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: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:20260930T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260930T101500 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260909T130622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T082851Z UID:24264-1790758800-1790763300@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Så påverkar AI svensk ekonomi och arbetsmarknad - Webbinarium och lansering av ny rapport om AI DESCRIPTION:AI är inte bara en ny teknik. Den förändrar vilka arbetsuppgifter som utförs\, hur företag organiserar sin verksamhet och vilka kompetenser som efterfrågas. Men hur snabbt sker förändringen och hur kan vi följa den medan den pågår? \nDen 30 september kl. 9.00-10.15 bjuder Tillväxtanalys in till ett webbinarium där myndigheten presenterar en ny rapport som använder administrativa data i nära realtid för att fånga AI:s genomslag i svensk ekonomi. \nWebbinariet tar avstamp i rapportens resultat och diskuterar frågor som: Hur påverkas produktivitet och löner? Vilka branscher och yrken möter de största förändringarna? Och vad kan de tidiga signalerna säga om den omställning som nu pågår på arbetsmarknaden? \nRapporten är författad av Oskar Nordström Skans\, professor i nationalekonomi vid Uppsala universitet och forskningsledare för WASP-HS forskningsmiljö “AI\, Structural Change\, and the Future of Work”\, och Leo Sokolow Romin\, doktorand vid Uppsala universitet. Rapporten är den första i ett nystartat samverkansprojekt mellan Tillväxtanalys och Uppsala universitet som ska ge snabbare och mer träffsäkra analyser av AI:s ekonomiska effekter. \nVid webbinariet medverkar också Anna Pettersson Westerberg\, generaldirektör Pensionsmyndigheten\, Lars Persson\, professor och vice VD\, Institutet för Näringslivsforskning och Susanne Ackum\, akademichef\, Linneuniversitet för att diskutera möjligheter och utmaningar med den snabba utvecklingen av den nya tekniken. Sverker Härd\, generaldirektör och Marie Gartell\, avdelningschef\, Tillväxtanalys\, deltar också. \nRegistrera dig till eventet. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAI\, Structural Change\, and the Future of Work\nVill du veta med om WASP-HS forskningsmiljö AI\, Structural Change\, and the Future of Work? \n\n\n \n Läs mer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nKontakt\nKontakta arrangör via denna länk. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/sa-paverkar-ai-svensk-ekonomi-och-arbetsmarknad-webbinarium-och-lansering-av-ny-rapport-om-ai/ CATEGORIES:AI, Structural Change and the Future of Work ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Structural-Change-and-Future-of-Work-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261002T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261002T160000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260827T083654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T134906Z UID:23856-1790946000-1790956800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Navigating the Sociotechnical Gap in Explainable Artificial Intelligence — PhD Defense DESCRIPTION:Leila Methnani defends her doctoral thesis\, “Navigating the Sociotechnical Gap in Explainable Artificial Intelligence“\, at Umeå University on 2 October. \nSee event. \nAbstract\nAs Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions become increasingly embedded in society and across industries\, demands for explainability and transparency of AI decision-making have intensified. Much progress has been made in developing the technical aspects of eXplainable AI (XAI) solutions\, but the social and interactive aspects remain underexplored. This thesis aims to identify and investigate ways forward for XAI as a sociotechnical system—where the social and technical components are recognised as tightly coupled. We propose tools for navigating the sociotechnical gap that arises when technical XAI solutions do not meet the social requirements in demand. Through a combination of empirical (user-centred design\, focus groups)\, computational (argumentation-based reasoning)\, and critical methods\, we examine how explainability can (or cannot) be operationalised depending on contextual and social needs. \nIn our structured review of the Variable Autonomy Robotics literature—an AI subfield where interactivity is key—we find that approaches to explainability and transparency require consideration for the overall human-AI teaming mission as an entry point. The distinct challenges around control and trust in each human-AI teaming effort revealed the importance of operationalising how to explain by breaking down contextual information: who is in need of an explanation\, what do they need explained and why? These are design decisions of interactive solutions that can benefit greatly from interdisciplinary efforts\, especially as XAI moves towards a more human-centric discipline. \nOur interdisciplinary work shows how counterfactual explanations can support the explainability needs of operators in the process industries through the development of an interactive dashboard. While contextual inquiry proved to be valuable in our synthesis of explainee requirements and explainer selection\, we also propose a way to formalise explainer choice with computational argumentation. We find that the transparency afforded by computational argumentation techniques supports navigation of the sociotechnical gap by ensuring XAI is also designed with visible seams as per seamful design. \nClarifying boundaries (seams) of these systems for relevant stakeholders involves crafting relevant metrics for evaluating XAI as a sociotechnical discipline. Comparisons between common quantitative metrics for evaluating counterfactuals and Grice’s maxims of conversation—a popular conversational model from the study of pragmatics in linguistics—reveal a loose relationship\, but one that fails to capture contextual and social complexities. This is a gap that we frame as a broader technosolutionist tendency in our critique of an adjacent topic: AI safety and the technocentric view of how to achieve alignment. This thesis argues that issues of AI safety\, alignment\, explainability\, and transparency require sustained sociotechnical inquiry rather than pure technical fixes. \nSupervisors\n– Virginia Dignum\, Professor of Responsible AI\, Umeå University– Andreas Theodorou \nOpponent\n– Ericka Johnson\, Professor in Gender and Society\, Linköping University URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/navigating-the-sociotechnical-gap-in-explainable-artificial-intelligence-phd-defense/ LOCATION:Hörsal HUM.D.230 – Hohaj. Humanisthuset\, Floor 2. CATEGORIES:PhD Defence,PhD Defense ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Leila-Methnani-Navigating-the-Sociotechnical-Gap-in-Explainable-Artificial-Intelligence-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261008T150000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260925T073058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T081610Z UID:24509-1791464400-1791471600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Open Seminar: Who Decides? Human and Machine Judgement in War DESCRIPTION:The WASP-HS Research Network on Artificial Intelligence and War (AI-WAR) opens its seminar series with a conversation between two people who have thought hardest\, from opposite directions\, about what happens when algorithmic systems enter the decision to use force. \n\n\n\n\nElke Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London) has spent a decade asking what military AI does to moral agency and responsibility: who\, if anyone\, is answerable when targeting is delegated to a machine. \n\n\n\n\nKeith Dear (Cassi\, King’s College London) has spent the same decade inside the system\, arguing that the question is not whether machines will judge but how human and machine judgement can be made to complement each other. The AI-WAR inaugural event will be an opportunity to confront these perspectives at the heart of debates over the military adoption of AI. \nMore About Elke Schwarz and Keith Dear\nElke Schwarz is Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University of London. Her work sits at the nexus of ethics\, technology and violence\, with a focus on military AI\, autonomous weapons\, drones and robotics\, and how they reshape moral agency and responsibility in war. She is the author of Death Machines: The Ethics of Violent Technologies (Manchester University Press\, 2018)\, Vice-Chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control\, and an Associate of the Imperial War Museum. \nKeith Dear is founder and CEO of the AI strategy firm Cassi and Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London. He was Expert Adviser to the UK Prime Minister on science\, technology\, space and defence modernisation\, and Director of AI Innovation at Fujitsu\, where he led the Centre for Cognitive Technologies. A former RAF intelligence officer with deployments to Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Abkhazia and Mali\, he holds a doctorate in experimental psychology from Oxford and works on strategy\, forecasting and the complementarity of human and machine judgement. \nRegister to Participate on Site\nPlease register via the link no later than 4 October to participate.Register. \nLive Broadcast via Zoom\nFollow the event online (you don’t need to register for the broadcast). A link will be published here as few days ahead of the seminar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI and War\n\n\n\n\nWant to know more about the WASP-HS Research Network AI and War? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Read more\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact\nFor questions\, please contact Antoine Bousquet at Antoine.Bousquet@fhs.se or Matthew Ford at Matthew.Ford@fhs.se. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/open-seminar-who-decides-human-and-machine-judgement-in-war/ LOCATION:Leijonsköldska and online CATEGORIES:AI and War ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-War-Drone.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261009T120000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260908T093841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T083202Z UID:24143-1791464400-1791547200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Conference: Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:As AI systems increasingly mediate access to information\, public services\, markets\, and social interaction\, questions of digital sovereignty move to the centre of legal and political debates. For the EU and Sweden\, digital sovereignty is not merely about technological independence; it is about preserving fundamental rights\, democratic self-determination\, and the rule of law in an AI-driven society while remaining globally interconnected and innovation-friendly. \nEuropean societies rely heavily on digital infrastructures\, data flows\, and AI technologies developed and operated across borders. This dependence raises critical questions: Who controls the data\, algorithms\, and standards shaping social and economic life? How can the EU’s legal framework protect individual autonomy while enabling collective governance and competitiveness? And how can Europe assert regulatory influence without reinforcing fragmentation or digital protectionism? \nThese questions are at the core of a conference organized within the WASP-HS Research Environment “The Rule of AI” that will provide an interdisciplinary forum to examine how digital sovereignty can be meaningfully conceptualised and operationalised in the age of AI – across individual\, institutional\, and global dimensions. \nFunded by Örebro University – AI\, Robotics and Cybersecurity Center (ARC) \nRegistration\nRead more and register here to attend the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Rule of AI\nWant to know more about the WASP-HS Research Environment The Rule of AI? \n\n\n \n Read more URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/digital-sovereignty-in-the-age-of-ai/ CATEGORIES:The Rule of AI — AI, Regulation, and Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-regulation-long-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261009T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261009T103000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260901T114653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T083032Z UID:24034-1791540000-1791541800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Samverkansmetoder och co-design för att undersöka digitalisering och AI-användning DESCRIPTION:Hur kan AI användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällrelevant sätt? Inom denna seminariumserie lyfter vi frågor som rör AI och autonoma systems påverkan på välfärden. \nUnder passet beskriver Deniz Duru hur co-design inom samverkan används för att undersöka hur digitalisering och AI påverkar migranter\, offentliga aktörer\, civilsamhället och arbetsgivare. Presentationen visar hur digital etnografi\, intervjuer\, dialogmöten och workshoppar används för att utveckla gemensam kunskap och genomförbara lösningar. \n \n Delta i seminariet\n \n \n \n \n \n Värd\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Deniz Duru\n Lunds 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mer om WASP-HS Samverkansarna Välfärd\nWASP-HS Samverkansarena Välfärd bidrar till att utveckla forskning som tar sin utgångspunkt i välfärdens verkliga utmaningar och utforskar hur AI och autonoma system kan användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällsrelevant sätt. Genom långsiktiga samarbeten bidrar arenan till att ny kunskap kan omsättas i den digitala transformation som pågår inom välfärden. Arenan skapar möjligheter för forskare och företrädare för välfärdens organisationer att tillsammans förstå komplexa utmaningar\, utveckla nya perspektiv och bidra till framtidens kunskap. \n \n Läs mer\n \n \n \n \n \n Kontakt\nFör frågor vänligen kontakta Helena Lindgren på helena.lindgren@umu.se. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/samverkansmetoder-och-co-design-for-att-undersoka-digitalisering-och-ai-anvandning/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samverkansarena,Samverkansarena välfärd ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WASP-HS-Fredag.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260402T093549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T080113Z UID:22244-1791763200-1792022399@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:WASP-HS & DDLS: Interdisciplinary Workshop DESCRIPTION:WASP-HS & DDLS: Joint Workshop at Sigtunastiftelsen\, 12–14 October\nThis interdisciplinary workshop brings together a carefully selected group of 25 researchers from diverse fields to exchange perspectives on the ethical\, legal\, and social dimensions of data-intensive research in the life sciences. The conversation is not limited to lawyers and ethicists\, but also includes researchers whose work both shapes and is shaped by these governance frameworks. The aim is to bring together diverse expertise to explore key challenges\, frame shared research questions\, and spark new interdisciplinary collaborations. \nWorkshop Focus\n→ Analyze governance structures and how they shape data-intensive research in precision medicine\, epidemiology\, infection biology\, biodiversity\, and molecular life sciences→ Identify key legal\, regulatory\, and ethical challenges in data-driven life sciences\, with particular attention to the experiences of scientists working with these issues in practice→ Promote meaningful dialogue across disciplines→ Develop new interdisciplinary research initiatives  \nDuration\n12 OctoberArrival and opening from lunch onwards \n13 OctoberFull day of sessions \n14 OctoberClosing and departure ending with lunch  \nExpression of Interest\nApply by 4 May to secure your spot. This workshop is open to researchers from both the WASP-HS and DDLS communities. Spots are limited to 25 participants\, so make sure to fill in the Expression of Interest form to get a chance to attend. \nApply here. \nOrganizers\nLianne Colonna\, Stockholm UniversityYana Litins’ka\, Lund UniversityHeidi Howard\, SciLifeLabFrancis Lee\, Södertörn UniversityUlrika Wallenquist\, SciLifeLabBodil Formark\, Södertörn University URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/wasp-hs-ddls-interdisciplinary-workshop/ LOCATION:Sigtunastiftelsen\, Manfred Björkquists allé 4\, Sigtuna\, 193 31 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WASP-WASP-HS-DDLS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261023T130000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260909T124846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T070741Z UID:24246-1792746000-1792760400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:What Looks Difficult to Navigate on a Map? An Analysis of Perceived Route Difficulty From the Perspective of a Map Reader - PhD Defense DESCRIPTION:Arvid Krantz-Horned defends his doctoral thesis\, “What Looks Difficult to Navigate on a Map? An Analysis of Perceived Route Difficulty From the Perspective of a Map Reader“\, at Umeå University on 23 October. \nSee event. \nAbstract\nAbstract coming soon. \nSupervisors\n– Kai-Florian Richter\, Associate Professor\, Umeå University \nOpponent\n  URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/what-looks-difficult-to-navigate-on-a-map-an-analysis-of-perceived-route-difficulty-from-the-perspective-of-a-map-reader-phd-defense/ LOCATION:KBE301 – Lilla hörsalen\, KBC-huset\, Umeå universitet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WASP-HS-logo-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261023T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261023T103000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260831T080708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T083058Z UID:23937-1792749600-1792751400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Kan AI-infrastruktur styras i välfärden? DESCRIPTION:Hur kan AI användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällrelevant sätt? Inom denna seminarieserie lyfter vi frågor som rör AI och autonoma systems påverkan på välfärden. \nAI-omställningen sker i hög grad genom AI-baserade informationssystem som integreras i verksamheternas arbets- och beslutsprocesser. Den påverkar hur information skapas\, lagras\, söks och omsätts i beslut. Samtidigt skapar beroendet av externa leverantörer nya sårbarheter och väcker frågor om hur krav på rättssäkerhet\, transparens\, arkivering\, insyn och dataskydd kan upprätthållas när informationshanteringen sker i system utanför den offentliga organisationens direkta kontroll. Utmaningen är därför inte bara teknisk och juridisk\, utan också organisatorisk och kompetensmässig. Under passet som leds av Vanja Carlsson diskuteras politiska mål om digital suveränitet och förutsättningar för lokala offentliga organisationer att nå kontroll över sin information. \nSeminariet är öppet för alla intresserade. Delta via länken nedan. \n \n Delta i seminariet\n \n \n \n \n \n Värd\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vanja Carlsson\n Göteborgs 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mer om WASP-HS Samverkansarna Välfärd\nWASP-HS Samverkansarena Välfärd bidrar till att utveckla forskning som tar sin utgångspunkt i välfärdens verkliga utmaningar och utforskar hur AI och autonoma system kan användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällsrelevant sätt. Genom långsiktiga samarbeten bidrar arenan till att ny kunskap kan omsättas i den digitala transformation som pågår inom välfärden. Arenan skapar möjligheter för forskare och företrädare för välfärdens organisationer att tillsammans förstå komplexa utmaningar\, utveckla nya perspektiv och bidra till framtidens kunskap. \n \n Läs mer\n \n \n \n \n \n Kontakt\nFör frågor vänligen kontakta Helena Lindgren på helena.lindgren@umu.se. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/kan-ai-infrastruktur-styras-i-valfarden/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samverkansarena,Samverkansarena välfärd ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WASP-HS-Fredag.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261026T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261026T170000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260909T123538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T125431Z UID:24227-1793019600-1793034000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Computational Analysis of Linguistic Agency - PhD Defense DESCRIPTION:Igor Ryananov defends his doctoral thesis\, “Computational Analysis of Linguistic Agency“\, at Umeå University on 26 October. \nSee event. \nAbstract\nAbstract coming soon. \nSupervisors\n– Johanna Björklund\, Professor in Computing Science\, Umeå University \nOpponent\n  URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/computational-analysis-of-linguistic-agency-phd-defense/ LOCATION:NAT.D.440.\, Naturvetarhuset\, Umeå universitet ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WASP-HS-logo-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261106T103000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260901T120140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T083129Z UID:24070-1793959200-1793961000@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:När AI införs i vården räcker inte principer DESCRIPTION:Hur kan AI användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällrelevant sätt? Inom denna seminariumserie lyfter vi frågor som rör AI och autonoma systems påverkan på välfärden. \nHur går vi från AI-principer till fungerande praktik? Jenny Eriksson Lundström presenterar HumAIn Gov\, ett forskningsinitiativ som utvecklar verktyg för att omsätta värdighet\, omdöme och rådighet i styrning\, upphandling och användning av AI i offentlig sektor. Seminariet riktar sig till forskare\, beslutsfattare och verksamhetsrepresentanter med intresse för framtidens välfärd. \nSeminariet är öppet för alla intresserade. Delta via länken nedan. \n \n Delta i seminariet\n \n \n \n \n \n Värd\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jenny Eriksson Lundström\n 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mer om WASP-HS Samverkansarna Välfärd\nWASP-HS Samverkansarena Välfärd bidrar till att utveckla forskning som tar sin utgångspunkt i välfärdens verkliga utmaningar och utforskar hur AI och autonoma system kan användas på ett ansvarsfullt och samhällsrelevant sätt. Genom långsiktiga samarbeten bidrar arenan till att ny kunskap kan omsättas i den digitala transformation som pågår inom välfärden. Arenan skapar möjligheter för forskare och företrädare för välfärdens organisationer att tillsammans förstå komplexa utmaningar\, utveckla nya perspektiv och bidra till framtidens kunskap. \n \n Läs mer\n \n \n \n \n \n Kontakt\nFör frågor vänligen kontakta Helena Lindgren på helena.lindgren@umu.se. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/nar-ai-infors-i-varden-racker-inte-principer/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samverkansarena,Samverkansarena välfärd ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WASP-HS-Fredag.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261110T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261111T121500 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20251126T085924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T080202Z UID:19300-1794312000-1794399300@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:AI for Humanity and Society 2026 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 Robots and Autonomous Systems in Everyday Life\n \n \n \n \n \n How can we live amidst and with robots? How do they impact human work and our understanding of social relationships and societal values? Complex organizational work is needed to make robot fleets run smoothly and bring forward societal concerns about care\, safety and responsibility. Join the WASP-HS conference AI for Humanity and Society 2026 themed “Robots and Autonomous Systems in Everyday Life”. \nRobots and autonomous systems have left the laboratories and are now entering homes\, schools\, hospitals and public spaces. They are becoming part of everyday life. Being a material and mobile manifestation of artificial intelligence\, robots raise new questions about autonomy and agency in relationships with individuals. \nThis year’s conference\, Robots and Autonomous Systems in Everyday Life\, will explore how individuals\, organizations\, and societies are impacted when robots enter our daily life\, shedding light on how humans work to make autonomous systems at home in the world. WASP-HS welcomes researchers\, industry leaders\, policymakers\, and civil society to come together to make sense of emerging developments and to discuss agendas for humane futures with autonomous systems and AI. Through panels\, keynotes and an interactive reception\, we will engage with topics such as coordination and interaction with robots as a form of embodied AI\, robots in education\, regulatory and policy issues related to autonomous systems\, as well as the roles robots and autonomous systems may play in care and crisis. \nThe WASP-HS AI for Humanity and Society 2026 conference fosters human-centered perspectives on robots and autonomous systems\, offering a space to examine emerging challenges and to jointly imagine possible futures — where robots and autonomous systems can foster human relationships\, contribute to inclusive public spaces\, and stimulate meaningful work. We warmly welcome you to join us in Linköping at Mjärdevi Science Park (Teknikringen 7) on 10–11 November\, 2026. \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 Steve BenfordDunford Professor of Computer Science\, University of Nottingham And UKRI Turing AI World Leading Research Fellow \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Somabotics: Creatively Embodying Artificial IntelligenceSomabotics is a research programme exploring how artist-led methods can provoke and improvise AI and robotics research. We believe that the purpose of AI\, including its embodiment in robots\, is to enable humans to make meaning of the world\, of themselves\, and of technology too. Meaning emerges from reflection on experiences\, especially aesthetic and embodied ones. I will reflect on how recent artistic projects involving robots – from playing with Cats\, to dancing and unusual embracing – provoke new insights into human-robot interaction. I will highlight the idea of ‘responsible irresponsibility’ through which artists confront wider ethical challenges.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Janet VertesiAssociate Professor\, Princeton University and Associate Director of the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ten Provocations for the Study and Construction of Human-Robot TeamsIn this talk\, I draw on two decades’ worth of ethnographic work with NASA’s most successful robotic space missions in the early 21st century to present provocations for how we develop human-robot and human-AI teams in the future. NASA’s teams work with advanced systems on other planets\, yet their position in a public scientific enterprise troubles many taken-for granted assumptions we think we understand about humans\, robots\, and autonomous systems. Taking a social scientific lens to study how interdisciplinary human teams working with robotic intelligences at tremendous distance\, I invite the audience to think differently about autonomy and innovation by describing which features of human-machine partnership are essential\, which are contingent\, and which could be built better otherwise.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Preliminary Conference Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, 10 November\n12:00 Registration opens \n13:00–13:15 Welcome and introduction \n13:15–14:00 Panel 1: Coordinating Human and Robot BodiesModerator: Valentina Fantasia\, Lund UniversityEmily Hofstetter\, Linköping UniversityJuliene Madureira Ferreira\, Tampere UniversityMadeline Balaam\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology  \n14:15–15:00 Panel 2: Educational Robots and AIModerator: Ali Reza Majlesi\, Karolinska InstitutetGinevra Castellano\, Uppsala UniversityLinnéa Stenliden\, Linköping UniversitySofia Serholt\, University of Gothenburg \n15:00–15:30 Coffee Break \n15:30–16:15 Opening KeynoteSteve Benford\, University of Nottingham And UKRI Turing AI World Leading Research Fellow \n16:30–18:30 Interactive ReceptionParticipants are welcome to explore live demonstrations where researchers and partners showcase robots\, prototypes\, and concepts. Attendees experience robots and engage with WASP-HS research in a hands‑on setting. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, 11 November\n08:30 Registration opens \n09:00–9:15 Welcome and Opening \n09:15–10:00 Panel 3: Policy and Regulation of RobotsModerator: Stefan Larsson\, Lund UniversityCilli Sobiech\, Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteBarry Brown\, University of Copenhagen & Stockholm UniversityEduard Fosch-Villaronga\, Leiden UniversityMartin Ebers\, WASP-HS Guest Professor\, Örebro University \n10:00–10:15 Coffee Break \n10:30–11.15 Panel 4: Robots and AI in Care and CrisisModerator: Helena Lindgren\, Co-Director of WASP-HS\, Umeå UniversityJessica Lindblom\, Uppsala UniversityJesper Tordenlid\, Cloudberry Systems AB \n11:15-12:00 Closing KeynoteJanet Vertesi\, Princeton University and Associate Director of the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education \n12:00-12:15 Closing and announcement of 2027 conference \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nRegistration opens 8 September and closes 22 October. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Organization *I will attend *10 November11 NovemberBoth daysI would like to attend the evening mingle and Interactive Reception 10 November *YesNoI have dietary restrictions not covered by vegan food *YesNoPlease specify dietary restriction *I would like to present a book at the WASP-HS Book TableYesNoWASP-HS researchers are welcome to present recently published books (2024-2026) related to WASP-HS research areas at the WASP-HS Book Table. The WASP-HS Program Office will contact you with more information when the registration closes. All Book Table presenters are asked to bring a hard copy of their Books on 10 November.Link to where your book can be purchased or downloaded for free *Title of book *All book authors *Please provide billing address *We do not charge a registration fee. However\, we ask that if you register and then are unable to attend you let us know by 1 November. Otherwise you will be charged a 500 SEK administration fee.Additional informationPlease let us know if you have any special needs.I want to stay up to date on WASP-HS news and activities by subscribing to the monthly newsletter *Already subscribedYesNoPhotographyI agree that I may be photographed at the event and that the images may be used for WASP-HS documentation and in WASP-HS communicationGDPR *I consent to having this website store my submitted information so that WASP-HS can respond to my inquirySubmit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel Abstracts\n \n \n \n \n \n Panel 1: Coordinating Human and Robot Bodies\n Uniting perspectives from interaction studies\, embodied and enactivist cognition as well as feminist design\, this panel introduces robots as a type of AI that deserves particular attention. How can we think about robots\, the body\, touch and movement? \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel 2: Educational Robots and AI\n Educational robots are increasingly entering learning environments as tutors\, tutees\, companions and mediators of participation. This panel brings together perspectives from robotics and educational research to examine what robots and AI can contribute to learning\, interaction and inclusion. We will also critically discuss embodiment\, generative AI\, children’s agency and trust\, as well as the ethical responsibilities involved in designing and using socially interactive technologies in education. \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel 3: Policy and Regulation of Robots\n Robots entering streets\, worklives and homes raise new questions from policy\, regulatory and legal perspectives. How do we want to live with increasingly autonomous\, mobile and embodied technology in our societies? How can we be attentive to unwanted effects\, and enable fair\, responsible and fittingly governed robotics and human-robot interaction? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel 4: Robots and AI in Care and Crisis\n This panel explores futures of care and crisis management where robots and AI agents are supporting humans and teams as autonomous or semi-autonomous collaborators performing tasks in challenging situations. What role can AI machines take in emergencies and how could collaboration among humans and AI-agents and robots be developed and coordinated? \n \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 Hannah Pelikan\n \n Assistant Professor at Linköping University and a Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Airi Lampinen\n \n Associate Professor in Human–Computer Interaction at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/ai-for-humanity-and-society-2026/ LOCATION:Mjärdevi Science Park (Teknikringen 7) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/testbildforprint2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270210T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270212T120000 DTSTAMP:20260925T182753 CREATED:20260526T085714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T090216Z UID:22912-1802250000-1802433600@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Winter Conference 2027 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 Featuring workshops\, poster presentations\, and interactive discussions\, the conference provides plenty of opportunities to network and exchange ideas. We welcome PhD students\, alumni\, supervisors\, and the broader WASP-HS community to the WASP-HS Winter Conference 2027. This year\, the conference will take place at Universitetshuset at Uppsala University. \n \n \n \n \n \n WASP-HS Annual Exchange\nThe WASP-HS annual exchange is a conversation between an renowned researchers and WASP-HS PhD students and alumni. More information about the WASP-HS annual exchange 2027 will be added closer to the date of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Poster Sessions\nPoster sessions\, hosted by the PhD students\, will take place during the conference. More information about the conference will be added closer to the date of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n Workshops\nInteractive workshops\, hosted by the PhD students\, will take place during the conference. More information about the workshops will be added closer to the date of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\nThe progran will be added closer to the date of the event. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nRegistration will open closer to the date of the event. URL:https://wasp-hs.org/event3/winter-conference-2027/ LOCATION:Universitetshuset\, Uppsala University ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wasp-hs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Universitetshuset-Uppsala-University.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR