Assistant Professor Maja Hojer Bruun (Aarhus University) will deliver an online presentation titled Mediators of Expertise: Brokers and the Transformation of Pedagogical Expertise in AI Edtech on January 27, from 9:00 to 10:00 (EET).

Dominik Siemon will give an online presentation entitled The Developmental Bypass: Understanding AI’s Impact on Writer Development Through Experiments and a Field Study on January 21 at 9:00-10:00.

You are warmly invited to the next session of the REPAIR Scholarly Talk series on December 18, featuring Associate Professor Simon Schafheitle (University of Twente). He will deliver a talk titled Good Work Enables Good Life – How AI Changes the Way How Employees Give Account to Their Work.

Santtu Räisänen, MSc and researcher in the REPAIR project, will publicly defend his doctoral dissertation titled "The Façade of Governmental Innovation – or, How Certain Efforts to Administer Citizens’ Lives with Artificial Intelligence Failed to Fail, and What That Says About Emptiness in the Bureaucratic Culture of Innovation" at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki.

Professor David Ribes from the University of Washington will deliver a talk titled AI and the "Real World". Join us on November 12 at 15:00 at Soc & Kom, room 209 (Snellmaninkatu 12, 2nd floor).

Olivia Maury will give an online presentation entitled Built-in Delay of the Architecture of Fulfilment: Perspectives from Migrant Platform Workers in Helsinki on November 19 at 9:00-10:00.

In this afternoon seminar, three researchers from the Datafied Life Collaboratory use invisible and visible forms of work to expose the human infrastructures of technology. The seminar builds on insights from the morning workshop led by Associate Professor Amir Payberah.

Join us for a full-day workshop and seminar that uncovers the invisible labor behind artificial intelligence from data annotation and system maintenance to the emotional and technical effort often hidden from view.

We warmly welcome everyone to attend this masterclass with professor Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University) featuring presentations and discussions on the relationships between humans and data infrastructures.

Professor Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University) will deliver a talk titled: “A Genealogy of the Digitalisation of a Planning Data Ecosystem and Its Associated Data Mobilities and Data Frictions.” on October 15 at 10:00 at the Main Building of the University of Helsinki, room U3039.

Welcome to the Book Talk by Sarah Pink on September 16 at 15:00 at the Main Building of the University of Helsinki (room U3032). The talk is based on Pink’s and Emma Quilty’s recent book Can We Trust Technology? (Routledge 2025).

Caddie Alford will give a virtual talk entitled “Repair and the 5Vs of Big Data” on August 20 at 15:00-16:00 (EEST). Everyone is welcome to join the event and discussion!

Tervetuloa REPAIR-hankkeen ensimmäisen kauden päätöstapahtumaan Korjaamolle perjantaina 12.9. 2025 klo 10-17! 

Welcome to the Digital China Seminar, hosted by the REPAIR project! The event takes place at the Main Building of the University of Helsinki (U3032) and online on the 11th of August.

Tervetuloa REPAIR-seminaariin perjantaina 23. toukokuuta klo 9:00–12:30 Kelaan (Nordenskiöldinkatu 12) tai verkkoon kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan Ison-Britannian Universal Credit -mallista ja digitalisaation roolista sosiaaliturvassa. Etänä osallistuville ohjelma alkaa klo 9:30. 

Tervetuloa julkistustilaisuuteen torstaina 8.5. Klo 15-17 Sofia Helsingin Lyhtysaliin (Sofiankatu 4C). Tilaisuudessa keskustelemme juuri julkaistun Digitaalisen yhteiskunnan korjausoppaan teemoista.

Welcome to the Book Talk by Professor Daniel Miller! The event takes place February 12 at 16:30 online. The talk is based on Miller’s recent book project Understanding China through Digital Anthropology.

Professor Daniel Miller (University College London) will give a  talk entitled The Good Enough Life. The event takes place February 11 at 15:00 (EET) online.

Alison Powell (LSE) will give a  talk entitled Repairing Systems and Stories: Reflexivity and reciprocity in social imaginaries of technology. The event takes place January 29 at 15:00 at the Main Building of the University of Helsinki, room U3032

Professor Katja de Vries (Uppsala University) will give an online talk entitled Matters of life and death: recycling, repairing or discarding smart electronics. Some reflections on the new Right to Repair Directive. The event takes place online.