Previous Calls:

WASP-HS Postoctoral Scholarships at MIT
In collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), WASP-HS invites applications for Postodoctoral fellows working in areas related to the impact of technology and computing on society. This could include, but is not limited to, examining the social, historical, philosophical, legal, ethical and cultural aspects of the opportunities and challenges of the development and use of computing, AI, and data sciences. Applicants are encouraged to apply in those or other areas related to the impacts of technology on society.

WASP-HS and DDLS Joint Call for Seed-Money
DDLS and WASP-HS are committed to forming meaningful collaborations to bridge the gaps between the scientific disciplines of DDLS and WASP-HS. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation has earmarked funding for such joint efforts in their donation. As a first step in their collaboration, DDLS and WASP-HS now announce a call for seed-money to explore the possibility of developing joint research projects addressing mutually relevant themes. This call is intended to give researchers from DDLS and WASP-HS resources to develop such joint research projects. The proposed collaborations should address issues of major significance that bridge the thematic profiles of DDLS and WASP-HS. 

PhD in Designing Human-AI Entanglements for Health and Wellbeing

The goal of the research is to develop new methods and tools for assisting in the development of AI-based systems with regards to articulating ethical issues in participatory design processes and as part of everyday living; what risks may arise in terms of self-determination and autonomy and how they may be mitigated; how trust, transparency and sense of control can be promoted; and how individuals relate socially, culturally, and emotionally to AI systems in their everyday lives. The specific PhD research plan will be adapted to the candidates’ research plan, profile, and interests.

Apply at Umeå University. Application deadline: January 5, 2022

PhD Position in Political Science With a Focus on Challenges and Opportunities with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Swedish Forests
The PhD position is part of an interdisciplinary project where this sub-project focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with artificial intelligence (AI) in Swedish forests and forestry. With the support of AI in combination with, for example, airborne laser scanning, there are extensive opportunities to develop high-resolution and high-quality maps that can form the basis for more efficient planning to realize Swedish forest and climate policy.

Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: November 26, 2021

PhD Position in Spatial Planning of Swedish Forests with LiDAR and AI
The PhD position is part of an interdisciplinary project where this part is focused on spatial planning. The overall objective of this project is to develop maps that enable detailed spatial planning of infrastructure, forestry, environmental restoration, and climate adaption. This project is a part of a collaboration with Umeå University with the goal to investigate challenges and opportunities with AI in Swedish forests from a social and ethical perspective.

Apply to Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Application Deadline: November 15, 2021

PhD Position in Law with a Focus on Public International Law and Labour Law with Special Emphasis on AI
The PhD position is placed within the WASP-HS project The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence and the topic of the doctoral project should relate to the overarching aim of the research project to chart and explain the emergence of international regimes for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, including its normative implications.

Apply to Stockholm University. Application Deadline: October 30, 2021

PhD Position in Cognitive Science at Lund University
The PhD student position is placed within the multidisciplinary project Social interaction with autonomous artifacts in cognitive science and theoretical philosophy and tied to the Cognitive Robotics Lab and CogComLab. The project aims to develop sustainable, reliable, humane, and inclusive models of interaction between human and artefacts within the perspective of embodied and embedded cognition. It examines dynamic and developmental aspects of human-artifact interaction and the underlying mechanisms to clarify the function and influence of such interaction on human behavior and forms of life.
Apply to Lund University. Application Deadline: October 15, 2021

PhD Position in Designing Human-AI Collaborations for Health and Wellbeing
The doctoral student position is a part of the UMeHealth research environment and is focused on the interactions between humans and AI. The goal of the research is to develop knowledge related to human-centered AI together with end-users through various forms of participatory methods.
Apply to Umeå University. Application Deadline: September 30, 2021

PhD Position on Implications of Human-AI Interactions
The doctoral student position is a part of the UMeHealth research environment and is focused on the interactions between humans and AI, such as how individuals may influence and collaborate with AI-based systems.
Apply to Umeå University. Application Deadline: September 30, 2021

PhD Student in Legal Science, Specialising in Health Law
The doctoral student position is integrated into the research project: AICARE – AI and Automated Systems and the Right to Health – Revisiting law accounting for the exploitation of users’ preferences and values.
Apply to Lund University. Application Deadline: September 22, 2021

PhD Student in Global Politics
The doctoral student position will be part of the project ‘AI and the everyday political-economy of global health’. The project is focused on the central question: How are governance structures emerging in response to the rapidly accelerating role of AI in global healthcare, and what are the implications for the distribution of power in global politics? 
Apply to Malmö University. Application Deadline: September 20, 2021

PhD Student in Education
The position will be part of the research project ”Ethical and Legal Challenges in Relationship to AI-driven Practices in Higher Education”.
Apply to Stockholm University. Application deadline: September 15, 2021.

Postdoc Position in Digital Companions as Social Actors
The position is affiliated with the project “Digital Companions as Social Actors: Employing Socially Intelligent Systems for Managing Stress and Improving Emotional Wellbeing”.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: September 1, 2021.

Postdoc in Machine Learning for Data from Political Science
The position is affiliated with the project “Bias and Methods of AI for studying Political Behavior“.
Apply to Chalmers University of Technology. Application deadline: August 31, 2021.

PhD Student in Information Studies
The doctoral student will be working on the research project Quantifying Culture: AI and Cultural Heritage Collections.
Apply to Uppsala University. Application deadline: August 16, 2021.

Post-doc with Focus on Democracy, Participation and Artificial Intelligence
This Project aim to examine the use of AI to facilitate citizens’ participation in democratic political deliberations.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: August 15, 2021.

PhD position in Sociology
The Department of Sociology is seeking candidates for a PhD position in sociology with a focus on political discourses around AI and automation.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: June 28, 2021.

PhD Student in Computer Science – Detection of Contextual Political Communication
With the announced project, we want to provide methods to detect the presence of contextual advertising in the context of political communication.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: June 25, 2021.

PhD Student in Social Robotics for Education
This project focuses on computer science or speech and music communication
Apply to KTH University. Application deadline: June 11, 2021.

PhD Student in AI, business strategy and industrial transformation
The intention is to study different cases of AI-based business logics, aiming to create an in-depth understanding of the effects of AI technologies on industrial operations.
Apply to KTH University. Application deadline: June 3, 2021.

PhD Student in Computer Science with focus on Digital Companions
This PhD student project focuses on how relationships between human and digital companion can be defined, formalised and developed.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: May 30, 2021.

PhD Student in Computer Science – Implications of AI-Driven Contextual Communication
The PhD student is part of an overarching research project that studies the consequences for citizens and society when artificial intelligence becomes the dominating method of placing messages in online media contexts. The project focuses on AI-driven contextual advertising, in particular the use of reinforcement learning. The work includes algorithm development and analysis, complemented by controlled experiments and user studies.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: May 1, 2021.

Postdoc position in Democracy, Participation and Artificial Intelligence
A post-doctoral position in Computer Science with focus on tools and methods for participatory deliberation.
Apply to Umeå University. Application deadline: April 30, 2021.

PhD Student in Media Technology
The task will be to investigate the ways artists encounter creative-Ai through, for instance, multi-site ethnography, practice-based research, or design fiction workshops. Based on these insights you will support the development of ethical guidelines for creative-Ai developers and users.
Apply to School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH. Application deadline: April 12, 2021.

PhD Student in History of Media and Environment
The doctoral student will work in a new field combining media and environmental history, critical media theory, environmental humanities and social sciences with the study of Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems.
Apply to School of Architecture and Built Environment at KTH. Application deadline: April 1, 2021.

PhD Students in Business Studies: AI-based RegTech
Two PhD students who will study AI applications in the financial markets, and more particularly AI applications designed to help financial businesses comply with abundant statutory requirements on risk management and reporting.
Apply to Uppsala University. Application deadline: March 31, 2021.

PhD Student in Business Studies: AI and the Financial Markets: Accountability and Risk Management with Legal Tools
The project will examine the management of risks (real or perceived) that emerge from the use of AI algorithms in the financial sector.
Apply to Uppsala University. Application deadline: March 31, 2021.

PhD in Society Call
Supporting collaborations between Swedish organisations and universities in research directions within the humanities and social sciences.
Application deadline: 19 March, 2021.

Innovative Collaboration Projects (ICP) Call
To strengthen the scientific competence of young researchers through a competitive program of collaboration with public and/or private partners, in research directions related to the humanities and social sciences.
Application deadline: 19 March, 2021.

Assistant Professor in the History of Media and Environment with specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems(KTH, Royal Institute of Technology)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 March, 2021.

Doctoral Student within the project AI, the Social Contract and Democracy (University of Gothenburg)
Application deadline: 25 February, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Science or Theoretical Philosophy (Lund University)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 15 February, 2021.

Associate Senior University Lecturer in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on health, autonomy and well-being (Umeå University)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 10 February, 2021.  

Associate Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Global Politics of AI and Health (Malmö University)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 February, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in computer science (Malmö University)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 February, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer in the project AI, the Social Contract and Democracy (University of Gothenburg)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 February, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer in Political Science (Uppsala University.)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 February, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law (Uppsala University.)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 1 February, 2021. 

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Legal Informatics (Stockholm University.)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 18 January, 2021.  

Assistant Professor with tenure track in Interaction design specialized in Interactive AI (Chalmers University of Technology.)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.  
Application deadline: 15 January, 2021.

Associate Senior Lecturer in Forest Management, with specialization in Artificial Intelligence (SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.)
This position is part of an investment by WASP-HS that will fund 11 research groups at 9 Swedish universities.
Application deadline: 4 January, 2021. 

Affiliated PhD Students 2020 (application period is closed)

WASP-HS hereby announces a call for PhD students to be affiliated with the WASP-HS Graduate School. The purpose of the program is to provide the opportunity for a limited number of PhD students not funded by WASP-HS to be part of the WASP-HS Graduate School.
Application deadline: Deadline for applications is 22 May 2020, extended to 22 September, 2020.
Read more about the call.

Call for proposals for Assistant Professors (application period is closed)

WASP-HS aims to realize excellent research and develop competence on the consequences and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems for the individual person and society. Part of this initiative, is the appointment of up to 10 assistant professors (equivalent to biträdande lektor).
Call opens on 25 March 2020.
Application deadline: 10 June, 2020
Read more about the call.

Doctoral Position in Artificial Intelligence and Political Language With the GRIPES Project
Application deadline: 15 April, 2020

Doctoral Student Position in Quantum Law
Application deadline: 18 March, 2020

PhD Student Position In Machine Learning For Data From Political Science
Application deadline: 15 March, 2020

PhD position related to the research project Artificial intelligence, democracy and human dignity
Application deadline: 1 March, 2020

Doctoral position – Non-Verbal Signals of Trust and In-group Identification in Humans and Robots
Application deadline: 1 March, 2020

Doctoral position – Ethics from theory to robot implementations
Application deadline: 1 March, 2020

The Consequences of Predictive AI in Precision Medicine
Application deadline: March, 2020

PhD position in Human-Computer Interaction; user experience research
Application deadline: 29 February, 2020

PhD position in Human-Computer Interaction; human-centered design
Application deadline: 29 February, 2020

PhD position in Political Science – How information and institutions affect political behavior: Applying AI technology to the study of political data
Application deadline: 18 February, 2020

Doctoral student in Critical Design of Drones Ethics and Movement
Application deadline: 12 February, 2020

Doctoral student in Critical Analysis of Drones Ethics & Movement
Application deadline: 12 February, 2020

Doctoral student project with social scientific focus on AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
Application deadline: 3 February, 2020

Doctoral student project with legal focus on AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
Application deadline: 3 February, 2020

PhD student position in psychological and social processes that influence the diffusion of AI
Application deadline: February, 2020

PhD position – Digital Companions as Social Actors: Methods for Human-AI Collaboration
Application deadline: 31 January, 2020

Doctoral position – Learning data for companion robots
Application deadline: 30 January, 2020

Doctoral position – Mastering complexity beyond Human Cognition
Application deadline: 30 January, 2020

Doctoral position – The Role of Purpose Driven Managerial Decision Making
Application deadline: 30 January, 2020

PhD position – Fair, accountable, and transparent methods for trustworthy machines
Application deadline: 29 January, 2020

PhD position – Trust and competence in the age of artificial intelligence
Application deadline: 29 January, 2020

PhD position – Biometric limits
Application deadline: 20 January, 2020

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
Application deadline: Spring 2020