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Recent News
Cyber Security in the Era of AI: Diverse Discussions at WASP-HS Online Event
At the WASP-HS-arranged event on 26 March 2024, participants from different domains such as cyber security development, border control, and academic research convened. The participants came together...
Open Call for Workshops for AI for Humanity and Society 2024
WASP-HS invites researchers and practitioners to participate in shaping the dialogue surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). To facilitate vibrant discussions and interactions with, and within,...
Over 70 WASP-HS Researchers Meet up at Umeå University
Last week, February 7-9, WASP-HS arranged the annual Winter Conference, a conference specifically dedicated for the PhD students within the program. The conference served as a platform for in-depth...
New Report Demonstrates WASP-HS Journey Since 2019
To visualize the efforts and impact of the program, WASP-HS has just published the report “This is WASP-HS 2023”. The document exemplifies the endeavors of the program since its launch in 2019 until...
Ericka Johnson is New WASP-HS Graduate School Director
Ericka Johnson, Professor in Gender and Society with a research interest in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Linköping University, is appointed new WASP-HS Graduate School Director. Ericka...
WASP-HS Embraces SSH Vision with New Director Christofer Edling
Starting from 1 January, 2024, Christofer Edling, Professor of Sociology at Lund University, is new Program Director for WASP-HS. “With me, WASP-HS gets a program director with roots in, experience...
New Report on AI, Sustainability and Agenda 2030
Artificial intelligence (AI) impacts our journey in reaching the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in more ways than one. In the newly published WASP-HS report “AI, sustainability and...
Unpacking AI’s Impact: A Snapshot of AI for Humanity and Society 2023
Over 250 researchers and business representatives had registered for the AI for Humanity and Society 2023 conference at Malmö Live. The two-day conference was filled with international keynote...
Sarah Cook is Keynote Speaker at AI for Humanity and Society 2023
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program – Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) is thrilled to announce Sarah Cook as keynote speaker at the upcoming WASP-HS conference "AI for...
Sofia Ranchordas is Keynote Speaker at AI for Humanity and Society 2023
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program - Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) is delighted to announce Sofia Ranchordas as the keynote speaker for the upcoming annual WASP-HS...
New Report
AI, Sustainability and Agenda 2030
AI impacts our journey in reaching the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in more ways than one. Download and read the summary from the discussion between renowned researchers from various fields.
Recent Blog Posts
Cyber Security: For Whom and At What Cost?
In the realm of technology and artificial intelligence (AI), we stand at a critical juncture that forces us to confront questions as ancient as humanity itself. The recent WASP-HS community...
Better Safe Than Sorry: Reflections on the Artificial Intelligence Act
On December 8, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the final compromise text[1] of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). It is expected that the European...
Embracing Critical Curiosity: Navigating the Societal Challenges of AI with WASP-HS
We live in a time when dinner conversations more often than not veer towards gloomy subjects – whether it be issues of national safety, planetary health or the ‘threat’ of AI for democracy, the...
Mapping Critical Robotics – An interdisciplinary workshop in Norrköping
On February 16th, the research team working on the WASP-HS funded project The Ethics and Social Consequences of AI & Caring Robots. Learning Trust, Empathy, and Accountability hosted an...
Navigating the Future of AI in Education
How do you feel about our future in the company of artificial intelligence in education? Are you excited, worried, hopeful, annoyed? Perhaps you are considering how this might affect you, your...
The WASP-HS Annual Conference: Taking a Critical Eye on the Everyday Aspects of AI
In the past year, the discourse around AI has seemingly gone from having a strong focus on research and innovation, a concern for the more initiated, toward becoming the talk of the town, being...
Charting the Future of Sustainable Health: Navigating AI, Digitalized Bodies and Care
Irene Kaklopoulou, PhD student in the intersection of interaction design and artificial intelligence with a focus on care, health and wellbeing, at Umeå University is sharing insights from the...
The Underlying Assumptions About AI Require Further Attention
Elin Sporrong summarizes her thoughts from the WASP-HS Summer School 2023 that took place at KTH Royal Institute of Technology campus on August 21-25. Currently, AI is hyped in academia, the...
The Empathic Chatbot in Medicine
Kjell Asplund, Professor emeritus in Medicine and member of the WASP-HS Board, shares his thoughts and reflections on emphatic AI chatbots in medicine and how WASP-HS contributes with new knowledge...
Why We Shouldn’t Pause Research on AI, but Instead Prioritize Multidisciplinary Research and AI Governance
Authors: Virginia Dignum, Christian Balkenius, Ingar Brink, Francis Lee, Anna-Sara Lind, Helena Lindgren (members of the WASP-HS management team). Abstract. The recent open letter from the Future of...
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