This weekly digest is a collection of news, upcoming events and other opportunities from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University and the wider area, compiled by Graduate School students.
- AI Lund lunch seminar: Beyond AI Ethics Frameworks – Ethical Considerations and Responsibility in Public Sector AI
- The Higher Research Seminar: Michael Bruter, London School of Economics and Political Science – ‘Democracy and the Intergenerational Challenge’
- CMES Seminar: Research Results from MECW-Project “Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities”
AI Lund lunch seminar: Beyond AI Ethics Frameworks – Ethical Considerations and Responsibility in Public Sector AI
Seminar
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in public sector services—from welfare agencies to higher education—there is growing concern about how to ensure these systems are developed and used responsibly (Dignum, 2019). Much of the focus to date has been on producing ethics frameworks and high-level principles such as transparency, fairness, and accountability. But what happens when these principles meet the realities of day-to-day work in the public sector?
In this talk, Clàudia Figueras Julián present her findings from her PhD research, which investigates how stakeholders in Swedish public organisations—such as developers, project managers, and educators—talk about and make sense of ethics and responsibility in their work with AI systems. Drawing on qualitative case studies, she explores how practitioners interpret ethical principles, the tensions they encounter when trying to apply them, and how responsibility is negotiated across technical, organisational, and emotional dimensions.
Date and time: 28 May 2025 12:00 to 13:00
Location: Online. Link by registration.
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The Higher Research Seminar: Michael Bruter, London School of Economics and Political Science – ‘Democracy and the Intergenerational Challenge’
Seminar
The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science.
Presenter: Michael Bruter, London School of Economics and Political Science
Convenors: Professor Annika Björkdahl and Professor Fariborz Zelli.
Date and time: 28 May 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: Large conference room, Eden 367, Lund
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CMES Seminar: Research Results from MECW-Project “Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities”
Seminar
Concluding seminar with Torsten Janson, Jayne Svenungsson, Mattias Kjärrholm, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, on research results from the MECW-project Beyond Sacred/Secular Cities: Exploring Politics of Memory, Space, and Religion in Middle Eastern Nationalisms.
Date and time: 2 June 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: CMES, Finngatan 16, Lund
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