Doctoral student in History of Science, Technology and Environment

The Division of the History of Science, Technology and the Environment is recruiting a doctoral student for a research project that combines critical media studies, environmental humanities, history of technology, post structural policy analysis, feminist epistemology and science and technology studies in a large-scale analysis of what problems artificial intelligence (AI) is supposed to solve in relation to environmental and climate change. The focus of the project is the recent rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) for environmental purposes that has generated a surge in scientific projects and publications that aim to apply AI to battle different environmental problems. The project is based on a view that the ways in which AI can contribute to new knowledge or solve a problem largely depend on how the problem itself is made meaningful and how it is communicated. The approach is based on the theoretical assumption that problem representations are a way for different stakeholders to negotiate and present certain aspects as problematic, and thus also represent specific solutions.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe's leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden's largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.