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:20260313T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260919T193535 CREATED:20260326T082053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T080036Z 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:20261002T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261002T160000 DTSTAMP:20260919T193535 CREATED:20260827T083654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T124718Z 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/2026/08/WASP-HS-logo-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20261009T120000 DTSTAMP:20260919T193535 CREATED:20260908T093841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T130220Z UID:24143-1791464400-1791547200@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Conference: Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI 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 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:20260919T193535 CREATED:20260901T114653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T124210Z UID:24034-1791540000-1791541800@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Samverkansmetoder och co-design för att undersöka digitalisering och AI-användning DESCRIPTION:Vänligen observera att evenemanget organiseras av WASP-HS-forskare och inte av WASP-HS programkontor\n \n \n \n \n \n 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 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:20260919T193535 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:20260919T193535 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:20260919T193535 CREATED:20260831T080708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T124129Z UID:23937-1792749600-1792751400@wasp-hs.org SUMMARY:Kan AI-infrastruktur styras i välfärden? DESCRIPTION:Vänligen observera att evenemanget organiseras av WASP-HS-forskare och inte av WASP-HS programkontor\n \n \n \n \n \n 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 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:20260919T193535 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 END:VCALENDAR