Annual SVT symposium

Whither responsibility?

The theme for the SVT symposium in 2024 is responsibility. Where are considerations of responsibility headed, between the “no longer” and the “not yet”?

An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). The image explores the idea of cautious optimism in the development of safe and responsible artificial general intelligence (AGI). It was created as part of the Visualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind.

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About the symposium

Considerations about social responsibility, often around the research policy principle of "RRI", Responsible Research and Innovation, have long been one of the key research interests at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT).

Over the last 15 years, SVT researchers have engaged both in the study and the enactment of RRI across a variety of fields, contexts and research environments, in a series of national and EU-funded projects.

At the 2024 symposium "Whither responsibility?" we will look for tensions, confluences and undercurrents as principles of responsibility meet other normative constraints in the contexts of health, sustainability, policy and security.

Where are considerations of responsibility headed, between the "no longer" and the "not" yet”?

Registration

Join us in the conversation! The symposium is open for everyone, but due to limited capacity we recommend that you register early to secure your place. The symposium will be held in English and will not be streamed.

Welcome!

Programme

08.30	Doors open - coffee, tea, refreshments
09.00-09.15	Opening address by Ole Thomassen Hjortland, Vice Dean of Research and Communication, Faculty of Humanities (UiB)
09.15-10.15	Session 1: Responsibility and security Keynote by Kjetil Rommetveit, Professor, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Commentary by Gernot Rieder, Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT)
10.15-10.45	Coffee break
10.45-11.45	Session 2: Responsibility and health Chair: Anne Blanchard, Researcher, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Panelists: Caroline Engen, Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Karen Gissum, Head of the Cancer Center for Education and rehabilitation (CCER), Helse Bergen Stefan Hjörleifsson, Associate Professor, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB
11.45-12.45	Lunch
12.45-13.45	Session 3: Responsibility and sustainability Chair: Thomas Völker, Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Panelists: Scott Bremer, Research Professor, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Zora Kovacic, Researcher, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Jeroen van der Sluijs, Professor, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Ronya Reitan Solberg, PhD candidate, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT)
13.45-14.15	Coffee break
14.15-15.15	Session 4: Whither responsibility? Chair: Roger Strand, Professor, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) Panelists: Elisabeth Gulbrandsen, Partner, Aware AS, fil.lic., Luleå University of Technology & PhD, Blekinge Institute of Technology Helge Rynning, Special advisor, Research Council of Norway Magdalena Wicher, PhD candidate, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) & Programme Manager Assistant, Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
15.15-15.30	Closing address by Rasmus Slaattelid, Head of Centre at the SVT