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Bringing together Academia and the Public Sector to Discuss AI and Welfare
What challenges does the welfare sector face in a world with artificial intelligence (AI)? The WASP-HS Collaboration Arena Welfare was inaugurated with a kick-off event at Piperska Muren in...
Kerstin Sahlin Awarded Rudebeck Medal 2026
Kerstin Sahlin, WASP-HS Board Director and Professor of Public Management at Uppsala University, has been awarded the Rudebeck Medal 2026. The Rudebeck medal is awarded “for extraordinarily...
More-than-Human Re-Imaginaries of Creative AI: Ontological and Aesthetic Re-Designings – PhD Defense
Petra Jääskeläinen defends her doctoral thesis, “More-than-Human Re-Imaginaries of Creative AI: Ontological and Aesthetic Re-Designings“, on 4 September 2026, at KTH Royal Institute of...
Open Call for WASP-HS Project Initiation Grants
Do you have an innovative research idea within the WASP-HS field? Apply for a WASP-HS Project Initiation Grant. Proposed activities should lay the groundwork for developing new lines of research and...
Somatic Freedoms: Reconfiguring Human-Machine Ethical Relations — PhD Defense
Rachael Garrett defends her doctoral thesis, “Somatic Freedoms: Reconfiguring Human-Machine Ethical Relations“, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology on 28 August 2026. See event. Abstract...
Full Week of AI, Politics, and the Reshaping of Knowledge
AI is reshaping how knowledge is produced and trusted. During the WASP-HS Summer School 2026, participants examines how AI influences the ways societies understand themselves and the world around...
