Opportunities and challenges of A.I. in research 

This year's Spring course is held May 22nd and 23rd, hosted by VID and EHS, with VID Oslo (Diakonhjemmet) as its campus. 

For updated and precise information about the course: See the RVS Canvas pages (access for RVS members and academic staff). 

Program 

Thursday May 22nd – Research 

09:00    Coffee, mingle, presentation. 

09:30    Welcome to the course, Anne Austad. 

09:45    Will AI soon match human general intelligence? Atle Søvik. 

              Discussion. 

11:00    Break. 

11:15    Socio-cultural perspectives on digital tools – implication for the use of AI in analysis.

            Ingeborg Krange. Response: PhD fellow & Annette Leis-Peters. 

12:15    Lunch 

13:15    Reflecting on the two first sessions: Group and plenary discussions. 

14:00    Break. 

14:15    Paper groups parallel session I. 

15:45    Break. 

16:15    How can AI assist in qualitative analysis of textual data? Workshop. Rikard Roitto.

18:00    Break. 

18:30    Dinner TBD. 

Friday May 23rd – Religion & society 

09:00    AI as a distant relative of golems and lists - Approaching Religion from a Humanities Perspective. Marianne Schleicher. 

09:35    Artificial Intelligence and Society: Ruptures and Continuities. Bjørn Hallstein Holte. 

10:15    Break. 

10:30    Discussion in groups and panel talk. 

11:30    Paper groups parallel session I. 

13:00    Lunch/Program end.

Practicalities 

Where? 

RVS Spring course 2025 is held at VID Oslo, Diakonveien 16 (more precise address/building/room will come later). The easiest way to reach VID is by the metro ("t-banen"): All lines go to Majorstuen station, and from there it is a 10-15 minutes walk. Line 1 also goes to Frøen, from there it is a 5 minutes walk. 

When? 

The course starts Thursday 22nd of May at 9 AM. We end the formal program that day with dinner around 630 PM. On Friday 23rd, we meet at 9 AM, and the program ends with lunch 1 PM. 

Fee

Please note that RVS strives to have a fair economic policy.

If you live near Oslo, you pay NOK 1000,-, which includes everything except beverage during dinner. 

If you need to travel to Oslo and stay at a hotel or similar, we subsidize the fee and you pay only NOK 200,- 

Registration by April 22nd  

Deadline: April 22nd. We are happy if you register before! 

Link to registration: In RVS Canvas. If you are academic staff in one of the partner institutions, and interested in the course: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Short paper 

An important part of all RVS courses is that participants hand in a short paper that is discussed in groups during the course. The paper helps you to relate the more general course theme to your specific project, and provides you with feedback and a good talk about your writing. You must hand in the short paper, and then it is up to you if you expand it into a full paper and submit after the course.