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06.05.2026
01.06.2026

CAISA officially opens new hub in Aalborg. the new hub will strengthen national collaboration between academia, industry, and public sector actors, with a focus on artificial intelligence and its societal implications.

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Event
24.04.2026
01.06.2026

How will AI shape society in 2040, and which developments are most likely? At a CAISA seminar which took place on April 22. to 23, 2026, researchers used scenario analysis to map possible futures and their societal implications.

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Article
23.04.2026
29.05.2026

How is digital sovereignty translated into concrete organizational decisions? At the DI Digital event by Dansk Industry, CAISA Chief Scientist Roman Jurowetzki provided perspectives on how work on digital sovereignty is moving from strategy to practice.

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Article
TV2
16.04.2026
01.06.2026

Artificial intelligence has moved into the core of Danish politics. During the government negotiations at Marienborg, AI was placed on the agenda as senior politicians participated in a seminar on the societal implications of the technology, with research-based perspectives from CAISA.

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News
27.02.2026
26.03.2026

We have engaged with international research and policy delegations from countries including Norway, Estonia, and Germany. Most recently, we met with Nigeria’s Minister of digital affairs as well as H.E. Dr Bosun Tijani and his delegation...

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News
19.02.2026
26.03.2026

CAISA's Deputy Head of Centre, Thomas Moeslund, has been appointed to the Danish Data Ethics Council - one of Denmark's key bodies for technology development. The appointment reflects his research profile in artificial intelligence, ethics, and societal transparency.

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Collaboration
05.02.2026
26.03.2026

How can artificial intelligence strengthen practice-based learning in technical vocational education? CAISA is a key partner in a new five-year project supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation with DKK 6 million. The project aims to develop next-generation AI-powered learning tools for electrician and plumbing and energy programmes.

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Event
12.11.2025
26.03.2026

On 5-6 November, CAISA's Chief scientists Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Morten Axel Pedersen, Roman Jurowetzki, and Anna Rogers participated in Digital Tech Summit 2025. The conference brings together more than 5,000 decisionmakers, engineers, companies, academics, startups, investors, and students to discuss technology and its impact on industry and society.

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Research
07.11.2025
26.03.2026

The National Center for AI in Society (CAISA) has received DKK 45 million from the research reserve for a new AI collaboration with Statistics Denmark. This follows an agreement by the parties behind the research reserve on the allocation of next year's funding.

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Event
05.11.2025
26.03.2026

At the City of Copenhagen's Project Management Day 2025, CAISA's chief scientist Serge Belongie delivered one of the keynote presentations to more than 250 IT-project managers and decision-makers from across the municipality's digitalisation efforts.

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Event
30.10.2025
26.03.2026

On 30 October, CAISA hosted a workshop exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming professional expertise and decision-making in the public sector.

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Research
Demokratisk bæredygtighed, the VELUX Foundation
23.10.2025
26.03.2026

CAISA enters the STÅSTEDER project, which has recently received funding from the VELUX Foundation. The project uses perspectival modelling to strengthen democratic decision support in the green transition.

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Event
09.10.2025
26.03.2026

On 8-9 October, several of CAISA's chief scientists - Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Sune Lehmann, and Morten Axel Pedersen - participated in an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, focusing on the EU's path towards digital sovereignty.

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Event
28.08.2025
30.03.2026

At this year's D3A Conference, CAISA hosted a deep-dive workshop on the societal impacts of artificial intelligence (AI). Led by Helene Friis Ratner and Thomas Moeslund, the session explored topics such as digital sovereignty, infrastructure, the public sector, and AI in small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Event
13.06.2025
26.03.2026

Recently, CAISA's Director Rebecca Adler-Nissen and chief scientist Anders Søgaard discussed digital independence on the Researchers' Stage at The People's Meeting (Folkemødet), alongside Mikkel Flyverbom and Astrid Haug.

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Event
27.05.2025
26.03.2026

CAISA's workshop titled "AI building blocks: Need-to-do and Nice-to-do in the race for digital sovereignty" (Translated) organised by chief scientists Roman Jurowetzki and Morten Axel Pedersen, was the first in a series of technical workshops arranged by CAISA, bringing together AI experts across sectors.

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Interview
Kommunen.dk
26.05.2025
26.03.2026

"Artificial intelligence can help reduce inequality - if we design solutions with the most vulnerable citizens in mind from the outset."

This is the message from CAISA's Director Rebecca Adler-Nissen in an interview with Kommunen.dk.

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Event
09.05.2025
30.03.2026

Welcome to the National Centre for AI in Society (CAISA). The official launch took place in the Ceromonial hall at the University of Copenhagen.

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Research
Transparency of AI-generated content when AI is the norm

Through six interventions from leading European scholars in their field, this research brief examines the challenges of governing AI-generated content in an information environment where such content is rapidly becoming the norm. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, the contributions assess the effectiveness and limitations of emerging AI transparency governance, particularly labelling requirements under the EU AI Act and the forthcoming Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content. While transparency labels are normatively important for informing users about content provenance, research suggests that labelling alone is unlikely to mitigate manipulation, restore trust, or empower citizens. The research brief therefore argues for a broader transparency ecosystem that combines labelling with governance infrastructure, organisational accountability, and ongoing research to develop adaptive, evidence-based approaches to AI transparency.

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News
AI-seminar at Marienborg

Artificial intelligence has moved to the very center of Danish politics. During the government negotiations at Marienborg in April 2026, the talks were temporarily paused so that senior politicians could attend a seminar on AI and its societal implications.

At the seminar, CAISA Director Rebecca Adler-Nissen, together with Professor Abraham Newman (Georgetown University), contributed research-based perspectives on the role of AI in geopolitics, the economy, and democracy. Their presentation addressed, among other issues, how artificial intelligence affects security, labor markets, education, and Europe’s strategic position.

According to TV2, there was strong interest among the politicians, who actively engaged with questions related to both technological developments and societal consequences. Rebecca Adler-Nissen highlighted the high level of engagement and the growing demand for knowledge about the implications of AI across policy areas.

CAISA’s participation underscores the center’s role in bringing research-based knowledge into political decision-making processes and contributing to the responsible development of AI in society.

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Digital Suverænitet: Fra begreb til strategisk ramme

This brief is currently only available in Danish.

Summary (Translated)

Digital sovereignty is multidimensional and requires priority

In a time of geopolitical instability and rapid AI development, control over digital infrastructure and data has become critical. While there is broad agreement on the need for action at the national, Nordic, and EU levels, a shared language around digital sovereignty is still lacking. This lack of alignment leads either to inaction or to narrow technical solutions without strategic direction. The core argument of the brief is that digital sovereignty is a multidimensional concept, involving both principled positions and pragmatic choices. Reducing it to technical solutions risks overlooking the values and trade-offs that determine who controls and benefits from these systems. Conversely, focusing solely on values leads to abstract principles without practical implementation or real impact. Digital sovereignty is rarely about choosing between full self-sufficiency and total dependence. Rather, it is about balancing often competing demands for openness, security, competitiveness, growth, values, and rights in a world where capabilities are unevenly distributed. This means that it is necessary to define who or what is to be protected or promoted, within the domains of security, economic growth, or citizens’ rights, and to recognize that choices in one domain may strengthen or undermine another. The brief focuses on AI as the area where digital sovereignty is most acutely at stake, but the concepts apply more broadly to digital infrastructure and data. It provides decision-makers with tools to navigate these dilemmas by presenting:

-  A conceptual framework for identifying who or what should be digitally sovereign.
-  An overview of how digital sovereignty is prioritized around the world.
-  An understanding that sovereignty can be exercised through three control regimes: ownership, expertise, or regulation – but that none of these are sufficient on their own.

The central implication of the brief is that digital sovereignty requires an integrated strategy that combines ownership, expertise, and regulation, while managing the interdependencies and trade-offs between security, economic growth, and citizens’ rights through clear objectives. Without this holistic approach, there is a risk of ineffective regulation, unusable infrastructure, or a lack of capacity to develop, maintain, and apply solutions in practice, potentially undermining security, growth, or rights.

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