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Calendar/All events in Humlaben-usSun, 26 Apr 2026 05:51:11 +0200/en/events/panel-discussion-ai-power-and-human-rights_12171103/Panel discussion: AI, power and human rightsThe WASP-HS Queering AI network invites you to a panel on AI, power and human rights.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0200The <a href="https://wasp-hs.org/">WASP–HS</a> Queering AI network invites you to a panel on AI, power and human rights.Come and take part in insightful discussions on topics including representation and power, visibility and invisibility in AI systems and algorithms, and human rights, regulation, and democracy in the digital era. By exemplifying contexts and situations where queer perspectives on AI are important, this panel builds on previous discussions originating from the Queering AI Network, that explored how critical HS perspectives, such as queer theory, can contribute to the AI field.Panellists: <a href="/link/aaee942f4dbc45aea768f69993879497.aspx">Markus Naarttijärvi:</a> Professor in law at Umeå University, <a href="/link/0b1cc9876793476baec3d58e3ef8c90d.aspx">Coppélie Cocq:</a> Professor at Humlab and Professor in Sami studies and Digital Humanities at Umeå University. <a href="https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N19-2620">Matilda Tudor:</a> PhD, Research fellow at the Department of Informatics and Media, at Uppsala University. PI “Queering AI”Moderator: Associate Professor <a href="/link/562d466c60204b759fe64156078fb007.aspx">Karin Danielsson</a>, director at Humlab, Umeå university. PI “Queering AI”.This panel is part of the WASP–HS funded research network Queering AI, organised in collaboration between Uppsala University and Umeå university.Humlab – H2Other/en/events/panel-discussion-ai-power-and-human-rights_12171103/2026-04-28T14:15:00+02:002026-04-28T15:30:00+02:00/en/events/identity-and-creativity-in-the-age-of-ai-_12168591/Identity and Creativity in the age of AI We will discuss how issues of identity and creativity are challenged and envisioned in the age of AI.Tue, 12 May 2026 13:15:00 +0200This event is organized by the research cluster <a href="https://futuresai.net">AI Futures of Culture and Memory</a> funded by WASP HS, in collaboration with Bildmuseet and brings together researchers and artists. Through presentations, panels, a performance and an exhibition, we will discuss how issues of identity and creativity are challenged, articulated, performed and envisioned in the age of AI.<h2>Tuesday 12 May</h2>13.15: Welcome and introductions (Coppélie Cocq, Umeå University)  13.30-14.00: Bodies that “Glitch”: Reimagining identity and A.I. through embodied resistance (Onur Kiliç, Umeå University)  14.00-14.30: More-than-human aesthetics and visual politics of portrayal in creative AI (Petra Jääskeläinen, KTH) 14.30-15.00: Coffee 15.30-16.00: AI and Image: Critical Perspectives on Art and Cultural Heritage (Anna Foka and Jan Von Bonsdorff, Uppsala University)  16.00-16.30: Degenerative Influence: Feedback, Cognition, and Collapse in Autonomous Systems, Daniel Shanken, Umeå University  16.45-17.15: Exposing the Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The Machine Lexicon (audiovisual performance by Kıvanç Tatar, Chalmers) <h2>Wednesday 13 May</h2>9.00: Coffee 9.15-10.30: Panel discussion, Craft and AI. (Moderator: Karin Danielsson Umeå University, panelists: Alessandra Di Pisa, Associate Professor, Malmstens Linköping University; Agnieszka Knap, Senior Lecturer at Konstfack) 10.30-11: Coffee 11-12: Sarah Cook, Umeå University and University of Glasgow: Guided tour in the exhibition AI and the paradox of agency 12.00-13.00: Lunch break 13.00-13.30: Closing words and free time in the exhibition AI and the paradox of agency Flexhallen – BildmuseetOther/en/events/identity-and-creativity-in-the-age-of-ai-_12168591/2026-05-12T13:15:00+02:002026-05-13T13:30:00+02:00/en/events/avatars-and-conversational-ai--opportunity-discovery-workshop_12166848/Avatars and Conversational AI – Opportunity discovery workshopWorkshop on avatar and conversational AIThu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200Humlab together with WARA Media & Language, part of the WASP research program, welcomes researchers, instructors, and graduate students at Umeå University to explore research opportunities around avatars and conversational AI. The workshop will include a demonstration of an experimental avatar framework, opportunities to test and interact with the avatar, and time to discuss potential research projects that make use of the technology.This is relevant for anyone interested in AI ethics, cognitive science, educational innovation, or immersive media. Registration (external link) <a href="https://en-gb.eu.invajo.com/event/waramediaandlanguagetogetherwithhumlab/avatarsandconversationalaiopportunitydiscoveryworkshop">https://en-gb.eu.invajo.com/event/waramediaandlanguagetogetherwithhumlab/avatarsandconversationalaiopportunitydiscoveryworkshop</a>   HumlabWorkshop/en/events/avatars-and-conversational-ai--opportunity-discovery-workshop_12166848/2026-05-21T13:00:00+02:002026-05-21T15:00:00+02:00