Working Group for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Research
The Working Group for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences is mandated to promote knowledge and competence building in the use of AI in research at the faculty through seminars and workshops for the academic staff in 2024. The working group will also provide strategic advice to the management at the faculty on the use of AI in research.
Members of the working group
Nikolai O. Czajkowski, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology is the head of the working group.
The other members of the group are:
- Nefissa Naguib, professor at the Department of Social Anthropology
- Bjørn Høyland, professor at the Department of Political Science
- Jo Thori Lind, professor at the Department of Economics
- Torbjørn Skardhamar, professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography
Dennis Gan, former adviser in the Section for Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Siri Aamodt, senior adviser in the Section for Studies, have been observers in the group.
Stina Petersen, senior adviser, and Elisabeth Vanadis Sund, both in the Section for Research, have been the secretariat of the group.
Planned activities
The working group will organize a number of practical workshops and several scientific lectures about the use of AI in research throughout the year.
Former activities
- Two-day Course: "Deep Learning for Social Scientists" with Reto Wüest: 27 - 28 November
- Webinar: "AI and qualitative research" with Ingar Haaland (NHH): 14 November 11:15 - 12:00
- Breakfast seminar: "The EU's Work on AI Regulation" with seconded national expert Alex Moltzau from the European Commission's AI Office: 29 October 09:00 - 10:00 am
- Breakfast seminar (workshop) with Knut Waagan and Sherin Sugathan, Senior Engineers at the IT Department, on the use of the GPT-API: 8 October 09:00 - 10:00 am
- Breakfast seminar with Andrey Kutuzov, Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, on Large Language Models: 26 September 09:00 - 10:00 am
- Webinar: "Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Decoding Human Behavior" with Sandra Matz, Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School: 9 September 12:15 - 13:00
- Talk by Professor Christopher Bail on Generative AI in Social Science Research, August 15 12:15 - 14:00
- Interactive workshop: “Unlock the Potential of ChatGPT - Using GPT.uio in Research” with Pål Fugelli and Nikolai O. Czajkowski: 30 May 09:00 - 10:30 am
- Breakfast seminar: "Artificial Intelligence in Social Science Research" with Thomas Espeseth, Martin Søyland, and Manudeep Bhuller, 4 June 09:00 - 10:30 am
Contact
If you have any questions about the working group and/or the planned activities, please contact Nikolai O. Czajkowski, head of the working group, or Stina Petersen at the Section of Research.