WASP-HS announces 22 PhD positions (application period is closed)

WASP-HS together with Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation offer up to 22 PhD positions at eight universities and the Institute of Future Studies, with focus on AI and autonomous systems.

For further descriptions of positions and how to apply, follow the links to the coordinating universities. The positions included in this call are at Chalmers, Institute of Future Studies, Karlstad University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Lund University, Umeå University, University of Gothenburg and Uppsala University.

Please note different final dates for applications.
Note that some links to the positions are missing, they will be published in short.

Chalmers University of Technology

• PhD position #1 in Human-Computer Interaction; user experience research
  In the project: The rise of social drones: A constructive design research agenda
• PhD position #2 in Human-Computer Interaction; human-centered design
  In the project: The rise of social drones: A constructive design research agenda
• Machine learning for political data
  In the project: Bias and methods of AI technology studying political behavior (this PhD student position is related to the project at Karlstad University, but will be located at Chalmers)

Institute for Futures Studies

• Psychological and social processes that influence the diffusion of AI
  In the project: Predicting the diffusion of AI-applications

Karlstad University

• How information and institutions affect political behavior: Applying AI technology to the study of political data
  In the project: Bias and methods of AI technology studying political behavior

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

• Position #1: Critical Design of Drones: Intertwining Aesthetics, Ethics and Movement
  In the project: Ethics as enacted through movement – shaping and being shaped by autonomous systems
• Position #2: Critical Analysis of Drones: Intertwining Aesthetics, Ethics and Movement
  In the project: Ethics as enacted through movement – shaping and being shaped by autonomous systems

Linköping University

• Learning data for companion robots
  In the project: The ethics and social consequences of AI & caring robots. Learning trust, empathy and accountability
• AI for a better society – Mastering Complexity beyond Human Cognition
  In the project: The emergence of complex intelligent systems and the future of management
• AI for a better society – The Role of Purpose Driven Managerial Decision Making
  In the project: The emergence of complex intelligent systems and the future of management

Lund University

• Social scientific focus on AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
  In the project: AI transparency and consumer trust
• Legal focus on AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
  In the project: AI transparency and consumer trust
• Non-Verbal Signals of Trust and In-group Identification in Humans and Robots
  In the project: The imperfect creator creating the perfect: Ethics for autonomous systems/AI
• Ethics from theory to robot implementations
  In the project: The imperfect creator creating the perfect: Ethics for autonomous systems/AI
• Doctoral Student Position in Quantum Law
  In the project: Quantum law: The legal significance of quantum computing

Umeå University

• Digital Companions as Social Actors: Methods for Human-AI Collaboration
  In the project: Digital companions as social actors: Employing socially intelligent systems for managing stress and improving emotional wellbeing

University of Gothenburg

• Fair, accountable, and transparent methods for trustworthy machines
  In the project: Professional trust and autonomous systems
• Trust and competence in the age of artificial intelligence
  In the project: Professional trust and autonomous systems
• Doctoral position in artificial intelligence and political language with the GRIPES project
  In the project: Gothenburg research initiative for politically emergent systems (GRIPES)

Uppsala University

• Biometric limits
  In the project: BioMe: Existential challenges and ethical imperatives of biometric AI in everyday Lifeworlds
• The Consequences of Predictive AI in Precision Medicine
  In the project: The new scientific revolution? AI and big data in biomedicine
• PhD position related to the research project Artificial intelligence, democracy and human dignity
  In the project: Artificial Intelligence, democracy and human dignity
• Technology adoption and the labor-market impact of structural change
  In the project: The labor-market impact of firm-level adoption of AI and autonomous systems