Research

Guest Professor Yoshihisa Kashima

Professor Yoshihisa Kashima’s research delves into the evolution of societal norms and the role of institutions. It examines how practices become ‘normal’, how they are discarded, and how institutions gain credibility. A key focus is the impact of AI-filtered social media on these processes. The project aims to address AI’s societal challenges and contribute to our understanding of societal development.

Guest Professor Sofia Ranchordas

Professor Sofia Ranchordas’ research focuses on the intersection of technology and administrative decision-making. The project aims to understand how automated processes can account for vulnerability, assess the impact of digital government on citizens’ legal standing in Sweden, and identify ways to empower citizens for a more inclusive digital government.

Guest Professor Sarah Cook

Professor Sarah Cook’s research bridges disciplines to explore the history and impact of AI and machine learning. Through workshops, publications, and new art, design, and architecture, this project will help the public understand and engage with the ethical and societal changes brought by AI, influencing future AI development.

Guest Professor Martin Ebers

Professor Martin Ebers' research explores the legal challenges of standardizing AI governance. While standardization can ensure consistent technical, legal, and ethical standards, it also raises concerns about power concentration, lack of democratic oversight, and limited input from interest groups.

Guest Professor Mark Coeckelbergh

Professor Mark Coeckelbergh’s research examines how algorithms influence our perception of time and future, and how these visions impact AI design and its institutional roles. The project uses political and existential philosophy to create new narratives and alternative futures for AI design.

Guest Professor Irina Shklovski

Professor Irina Shklovski's research will audit current tools and methods for ethical AI, examine how and why algorithmic explanations are made, and develop a toolkit to operationalize ethics in AI. This toolkit will address translation, implementation, and accountability gaps and will be tested with technologists from academia, industry, and non-profits.

Assistant Professor William Lidberg

Assistant Professor William Lidberg’s research investigates the societal impact of integrating AI into Swedish forest management. The project examines how AI affects decision-making, conservation, and stakeholder collaboration, aiming to develop ethical AI solutions that support sustainable forestry through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Assistant Professor Valentina Fantasia

Assistant Professor Valentina Fantasia’s research explores the societal impacts and design considerations of integrating social autonomous systems (SAS) into daily life. The project focuses on human-machine interaction, privacy, safety, comfort, efficiency, and the long-term effects on behavior and societal norms.

Assistant Professor Pedro Sanches

Assistant Professor Pedro Sanches’ research focuses on human-centered AI for health, autonomy, and wellbeing. The project examines how AI systems impact individuals' health and autonomy, and how people can collaborate with these systems for mutual benefit. Additionally, it addresses concerns about behavior change, social interaction, and adaptive AI design methodology.

Assistant Professor Matilda Arvidsson

Assistant Professor Matilda Arvidsson’s research examines how AI reshapes democracy, proposing frameworks for democratic AI development. It aims to design AI systems promoting transparency, accountability, and human rights in democratic societies.

Assistant Professor Lina Rahm

Assistant Professor Lina Rahm’s research establishes an interdisciplinary field focusing on AI and Autonomous Systems in environmental research. It explores the implications of AI-driven data gathering on our understanding of environmental issues and informs policy guidelines for data governance.

Assistant Professor Liane Colonna

Assistant Professor Liane Colonna's research advances interdisciplinary research in AI and its Ethical, Legal, and Social Impacts (ELSI). Through methodological and regulatory investigations, the project ensures AI technologies adhere to legal and ethical principles while addressing societal challenges and impacting democratic preconditions. Additionally, it fosters international research collaborations and sustainable AI and Law education efforts.

Assistant Professor Kıvanç Tatar

Assistant Professor Kıvanç Tatar's research project explores the integration of AI into real-time interactive and creative applications, raising ethical and aesthetic considerations. It investigates agency in human-machine interaction, questioning authorship and influence in AI-generated art and music.

Assistant Professor Jason Tucker

Assistant Professor Jason Tucker's research project aims to investigate the rapid proliferation of AI-based technologies in global healthcare amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The project seeks to analyze the implications of transnational ownership of private health data and the political economy surrounding it, including issues of control, power distribution, and regulatory challenges.

Assistant Professor Fabian Lorig

Assistant Professor Fabian Lorig's research project aims to enhance decision-making support for societal stakeholders by improving the scalability and diversity of Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) models, and developing ensemble approaches to combine multiple simulation models for more comprehensive investigations and increased reliability.

Assistant Professor Donal Casey

Assistant Professor Donal Casey's research project investigates the implications of AI-based RegTech in the financial markets, focusing on its impact on compliance management and risk monitoring. By examining the use of artificial intelligence algorithms in regulatory technology, the project seeks to assess their effectiveness in promoting transparency, accountability, and ethical standards in financial institutions.

Assistant Professor Carl Öhman

Assistant Professor Carl Öhman's research project aims to explore the impact of AI on society, particularly in the realm of visual political communication. The project seeks to investigate how AI influences the dissemination and perception of political information, including the role of platform algorithms, automated accounts, and AI-generated content.

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