Meet the People Behind CAISA

Anders Søgaard is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, as well as head of the Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence and the research group COASTAL.

Anna Rogers is an associate professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on the interpretation and robustness of NLP applications based on extensive language models, as well as their sociotechnical implications.

Helene Friis Ratner is a professor at DTU and researches the impact of AI and digital technologies on welfare. She investigates how data-driven technologies affect both the organization of welfare and the relationship between state and citizen.

Malene Flensborg Damholdt is a Associate Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Aarhus University. She researches the relationship between human and AI, and how social technologies are perceived as tools, operators, or anything in between.

Morten Axel Pedersen is a Professor of Anthropology and Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen. At CAISA, he researches tech sovereignty, AI governance, and human-AI interactons.

Roman Jurowetzki is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University. He researches technological change, innovation economics and policy development.

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Serge Belongie is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on computer vision, machine learning and AI.

Stine Lomborg is a Professor of Digital Communication and Head of the Center for Tracking and Society. She researches digital tracking and the importance of data-driven decisions for individuals and society.

Sune Lehmann is a Professor of Network- and Complexity Science at DTU Compute, as well as Professor of Social Data Science at SODAS. He researches social systems and applies machine learning to analyze behavior, mobility and networks.

Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen researches how digital technologies and data affect human behavior and decisions, especially in education.

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Naja Holten Møller researches how the relationship between citizens and the public sector is shaped and negotiated through digital technologies. Based on Participatory Design, she explores how these technologies can be developed and used in ways that support democratic and human values.

Anders S. Johansen is a postdoc at CAISA and AAU, and researches computer vision. He is interested in how to translate legal and ethical expectations of AI systems into technical evaluation criteria.

Arturo Valdivia is a researcher in artificial intelligence at the IT University of Copenhagen. At CAISA, he leads an innovative research initiative on human-AI interactions, technological sovereignty, and AI governance.

Christopher Gyldenkærne is PhD in technical science and postdoc at CAISA. He researches the responsible use of health data and AI and investigates how AI systems are developed and implemented in health and welfare organizations.

Jacob Strabo holds a ph.d. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and researches how changes in societal structures shape the education system and labour market, as well as which skills and competencies are rewarded in the modern labour market.

Jakob Laage-Thomsen is a postdoc at the Technical University of Denmark and CAISA and researches the effect of technologies on professional decision-making and policy. Among other things, he investigates how generative AI changes work processes and (professional) quality in public organizations.

Lisa Reutter Larsen is a postdoc at CAISA and a researcher in data-driven public administration. She is a social scientist and is interested in the interaction between technology, data and democracy.