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TAIGA Associates

A TAIGA Associate is a researcher who shares our interest in exploring AI from a transdisciplinary perspective. Upon registration, each associate indicates which of TAIGA’s focus areas are of particular interest to them. Here you can find an overview of our associated researchers, organized by TAIGA’s focus areas.

Read more about the focus areas here.

Become a TAIGA Associate by registering here.

 

AI and Art

AI and Art is coordinated by Ele Carpenter, Professor at Umeå School of Architecture and Director of UmArts Research Centre, and Ylva Ferneus, Deputy Director of Umarts and Associate Professor at Umeå Insitute of Design.

Berit Åström Associate professor
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+46 90 786 62 35
Carl-Erik Engqvist Artistic director
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+46 90 786 56 22
Catherine Bourne University College Cork
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Dinara Tokbaeva Jönköping International Business School
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Elisabeth Raymond Early stage researcher - up to PhD, choreography, skh
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Espen Tversland Studiobaserad
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Hanna Ahrenby Assistant professor
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+46 90 786 65 54
Kanad Chakrabarti Goldsmiths, University of London
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Markus Naarttijärvi Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 59 09
Michal "Mike" Jelinek Faculcy of Architecture and Design, Slovak University of Technology
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Neo Christopher Chung Insitute of Informatics, University of Warsaw
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Robert Collins Research assistant
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Phone
+46 90 786 53 56
Seda Özçetin Research assistant
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+46 90 786 76 95
Yana Knight Stockholm University
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Critical, Ethical, Legal, Social AI, (CELS-AI)

CELS-AI is coordinated by Markus Naarttijärvi, Associate Professor at Department of Law, Umeå University

Adam Dahlgren Lindström Postdoctoral fellow
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Aldiram Pritalaksa
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Anzill Adams Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Department of Business Information and Administration, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Aurélien Daudi Postdoc or equivalent, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmö university
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Carolyn Cole Experienced researcher - researcher with independent research experience / climbing the academic ladder (or industry equivalent), Quantitative Science & Technology Studies, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Catherine Bourne University College Cork
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Catriona Kennedy University of Birmingham
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Cory Robinson
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Dorna Behdadi Postdoctoral position, postdoctoral fellow
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Phone
+46 90 786 93 08
Evans Korang Adjei Staff scientist
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Filip Edström Doctoral student
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Phone
+46 90 786 67 35
Fiona T. Doherty
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Galina Biedenbach Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 61 50
Hanna Ahrenby Assistant professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 65 54
Hassan M. Hamadi Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Business Administration, Lund Universitet
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Helena Lindgren Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Isabel Garcia Velazquez Linköping University
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Jason Tucker Institute for Futures Studies and AI Policy Lab at Umeå University
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Johan Holm Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 61 68
Johan Lindholm Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 56 03
Jonas Westin Research fellow, associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 51 55
Julian Alfredo Mendez Research engineer
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Kalle Grill Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 68 07
Karin Danielsson Other position, associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 65 86
Leif Hedman Professor emeritus
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Phone
+46 90 12 76 98
Lena Enqvist Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 99 79
Madeleine Hayenhjelm Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 70 33
Mattias Brännström Research engineer (on leave), doctoral student
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Nina Khairova Visiting professor
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Pei-Sze Chow University of Amsterdam
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Per Nystedt Experienced researcher - experience with independent research / climbing the academic ladder (or industry equivalent), Stockholm
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Robert Collins Research assistant
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Phone
+46 90 786 53 56
Ruxandra Sălăvăstru SC URBAN SHIFT STUDIO SRL
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Sara Ljungblad University of Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology
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Seda Özçetin Research assistant
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Phone
+46 90 786 76 95
Shahina Begum Mälardalen University
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Siarhei Manzhynski Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 71 88
Sophie Jané Associate professor
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+46 90 786 59 51
Sue Anne Teo Experienced researcher - researcher with independent research experience / climbing the academic ladder (or industry equivalent), Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation, Digital Economy (GRID) unit, Center for European Policy Studies
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Suna Bensch Associate professor
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+46 90 786 65 48
Virginia Dignum Professor
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+46 90 786 63 08
Xuan-Son Vu Visiting researcher
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+46 90 786 74 52

Education and AI

Education and AI is coordinated by Eva Mårell-Olsson, Associate Professor at Department of Education, Umeå University.

Aldiram Pritalaksa
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Alex Örtegren Doctoral student
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+46 90 786 74 72
Carla Jonsson Professor
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+46 90 786 61 96
Hanna Ahrenby Assistant professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 65 54
Helena Lindgren Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Henry Lopez Vega Other position, associate professor
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+46 90 786 75 47
Kalle Grill Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 68 07
Natalia Ringblom Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 59 35
Paiwei Qin Postdoctoral fellow
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+46 90 786 91 22
Romina Benitez University of San Martin
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Sara Ljungblad University of Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology
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Shweta Kulkarni
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Somayeh Jafaritazehjani Research engineer
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Phone
+46 90 786 54 16
Suna Bensch Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 65 48
Vojtech Kase University of West Bohemia - CCS-Lab, Department of Philosophy
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Zahra Kharaghani Postdoctoral fellow
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Zoe Falomir Associate professor
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Embodied Interactive AI

Embodied Interactive AI is coordinated by Thomas Hellström, Professor at the Department of Computing Science, Umeå University. And Niclas Kaiser, senior lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Umeå University.

Bokai Liu Postdoctoral fellow
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Cemre Ceren Kavdır Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Mathematics/Science Faculty, Izmir Institute of Technology
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Email
Elisabeth Raymond Early stage researcher - up to PhD, choreography, skh
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Email
Filip Edström Doctoral student
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 67 35
Hassan M. Hamadi Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Business Administration, Lund Universitet
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Email
Helena Lindgren Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Johanna Björklund Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 79 27
Jorim Oduo Umeå University
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Michal "Mike" Jelinek Faculcy of Architecture and Design, Slovak University of Technology
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Email
Néna Roa Seïler Mälardalen Universitet
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Email
Neo Christopher Chung Insitute of Informatics, University of Warsaw
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Email
Per Nystedt Experienced researcher - experience with independent research / climbing the academic ladder (or industry equivalent), Stockholm
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Email
Sara Ljungblad University of Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology
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Suna Bensch Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 65 48
Zoe Falomir Associate professor
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AI in Health and Medicine

AI in Health and Medicine is coordinated by Paolo Medini, Associate Professor of Physiology, Umeå University.

Abdolamir Karbalaie Other position
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+46 90 786 92 64
Anneli Ågren Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Catherine Jo Research coordinator
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+46 90 786 90 10
Catriona Kennedy University of Birmingham
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Cemal Erdem Assistant professor
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Fiona T. Doherty
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Email
Fredrik Öhberg Adjunct associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 785 40 27
Helena Lindgren Professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Isabel Garcia Velazquez Linköping University
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Jenny Persson Professor
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+46 90 786 67 85
Jessica Lindberg Research student
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Johan Holm Associate professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 61 68
Jorim Oduo Umeå University
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Karen Sargsyan Postdoc or equivalent, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
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Kemal Avican Research fellow
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Phone
+46 90 786 78 29
Leif Hedman Professor emeritus
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Phone
+46 90 12 76 98
Madeleine Hayenhjelm Associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 70 33
Néna Roa Seïler Mälardalen Universitet
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Email
Neo Christopher Chung Insitute of Informatics, University of Warsaw
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Nimisha Tiwari Doctoral student
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Paolo Soda Visiting professor
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Patrik Rydén Other position, professor
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Phone
+46 90 786 95 62
Srikumar Subramaniam Independent Researcher
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Xuan-Son Vu Visiting researcher
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Phone
+46 90 786 74 52
Yang Huang Ph.D., Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University
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Zahra Kharaghani Postdoctoral fellow
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AI Management

AI Management is coordinated by Jonny Holmström, professor and founder of the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation, and Markus Hällgren, Professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE). 

Anneli Ågren Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Anzill Adams Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Department of Business Information and Administration, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Bekzat Musrepova Doctoral student
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+46 90 786 70 86
Cemre Ceren Kavdır Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Mathematics/Science Faculty, Izmir Institute of Technology
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Email
Galina Biedenbach Associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 61 50
Henry Lopez Vega Other position, associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 75 47
Johan Holm Associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 61 68
Mattias Brännström Research engineer (on leave), doctoral student
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Email
Patrik Rydén Other position, professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 95 62
Siarhei Manzhynski Associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 71 88
Sophie Jané Associate professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 59 51
Virginia Dignum Professor
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 63 08
Xuan-Son Vu Visiting researcher
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 74 52
Yang Huang Ph.D., Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University
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Email

Social AI (SAI)

Social AI is coordinated by Loïs Vanhée, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science.

Aldiram Pritalaksa
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Anneli Ågren
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Aurélien Daudi
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Berit Åström
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Phone
+46 90 786 62 35
Carla Jonsson
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 61 96
Carolyn Cole
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Email
Catriona Kennedy
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Email
Cory Robinson
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Email
Dinara Tokbaeva
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Email
Dorna Behdadi
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 93 08
Evans Korang Adjei
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Email
Fiona T. Doherty
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Email
Galina Biedenbach
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 61 50
Hassan M. Hamadi
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Email
Helena Lindgren
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Henry Lopez Vega
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 75 47
Isabel Garcia Velazquez
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Email
Luis Fernando Zhinin Vera
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Email
Nina Khairova
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Email
Per Nystedt
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Email
René Mellema
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Email
Robert Collins
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 53 56
Romina Benitez
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Email
Ruxandra Sălăvăstru
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Email
Shweta Kulkarni
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Email
Silas Udenze
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Email
Sue Anne Teo
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Email
Suna Bensch
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 65 48
Yana Knight
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Email
Yang Huang
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Zoe Falomir
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Email

Understanding (and explaining) AI

Understanding (and explaining) AI is coordinated by Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Assistant Professor at Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University.

Abdolamir Karbalaie Other position
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Email
Phone
+46 90 786 92 64
Adam Dahlgren Lindström Postdoctoral fellow
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Email
Aldiram Pritalaksa
E-mail
Email
Anzill Adams Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Department of Business Information and Administration, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
E-mail
Email
Aurélien Daudi Postdoc or equivalent, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmö university
E-mail
Email
Bokai Liu Postdoctoral fellow
E-mail
Email
Carla Jonsson Professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 61 96
Carolyn Cole Experienced researcher - researcher with independent research experience / climbing the academic ladder (or industry equivalent), Quantitative Science & Technology Studies, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
E-mail
Email
Cemre Ceren Kavdır Early stage researcher - up to PhD, Mathematics/Science Faculty, Izmir Institute of Technology
E-mail
Email
Cory Robinson
E-mail
Email
Dorna Behdadi Postdoctoral position, postdoctoral fellow
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 93 08
Elisabeth Raymond Early stage researcher - up to PhD, choreography, skh
E-mail
Email
Filip Edström Doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 67 35
Fiona T. Doherty
E-mail
Email
Fredrik Öhberg Adjunct associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 785 40 27
Helena Lindgren Professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 77 73
Jason Tucker Institute for Futures Studies and AI Policy Lab at Umeå University
E-mail
Email
Johanna Björklund Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 79 27
Jonas Westin Research fellow, associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 51 55
Jorim Oduo Umeå University
E-mail
Email
Julian Alfredo Mendez Research engineer
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Email
Kanad Chakrabarti Goldsmiths, University of London
E-mail
Email
Karen Sargsyan Postdoc or equivalent, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
E-mail
Email
Karin Danielsson Other position, associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 65 86
Kary Främling Professor
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Email
Leif Hedman Professor emeritus
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 12 76 98
Mattias Brännström Research engineer (on leave), doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Natalia Ringblom Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 59 35
Nimisha Tiwari Doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Paolo Soda Visiting professor
E-mail
Email
Pei-Sze Chow University of Amsterdam
E-mail
Email
Robert Collins Research assistant
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 53 56
Romina Benitez University of San Martin
E-mail
Email
Sara Ljungblad University of Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology
E-mail
Email
Seda Özçetin Research assistant
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 76 95
Shahina Begum Mälardalen University
E-mail
Email
Shweta Kulkarni
E-mail
Email
Siarhei Manzhynski Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 71 88
Somayeh Jafaritazehjani Research engineer
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 54 16
Srikumar Subramaniam Independent Researcher
E-mail
Email
Suna Bensch Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 65 48
Virginia Dignum Professor
E-mail
Email
Phone
+46 90 786 63 08
Vojtech Kase University of West Bohemia - CCS-Lab, Department of Philosophy
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Email
Zoe Falomir Associate professor
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Email

 

Latest update: 2025-08-13