Updates from InterSynth Lab — synthetic data: facts, representations, and transparency.https://intersynth.ai/https://intersynth.ai/news/easst-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/easst-2026/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?Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/politics-of-models-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/politics-of-models-2026/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.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/swedish-sts-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/swedish-sts-2026/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.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/virtual-meetup-may-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/virtual-meetup-may-2026/Virtual meetup between UK synthetic data researchers and the InterSynth Lab. Contact francis@francislee.org if you want to join.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/popvet-may-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/popvet-may-2026/Francis Lee gives a public lecture at Södertörns högskola on how AI-generated datasets are reshaping modern research — free admission, no registration required.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/humanities-hackathon/https://intersynth.ai/news/humanities-hackathon/How might historians and literary scholars engage with synthetic data—AI-generated text, images, and metadata—while preserving critical, interpretive, and ethical reflection?Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/data-innovation-summit-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/data-innovation-summit-2026/Ericka Johnson presented at the Data Innovation Summit 2026 in Stockholm, challenging how organizations think about and validate AI-generated synthetic data.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/welcome/https://intersynth.ai/news/welcome/A new home for our interdisciplinary work on synthetic data — bringing computer scientists and social scientists into the same room.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/kickoff-seminar/https://intersynth.ai/news/kickoff-seminar/An opening seminar introducing the InterSynth Lab, its members, and our research agenda on synthetic data.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/fahim-dissertation-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/fahim-dissertation-2026/Md Fahim Sikder successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on generating representative synthetic data for fair AI decision-making at Linköping University.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/alicja-dissertation-2026/https://intersynth.ai/news/alicja-dissertation-2026/Alicja Ostrowska successfully defended her doctoral dissertation examining how AI is transforming scientific practices in NASA's search for extraterrestrial life.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/svea-dissertation-2025/https://intersynth.ai/news/svea-dissertation-2025/Svea Kiesewetter successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on how digital data flows shape schooling at the University of Gothenburg.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/4s-2025/https://intersynth.ai/news/4s-2025/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.Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/wasp-hs-workshop-2025/https://intersynth.ai/news/wasp-hs-workshop-2025/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.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/synthetic-data-aarhus-2025/https://intersynth.ai/news/synthetic-data-aarhus-2025/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.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://intersynth.ai/news/charlotte-dissertation-2025/https://intersynth.ai/news/charlotte-dissertation-2025/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.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT