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AI and democracy – a panel discussion with Lund University experts

2 juni 2026 12:10 till 13:15 | Seminarium

Illustration. Robots interacting with parliamentarian and deliberative democracy.

AI and digital technologies affect democracy in many ways – through algorithms in social media, AI-generated information and disinformation, and the automated dissemination of political messages.

In a series of seminars ahead of the Swedish election in 2026, AI Lund will present research that highlights how AI affects different aspects of democracy, but also how research can use AI to better understand how democracy is doing.

This panel discussion will be a kick-off for the seminar series (see below).

When: 2 June 12:10-13:15

Where: LUX auditorium, Helgonavägen 3, Lund & Online via Zoom Webinar

Registration:

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Meet the panel

Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

Anamaria Dutceac Segesten is an Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Humanities and Theology. She is an expert in political communication, with a particular focus on democracy, European politics, polarization and the impact of social media on political participation and public debate. Her research combines political science with digital and communication studies.

Olof Sundin

Olof Sundin is a Professor of Information Studies. His research focuses on the sociomaterial configurations, control mechanisms and social impacts of digital information, with a special interest in disinformation. In particular, he has studied search engines and their role in everyday life, as well as media and information literacy as forms of infrastructural meaning-making.

Annika Fredén

Annika Fredén is an Associate Professor of Political Science and an expert in voter behavior and social science methodology, with a focus on quantitative methods and experiments. She is currently leading a project on how AI can be used to study political behavior in collaboration with computer scientists at Chalmers. She is also studying strategic voter behavior in the intersection between political science and maths.

Stefan Larsson – moderator

Stefan Larsson is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund University. A trained lawyer with PhDs in Sociology of Law and Spatial Planning, he researches trust, transparency and the socio-legal impacts of autonomous and AI-driven technologies. He leads a multidisciplinary research group examining these issues across areas such as consumer markets, the public sector, and health and social robotics.

Organisation: This event is brought to you by AI Lund in collaboration with the Lund University Alumni Relations Office.