Openness in the age of AI – A Conversation with Norway’s National Centres for Artificial Intelligence
Webinar Tuesday October 21st, 2025
10:00-11:30 CET
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Meeting ID: 395 641 130 312 3
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Session description
Artificial intelligence is making its way into the research landscape, and in this OA week event we will explore whether it is possible to maintain open science ideals, such as openness, transparency, collaboration, and reproducibility alongside AI?
We will ask the question: How open can AI research be? Voices from several of Norway’s newly established national AI research centres will join us to discuss how they work with open science ideals.
Contributors
Alexander Refsum Jensenius is Professor of Music Technology at the University of Oslo, where he is Director of the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, and the fourMs Lab. He is also the Director of the MishMash Centre for AI and Creativity.
MishMash is a major Norwegian center dedicated to exploring the intersection of AI and creativity. Its primary aim is to create, explore, and reflect on AI for, though, and within creative practices. The center investigates AI’s impact on creative processes, develops co-creative AI systems, and examines the ethical, cultural, and societal consequences of AI for creative professions.
Michail (Michalis) Giannakos is Professor of Interaction Design and Learning Technologies at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU, Head of the Learner-Computer Interaction Lab, and a co-director of the AI Centre for Empowerment of Human Learning (AI-LEARN) — one of six national AI centres in Norway. His work focuses on developing new ways for humans to interact with intelligent learning systems.
The AI Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning (AI LEARN) is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral effort dedicated to understanding and shaping the human dimensions of AI interaction and adoption for sustainable, inclusive & responsible integration across both public and private sectors and for all citizens. AI-LEARN focuses on the interaction between humans and AI, with an emphasis on developing human-centred infrastructures designed to enhance and empower human learning.
Anna Smajdor is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Oslo and member of the leadership group at the Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI. She studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and earned her PhD from Imperial College London, focusing on the ethical and legal implications of artificial gametes. Her research explores ethical challenges in medicine, innovation and the life sciences, with particular emphasis on the intersection of bioethics and artificial intelligence.
The Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI (TRUST) aims to make artificial intelligence fair, safe, and responsible. TRUST’s mission is to develop an interdisciplinary knowledge base for the development of safe, fair, and responsible AI. The center conducts research on technology, societal impact, and innovation in close collaboration with academia, research institutes, industry, the public sector, and civil society.
Karin Rydving (chair) is the Assistant Director of the University of Oslo Library, overseeing the Medical and Science Library. She holds a Master's in Management of Library and Information Institutions as well as a Master of Arts in Language Education. With over a decade of experience in university libraries, she has led various departments, focusing on organisational development and change management. Karin is currently part of the LIBER Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence and has represented her institution on numerous committees related to Research Data Management and Library Systems.
Program
10:00–11:00: Presentations from the AI centres
11:00–11:30: Panel discussion
Event organisers
Elin Stangeland (coordinator), UiS
Karin Rydving, UiO
Sondre Strandskog Arnesen, HVL
Therese Skarås Skagen, HVL
Igor Goncharenco, UiA
Research Data Alliance NO - Training and outreach working group