Lunch meeting on the rise of AI and challenges for governance
Students and researches from all faculties at Leiden University are warmly invited to a lunch meeting on Monday 14 October, discussing the rise of AI and the challenges this poses for various governance structures. The event is hosted by Leiden University’s interdisciplinary programmes GTGC and SAILS.
In an increasingly interconnected world, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) brings about profound challenges to global governance. While AI technologies are transforming personal lives and societies with unprecedented convenience and opportunities, its rapid development also challenges existing governance structures in many areas such as ethical, legal, geopolitical, and societal. Fill out this form to register.
Roundtable
This roundtable brings together experts from the Leiden interdisciplinary research programmes Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS) and Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC). They will be joined by colleagues from the Hague Center for Digital Governance. Panelists will discuss how AI technologies being used in various fields, what (global) governance challenges they raise, and how they are being handled at various levels. The roundtable will begin with presentations of panelists, moderated conversations, followed by Q&A.
All students and researchers are warmly invited to this event!
When: Monday 14 October from 12:00 to 13:00
Where: Wijnhaven Building, The Hague, room 4.78 & online
Panelists:
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Joost Batenburg is a professor at LIACS with a chair in Imaging and Visualization. He is also affiliated with the CWI and is program director of the interdisciplinary research programme Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS).
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Hsini Huang is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, FGGA, Leiden University, specializing in Digitalization and Public Policy. She is part of The Hague Centre for Digital Governance. Additionally, she is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University and is a research fellow at the Taiwan E-Governance (TEG) Research Center.
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Jan Aart Scholte is Professor of Global Transformations and Governance Challenges at Leiden University. The chair is held jointly between the Institute of Political Science and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Jan leads Leiden University’s interfaculty programme on Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC).
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Shiming Yang is a University Lecturer in Global Political Economy of China at the Institute for Area Studies and also works in the GTGC programme. She studies environmental politics and international political economy with an emphasis on developing countries.
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