Automation, artificial intelligence and current developments in public administration

Automation and artificial intelligence are no longer solely the subjects of visionary or dystopian scenarios for the future welfare state—they are increasingly becoming part of the present-day work methods of public administration. This growing integration of advanced digital tools and systems in daily operations allows for more context-based and empirically-oriented discussions of the intersection between law and technology.  

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In this seminar, a group of international scholars with expertise in both law and context meet to discuss these developments. What happens when old and new legal regulations—such as non-discrimination law, public administrative law, GDPR, and the AI Act— meet automation and AI? 

Programme: 

10.00: Welcome, by Jon Christian Fløysvik Nordrum & Ingunn Ikdahl  

10.10-11.15: 

  • “AI Failure, AI Success, And AI Power Dynamics In The Public Sector”. Prof. Sofia Ranchordas, Tilburg University 
  • “The true case of Mrs. White. Flawed data and systems, guidance via chatbots, and other congestions in an automated system for assessment of real estate values.” Prof. Hanne Marie Motzfeldt, professor Copenhagen University  
  • “EU AI Act - Implications for the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (Nav) with regard to ‘acceptable risk’,”. Prof. Julia Köhler-Olsen, Oslo Metropolitan University 
  • Questions and discussion 

11.15-11.30: Coffee break 

11.30-13.00: 

  • “Governing the automated welfare state: Translations between AI ethics and anti-discrimination regulation”. Associate prof. Stefan Larsson, Lund University 
  • “What happens at the intersection between new technology and old Norwegian legislation in the field of equality and non-discrimination?” Prof. Vibeke Blaker Strand, University of Oslo 
  • “Simple decision-support – not that simple? Regulating interpretability in human-machine interaction in public decision-making". Research fellows Åse Haram and Øystein Flø Baste, University of Oslo 
  • “Humans as a legal technology in digital public administration - a new approach?” Professor Ida Koivisto, Helsinki University 
  • Questions and discussion 

13.00: Light lunch 

Registration

Due to limitations on the size of the room, we ask everyone to register in advance. Register by January 9th. 

The seminar is full, you may register for the waitlist. 

Please send an email to a.p.endsjo@jus.uio.no if you are unable to attend. 

Publisert 6. jan. 2025 09:17 - Sist endret 10. jan. 2025 09:06