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Swedish STS Conference 2026: Cross-Pollinations, Contamination, Collaboration
Several lab members will attend the biennial Swedish STS Conference in Malmö, June 10–12, hosted by Malmö and Lund Universities. The theme explores how cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations can address pressing global challenges.
Read →Workshop: The Politics of Models – Bias, Representation & Transparency in Generative Models
Fahim Sikder and Francis Lee are co-organizing this WASP/WASP-HS workshop at Rånäs Slott, August 25–27, together with Kathlén Kohn and Kıvanç Tatar. The workshop examines bias, representation, and transparency in generative AI models.
Read →EASST 2026 Panel: Synthetic Data and Representation – The Politics of AI Generated Computational Practices
A panel at the EASST 2026 conference in Krakow bringing together researchers from Sweden, Italy, the UK, Norway, and Denmark to explore the ontological politics of AI and synthetic data. What does the rise of AI-generated data mean for knowledge production, representation, and who—or what—gets to count as real?
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Virtual Meetup With UK Synthetic Data Researchers
Virtual meetup between UK synthetic data researchers and the InterSynth Lab. Contact [email protected] if you want to join.
Read →PopVet: Hur påverkar AI-genererad data forskningen?
Francis Lee gives a public lecture at Södertörns högskola on how AI-generated datasets are reshaping modern research — free admission, no registration required.
Read →Humanities Hackathon: AI Generated Texts and Images
How might historians and literary scholars engage with synthetic data—AI-generated text, images, and metadata—while preserving critical, interpretive, and ethical reflection?
Read →Data Innovation Summit 2026: GenAI Synthetic Tabular Data – Variations vs Ontologies
Ericka Johnson presented at the Data Innovation Summit 2026 in Stockholm, challenging how organizations think about and validate AI-generated synthetic data.
Read →InterSynth Lab is online
A new home for our interdisciplinary work on synthetic data — bringing computer scientists and social scientists into the same room.
Read →InterSynth Kickoff Seminar
An opening seminar introducing the InterSynth Lab, its members, and our research agenda on synthetic data.
Read →Md Fahim Sikder Defends Dissertation on Fair Synthetic Data
Md Fahim Sikder successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on generating representative synthetic data for fair AI decision-making at Linköping University.
Read →Alicja Ostrowska Defends Dissertation on AI and NASA's Search for Life
Alicja Ostrowska successfully defended her doctoral dissertation examining how AI is transforming scientific practices in NASA's search for extraterrestrial life.
Read →Svea Kiesewetter Defends Dissertation on Digital Data in Schools
Svea Kiesewetter successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on how digital data flows shape schooling at the University of Gothenburg.
Read →4S 2025 Panel: Synthetic Data – Valuations, Qualities, and Metrics
Francis Lee and Katherine Harrison organized a panel at the 4S annual meeting in Seattle examining how AI-generated synthetic data reshapes knowledge, infrastructure, and lived experience.
Read →Workshop Recap: WASP-HS Synthetic Data Workshop in Norrköping
Over 15 researchers from humanities, social sciences, ML, and open science gathered in Norrköping to critically examine AI-generated synthetic data — producing zines as collaborative outputs.
Read →Workshop: Synthetic Data: Representation and/vs Representativeness
A workshop at Aarhus University brought together researchers to examine how synthetic data handles diversity — exploring the distinction between representativeness and representation in AI-generated datasets.
Read →Charlotte Högberg Defends Dissertation on Medical AI and Expertise
Charlotte Högberg successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on how AI experts, radiologists, and standardizers make sense of AI in medical development and clinical use at Lund University.
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