clinical integration. We will jointly identify current technical\, social\, and ethical challenges to leverage foundation models for responsible\, data‑driven healthcare in Europe and discuss them with an expert panel.Workshop Organizer: Clemens Wittenbecher\, Assistant Professor\, Food and Nutrition Science\, Life Sciences\, Chalmers University of Technology \n“Legal consciousness in the tech community”How do tech professionals navigate law in real-world design choices? This workshop uses practical scenarios and small-group discussions to examine how programmers interpret\, use\, or resist legal norms alongside technical and organisational expectations. The session invites computer scientists\, legal scholars\, and social scientists to reflect on tensions\, strategies\, and pathways toward more legally conscious technology development.Workshop Organizer: Katalin Kelemen\, Associate Professor in Law\, Örebro University \n“SciLifeLab OMERO: A Collaborative HPC-Enabled Platform for Data-Driven Bioimaging Research”This workshop introduces SciLifeLab’s national OMERO service – a tool to bridge the gap between data producers and methods developers by enabling collaborative access to (bio)imaging data sets. Built on the globally recognized\, open-source\, data management platform OMERO1 for the visualization\, management\, and sharing of biological microscopy images\, SciLifeLab OMERO will offer active data storage connected to HPC resources.Workshop Organizer: Sonja Mathias\, Research Software Engineer & Project Lead at SciLifeLab Data Centre \n“The Data of Circularity: Governing AI\, Transparency\, and Compliance in the Digital Product Passport (DPP)”As the EU introduces the Digital Product Passport (DPP)\, this interactive workshop explores how product data can enable genuine circularity—beyond data-driven greenwashing—across production\, post-production\, and market use. Bringing together perspectives from AI\, cybersecurity\, governance\, and sustainable branding\, the workshop explores the technical and organizational challenges in building trustworthy\, transparent\, and compliant product data systems.Workshop Organizer: Selcen Ozturkcan\, Associate Professor of Business Administration\, Linnaeus University \n \n \n \n \n \n Parallel Workshops\, Session 3\n “What do I need for successful interdisciplinary research? Education as a collaborative exercise”In this interactive workshop we will discuss what makes successful interdisciplinary research\, including trust and leadership\, fostering an environment where mistakes can be made\, and creating a shared working language. Interdisciplinary groups will then create a mock educational experience on a challenging topic to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration in education can prepare young researchers to face global challenges.Workshop Organizer: Kristen Schroeder\, Scientific Training Officer\, SciLifeLab  \n“Uses and understandings of synthetic data in DDLS domains – a conversation about generation methods and use cases across DDLS\, WASP & WASP-HS”Synthetic data can mean widely varying things\, which makes defining and evaluating it difficult. Likewise\, it sometimes misaligns with other values\, like objectivity\, reproducibility and transparency. This workshop will discuss what synthetic data is\, why it is useful\, and what it does to the science it becomes embedded in. We will engage in hands-on\, analogue activities to facilitate collaborative discussion.Workshop Organizer: Ericka Johnson\, Professor in Gender and Society\, Linköping University \n“The Art of Human-AI Collaboration and Teaming Research”The art of Human-AI Teaming research is discovering and addressing the complications that matter\, which unfold in real practice. New theory\, tools and methods are required to capture the rich multi-agent setting including humans. The workshop is an excellent opportunity to expand on this research as a joint effort across expertise in the broad communities of WASP and WASP-HS.Workshop organizer: Helena Lindgren\, Co-Director WASP-HS\, Professor in Computer Science\, Umeå University \n“What Is Adaptation? Bridging Life Sciences\, Neuro-AI\, and Machine Psychology”Adaptation is central in biology\, neuroscience\, psychology\, and AI – but often means different things. In this workshop\, we compare key definitions and methods\, from behavioral change to predictive learning and algorithmic information dynamics. Participants will map shared questions\, clarify key research gaps\, and identify promising cross-disciplinary directions at the intersection of society\, life sciences\, and technology.Workshop Organizer: Robert Johansson\, Associate Professor\, Stockholm University \n\n“Bridge between Industry and Academia”The workshop aims to give an introduction to WASP Research Arenas (WARA). Especially for researchers within DDLS and WASP-HS that might not be aware of the WARA. WARA act as a bridge between research and industry and offer increased research impact and potential for industrially significant breakthroughs. A unique opportunity to validate and refine scientific theories in real-world settings that are relevant to industries.Workshop Organizer: Ola Engkvist\, Project Leader WARA Medicine\, Adj. member AMG\, Executive Director\, Head of Molecular AI\, Discovery Sciences\, R&D\, AstraZeneca \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 \n Testa Center Demo Day\n– Exploring Digital Innovation in Modern Bioproduction\nIf you’re already in Uppsala for the conference\, don’t miss the chance to start your visit with Testa Center’s Demo Day on May 6. This hands‑on event offers researchers a close look at how digital technologies are reshaping modern bioproduction.When: May 6Where: Testa Center\, Danmarksgatan 11\, 75323 UppsalaRead more and register \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Background\nWallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP)\, the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS)\, and Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) are collaborating through joint research projects and events with the ultimate goal of solving ground-breaking research questions across disciplines.  URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/research-opportunities-at-the-intersection-of-society-life-sciences-and-technology/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WASP-WASP-HS-DDLS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260610T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260611T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260324T095517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T122120Z UID:21813-1781092800-1781182800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:The Impact of AI on White Collar Work DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event is independently organized by WASP-HS researchers and not the WASP-HS Program Office. \n \n \n \n \n \n This is the fourth interdisciplinary conference about the use of artificial intelligence in white collar work and implications for the labour market. White collar work is increasingly important in employment. Meanwhile\, it performs a number of tasks that are susceptible to AI-induced automation. At the conference\, researchers will present their current research. We welcome researchers in economics\, computer-science\, informatics\, statistics\, management\, law\, sociology\, and other related fields. To benefit the research presented\, we aim for an active and close interaction between participants\, akin to a workshop. \n \n Read more and register\n \n \n \n \n \n AI\, Structural Change and the Future of Work\n\nThe conference is partly hosted by the WASP-HS research environment AI\, Structural Change and the Future of Work.\n\n \n Read more URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/the-impact-of-ai-on-white-collar-work/ LOCATION:Katrinelunds Gästgiveri & Sjökrog CATEGORIES:AI, Structural Change and the Future of Work END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260627T101500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260627T101500 DTSTAMP:20260404T004145 CREATED:20260401T135035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T135222Z UID:22216-1782555300-1782555300@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Human Futures\, Machine Pasts: Rethinking AI through Cultural Memory and Imagination DESCRIPTION:Together with The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS)\, WASP-HS is hosting an international series of symposium “Human Futures – AI Transisions in a Global Context” carried out with Tokyo College (Japan) and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS\, South Africa). Running from 2026 to 2027\, the program brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to examine the broader transformations associated with the rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems across different global contexts. \nAs part of this series we are welcoming you to the open lecture “Human Futures\, Machine Pasts: Rethinking AI through Cultural Memory and Imagination” on May 27\, 2026. Keynote speaker is Anna Foka\, Professor of Digital Humanities\, Uppsala University \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstract\nThe opening keynote explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping not only the way societies imagine the future but also how we understand the past and define humanity itself. Drawing from cultural heritage\, digital humanities\, and critical AI studies\, it argues that the technologies driving automation and prediction are deeply entangled with inherited cultural narratives\, biases\, and epistemologies. By tracing the historical continuities between past imaginaries of intelligence and today’s algorithmic systems\, the lecture highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches that foreground ethics\, creativity\, and global diversity. Ultimately\, it asks how the humanities can help us reclaim agency and meaning in an increasingly automated world—turning AI from an object of control into a shared space of interpretation and reflection. \nRegistration\nPre-registration for the physical event (not Zoom) is required by 25 May 2026 at the latest. \n \n Registrer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anna Foka\n \n Professor of Digital Humanities\, Uppsala University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Anna Foka\nAnna Foka is Professor of Digital Humanities at Uppsala University and research leader och the WASP-HS research environments AI Futures of Culture and Memory. She is National Mentor for AI in the Swedish South Korea Collaboration in the Research and Innovation Programme (SKERIC). Foka’s work focuses on the cultural and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence\, digital heritage\, and interdisciplinary methods across the humanities and technology. She has published widely on digital transformation in museums\, archives\, and cultural institutions\, and currently leads several international projects on AI\, sustainability\, and cultural knowledge infrastructures. Her latest books are AI and Image (Cambridge University Press) and Evolving Perspectives in Digital Classics (Routledge). URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/human-futures-machine-pasts-rethinking-ai-through-cultural-memory-and-imagination/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Anna-Foka-Human-Futures.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR