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Explore the work and academic achievements of research on AI in humanities and social sciences through WASP-HS PhD dissertations.
Explore the work and academic achievements of research on AI in humanities and social sciences through WASP-HS PhD dissertations.
2026
Figuring the Boundary between Human and Robot: A Feminist New Materialist Perspective on Dermally Layered Relationality
Dominika Lisy, Linköping University
Date: 6 March, 2026
Subject: Gender Studies
Opponent: Maike Bleeker, Utrecht University
Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds
Alicja Ostrowska, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 30 January, 2026
Subject: Science, Technology and Society
Opponent: Marisa Cohn, IT University of Copenhagen
2025
Mapping Small Water Channels Using Machine Learning
Mariana Busarello, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Date: 5 December, 2025
Subject: Soil Science
Opponent: Chris Soulsby, University of Aberdeen
Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots
Ziming Wang, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 10 November, 2025
Subject: Interaction Design
Opponent: Joseph Paradiso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ethical Tensions in AI-Based Systems
Clàudia Figueras Julián, Stockholm University
Date: 9 October, 2025
Subject: Economics
Opponent: Christopher Frauenberger, Interdisciplinary Transformation University
Online Content Moderation: The Regulatory Continuum from EU Regulation to Platform Self-Regulation
Silvia A. Carretta, Uppsala University
Date: 26 September, 2025
Subject: Civil Law
Opponent: Mika Viljanen, University of Turku
Fact and Ideology in the Machine: Modelling Knowledge and Belief in Neural Models from Text
Denitsa Saynova, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 17 September, 2025
Subject: Data and Information Technology
Opponent: Dirk Hovy, Bocconi University
Health Data Governance in the Age of Digital Health: Legal Approaches of the EU and China
Zhicheng He, Stockholm University
Date: 5 September, 2025
Subject: Law and Informatics
Opponent: Tuomas Pöysti, Geradin Partners (former Chancellor of Justice, Finland
AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation
Kasia Söderlund, Lund University
Date: 10 June, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Lena Enqvist, Umeå University
Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing
Emil Häglund, Umeå University
Date: 5 June, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Bernard Jansen, Qatar Computing Research Institute
Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise
Charlotte Högberg, Lund University
Date: 4 June, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Maja Hojer Bruun, Aarhus University
On Genuine Will and Genuine Self: A Critical Analysis of “Will and Preferences” Under the Convention on the Rights and Persons with Disabilities
Seyedehoda Hosseiny, Lund University
Date: 28 May, 2025
Subject: Law
Opponent: Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
Proactive Balancing: AI-Driven Video-Based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests
Maksymilian M. Kuzmicz, Stockholm University
Date: 6 May, 2025
Subject: Law and Informatics
Opponent: Tobias Mahler, University of Oslo
Formal Methods for Verification in Human-Agent Interaction
Andreas Brännström, Umeå University
Date: 5 May, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Stefania Costantini, University of L’Aquila
How to Build Nice Robots: Ethics from Theory to Machine Implementation
Jakob Stenseke, Lund University
Date: 26 April, 2025
Subject: Practical Philosophy
Opponent: Vincent Müller, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making
Christian Kammler, Umeå University
Date: 4 April, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Javier Vázquez-Salceda, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech
Enjoying the Fall – The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security
Pasko Kisić-Merino, Karlstad University
Date: 28 March, 2025
Subject: Political Science
Opponent: Jason Glynos, University of Essex
The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population
Maria Arnelid, Linköping University
Date: 20 March, 2025
Subject: Gender Studies
Opponent: Nete Schwennesen, Roskilde University
Managing Complex Intelligent Systems: The Coexistence of Generativity and Criticality
Yoshuan Yu, Linköping University
Date: 26 February, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Mats Magnusson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents
Kashyap Haresamundram, Lund University
Date: 14 February, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Minha Lee, Eindhoven University of Technology
Essays on Women in the Labor Market: Technology, Inequality, and the Future of Work
Malin Backman, Uppsala University
Date: 7 January, 2025
Subject: Economics
Opponent: Kristiina Huttunen, Aalto University
2024
Assemble Care // Align Data: An Ethnographic Study of Datafication in Swedish Public Care
Petter Falk, Karlstad University
Date: 11 October, 2024
Subject: Political Science
Opponent: Lina Dencik, Goldsmiths, University of London
2026
Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds
Alicja Ostrowska, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 30 January, 2026
Subject: Science, Technology and Society
Opponent: Marisa Cohn, IT University of Copenhagen
2025
Mapping Small Water Channels Using Machine Learning
Mariana Busarello, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Date: 5 December, 2025
Subject: Soil Science
Opponent: Chris Soulsby, University of Aberdeen
Multisensory Interactions with Biophilic Flying Robots
Ziming Wang, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 10 November, 2025
Subject: Interaction Design
Opponent: Joseph Paradiso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ethical Tensions in AI-Based Systems
Clàudia Figueras Julián, Stockholm University
Date: 9 October, 2025
Subject: Economics
Opponent: Christopher Frauenberger, Interdisciplinary Transformation University
Online Content Moderation: The Regulatory Continuum from EU Regulation to Platform Self-Regulation
Silvia A. Carretta, Uppsala University
Date: 26 September, 2025
Subject: Civil Law
Opponent: Mika Viljanen, University of Turku
Fact and Ideology in the Machine: Modelling Knowledge and Belief in Neural Models from Text
Denitsa Saynova, Chalmers University of Technology
Date: 17 September, 2025
Subject: Data and Information Technology
Opponent: Dirk Hovy, Bocconi University
Health Data Governance in the Age of Digital Health: Legal Approaches of the EU and China
Zhicheng He, Stockholm University
Date: 5 September, 2025
Subject: Law and Informatics
Opponent: Tuomas Pöysti, Geradin Partners (former Chancellor of Justice, Finland
AI Transparency in Trustworthy AI: From Metaphor to Governance Tool in EU Technology Regulation
Kasia Söderlund, Lund University
Date: 10 June, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Lena Enqvist, Umeå University
Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing
Emil Häglund, Umeå University
Date: 5 June, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Bernard Jansen, Qatar Computing Research Institute
Making Sense of Medical AI: The Making of AI Transparencies and Configuration of Expertise
Charlotte Högberg, Lund University
Date: 4 June, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Maja Hojer Bruun, Aarhus University
On Genuine Will and Genuine Self: A Critical Analysis of “Will and Preferences” Under the Convention on the Rights and Persons with Disabilities
Seyedehoda Hosseiny, Lund University
Date: 28 May, 2025
Subject: Law
Opponent: Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
Proactive Balancing: AI-Driven Video-Based Active Assisted Living Technologies and Balancing of Interests
Maksymilian M. Kuzmicz, Stockholm University
Date: 6 May, 2025
Subject: Law and Informatics
Opponent: Tobias Mahler, University of Oslo
Formal Methods for Verification in Human-Agent Interaction
Andreas Brännström, Umeå University
Date: 5 May, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Stefania Costantini, University of L’Aquila
How to Build Nice Robots: Ethics from Theory to Machine Implementation
Jakob Stenseke, Lund University
Date: 26 April, 2025
Subject: Practical Philosophy
Opponent: Vincent Müller, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Modeling Norms for Social Simulations: Increasing Realism in Social Simulations to Support Decision Makers in Their Decision Making
Christian Kammler, Umeå University
Date: 4 April, 2025
Subject: Computing Science
Opponent: Javier Vázquez-Salceda, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech
Enjoying the Fall – The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security
Pasko Kisić-Merino, Karlstad University
Date: 28 March, 2025
Subject: Political Science
Opponent: Jason Glynos, University of Essex
The Imaginaries and Politics of Welfare Technology: Renegotiating Elder Care Through Technology for an Ageing Population
Maria Arnelid, Linköping University
Date: 20 March, 2025
Subject: Gender Studies
Opponent: Nete Schwennesen, Roskilde University
Managing Complex Intelligent Systems: The Coexistence of Generativity and Criticality
Yoshuan Yu, Linköping University
Date: 26 February, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Mats Magnusson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents
Kashyap Haresamundram, Lund University
Date: 14 February, 2025
Subject: Technology and Society
Opponent: Minha Lee, Eindhoven University of Technology
Essays on Women in the Labor Market: Technology, Inequality, and the Future of Work
Malin Backman, Uppsala University
Date: 7 January, 2025
Subject: Economics
Opponent: Kristiina Huttunen, Aalto University
2024
Assemble Care // Align Data: An Ethnographic Study of Datafication in Swedish Public Care
Petter Falk, Karlstad University
Date: 11 October, 2024
Subject: Political Science
Opponent: Lina Dencik, Goldsmiths, University of London
