Presentation

Overview

I work at the intersection of technology, participation and governance. I am a Assistant Professor in the Global Politics of AI and Health (2021-2026) funded by Wallenberg AI - Autonomous Systems and Software Program on Humanity and Society, WASP-HS.

I have a Ph.D. in Social and Policy Sciences from the University of Bath, U.K (2014). Following the completion of my Ph.D. I worked for the UN Refugee Agency (2014-2016).

I am Ph.D. co-supervisor for Dennis Munetsi

Current projects and grants

• AI and the Everyday Political Economy of Global Health (2021-2026). See WASP-HS project website
• Crafting Liveable AI Futures (2023-2024), WASP-HS Cross Project Collaboration
• Nordic Fabulation Network (2023-2024). See Nordic Fabulation Network project website

Forthcoming publications

• Artificial Intelligence, Datafication and Exploring the Minimum Content of Nationality, Statelessness and Citizenship Review (In press, 2024).
• HHAI 2024: Hybrid Human AI Systems for the Social Good Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (June 2024). IOS, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series. Co-edited with Frank Dignum, Fabian Lorig and Adam Dahlgren Lindström, Pradeep Murukannaiah, Andreas Theodorou and Pinar Yolum.
• A Paradigm Shift in Plain Sight? AI and the Future of Healthcare in the Nordic States, Nordic Welfare Research. (In press, 2024), with Michael Strange.
• Collaborative Future-Making: Bridging the Everyday and the Global Political Economy of Automated Health, In: Handbook on Automated Futures, Eds. Fors, V., Berg, M., & Brodersen. De Grutyer (In press, 2024), with Michael Strange.

Affiliations

• TAIGA – Centre for Transdisciplinary AI at Umeå University

Upcoming events

• Chairing the Hybrid Human Artificial Intelligence - HHAI2024 alongside Fabian Lorig, Malmö University, Frank Dignum, Umeå University and Adam Dahlgren Lindström, Umeå University. This will be held at Malmö University, 10-14 June 2024.
• Co-hosting 'Interactions' the final workshop in the series of the Nordic Fabulation Network, held at ITU Copenhagen in Fall 2024.
• Co-hosting a workshop Opening up the Futures of AI in Health: Fabulation for Innovators with Pedro Sanches at the WASP-HS AI for Humanity and Society 2024, November 19, 2024 in Gothenburg.

Awards

UN Refugee Agency Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research (2014).