The seminar Will Science, Technology, and Experts Save the World? will take place on February 19, 2025 at Tampere University. This seminar delves into the pressing questions concerning the interplay between science, technology, expert knowledge, and society. It invites a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue among the diverse academic community at Tampere University. The event includes keynote lectures by Darrin Durant (Associate Professor, University of Melbourne) on “Imagined expert authority in technopolitical decisions”, Johan Söderberg (Professor, Gothenburg University) on “The precarious future for evidence-based decision-making and expertise in a world shaped by authoritarian populism”, Pia Vuolanto (Academy Research Fellow, TaSTI) on “Contestation of expertise. Medicine as a case in point,” and Antti Kuusisto (Senior Research Fellow, Tampere IAS) on “Interpretability as the next step in AI.” More information on the website:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18DYUQGoghXT4hzClm5s-JYC8pNmIdBk7zhIPBHapGbY/edit?usp=sharing