Deep Dive Workshop
Applied Data Ethics 2026
Friday 9 October 10.05 – 11.35
Lead organizer: Frej Klem Thomsen, Post Doctoral Researcher, Roskilde University/National Centre for Ethics
Addressing the ethical challenges raised by the development and use of AI remains one of the most pressing ongoing research and policy problems of our age. These technologies can have enormous impact on our societies, but the extent to which this impact is good or bad is to a large extent a result of the decisions we make when developing and using them.
Solving these ethical challenges is complicated by the combination of the speed at which technology develops, and the need for interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary work, which combines insights from data and computer science with empirical insights from the social sciences and normative insights from analytical ethics.
The proposed session brings together prominent Danish ethics researchers working on applied data ethics, including the ethics of AI, to present ongoing work and stimulate discussion across disciplinary divides.
The session will combine speaker presentations with group discussions and a joint Q&A on three topics within current research trends in AI and data ethics.
Welcome (5 min)
Digital Sovereignty Washing – Deception with Consequences (15 min)
Special Consultant, Ph.D. Simone Sommer Degn, National Centre for Ethics
Group discussions 1 (5 min)
Informational Privacy and Informative Absences (15 min)
Assistant Professor Lauritz Aastrup Munch, Aarhus University
Group discussions 2 (5 min)
Three Challenges for Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology (15 min)
Post-doctoral researcher Frej Klem Thomsen, Roskilde University
Group discussions 3 (5 min)
Joint Q&A/discussion (25 min)
Introductory: Suitable for beginners with little to no prior knowledge of the subject.