On 9–10 April 2026, the ADD project will co-organise the Controversies of AI Society Conference.
With the accelerated implementation of algorithmic technologies, now broadly referred to as artificial intelligence (AI), across all dimensions of society, it is imperative to consider how technological and societal developments shape each other:
What social formations do AI systems invite? How do emerging uses of AI inform further developments across public, private, and third sectors? What social changes emerge out of these new technologies, and how are social dynamics embedded within their infrastructures? How do business models and consumption patterns enable some technological developments (and not others), and what relations of production and consumption are pushed by AI technologies? Can legal frameworks and political agendas influence the operations of the tech industry, and what are the alternatives to established actors, organisational forms, and ways of working? Can such alternatives influence technological developments, and how are public perceptions and collective actions informed by the material conditions of technological innovation, from venture capital through computing power to data centers?
How, in short, might we understand the current constellation(s) of technocapitalism?
To inquire into these issues, and the many that follow from them, please join us for an interdisciplinary scholarly conference on the controversies of AI society.
The conference will take place at Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, at Solbjerg Plads 3
2000 Frederiksberg.
Keynote speakers
Noortje Marres, University of Warwick
Michael Wooldridge, University of Oxford
Abraham Newman, Georgetown University
Conference fee
Standard 175 EUR
PhD 125 EUR
You can register for the conference by clicking here.
