Research cluster information
Linnaeus University
Koraljka Golub (Principal Investigator)
Other research cluster members
Anna Foka (Cluster Leader, Principal Investigator), Uppsala University; Coppélie Cocq (Principal Investigator), Umeå University; Andre Holzapfel (Principal Investigator), KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Kıvanç Tatar (Principal Investigator), Chalmers University of Technology; Fredrik Hanell, Linnaeus University; Per Israelson, Linnaeus University; Ahmad Kamal, Linnaeus University; Saara Taalas, Linnaeus University; Anna Alexandersson, Linnaeus University
Participating organizations
Linnaeus University; Uppsala University; Umeå University; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Chalmers University of Technology
Financier
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS)
Timetable
2025-2030
Subject
Digital Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities; Entrepreneurship, Department of Management, School of Business and Economics
Research groups
Centre for Digital Humanities; iInstitute; Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Mobilising and managing sustainable transition
Website
futuresai.net & wasp-hs.org/142-msek-allocated-for-five-wasp-hs-clusters-to-understand-ais-societal-impact/
More about the project
This ambitious undertaking will investigate how AI-driven technologies are transforming not only the ways in which we create, curate, and preserve cultural memory but also how they are reshaping creative professions, organizations, and the very institutions at the heart of cultural life. A central aim of the cluster is to ensure that the integration of AI into the cultural sector is both ethical and inclusive, attentive to issues of sustainability, bias mitigation, and the amplification of diverse voices.
The project’s activities are grounded in cross-disciplinary research that bridges the arts, humanities, and technology. Over the upcoming years, the cluster will facilitate and host a series of public-facing activities—from exhibitions and artistic events to interdisciplinary training and open lectures. It will also support the training and development of early-career researchers through coordinated doctoral and postdoctoral appointments across the participating universities. The cluster further benefits from the expertise of guest professors and collaborators from globally renowned institutions such as Stanford University, UCLA, King’s College London, and others.
Through its integrated and collaborative approach, “AI Futures of Culture and Memory” sets out to shape a future in which technological advancements serve to enrich, rather than diminish, our shared cultural heritage and creative expression.
