Stockholms universitet

Clàudia Figueras JuliánDoktorand

Om mig

Jag är doktorand vid Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap (DSV) vid Stockholms universitet. Min forskning fokuserar på att förstå de etiska och sociala konsekvenserna av utbyggnaden av AI-system i den offentliga sektorn. Specifikt undersöker jag hur AI-utövare tolkar och tar itu med etiska frågor i sina vardagliga arbetsmetoder. Genom att utforska olika perspektiv strävar jag efter att belysa de utmaningar som ställs inför och de strategier som praktiker använder inom detta område. Mitt arbete är i skärningspunkten mellan teknologietik, CSCW, kritiska datastudier och STS.

Innan doktorsexamen gjorde jag en MSc i hälsoinformatik från Karolinska Institutet och Stockholms universitet och en BSc i humanbiologi vid Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Jag arbetade även som datavetare och dataanalytiker inom offentlig och privat sektor.

Undervisning

Undervisningserfarenhet:

  • Utbildningsassistent för "Etik i datavetenskaplig forskning" (HT 2023).
  • Utbildningsassistent för "Empirisk forskningsmetodik för datavetenskap" (HT 2020-2024).
  • Utbildningsassistent för "Vetenskaplig metodologi och kommunikation i datavetenskap" (HT 2024).
  • Utbildningsassistent för "Vetenskaplig kommunikation och forskningsmetodik" (HT 2023 & HT 2024).
  • Handledning av kandidat- och masteruppsatser (2022-2023).

Forskningsprojekt

Publikationer

I urval från Stockholms universitets publikationsdatabas

  • Exploring tensions in Responsible AI in practice. An Interview Study on AI practices in and for Swedish Public Organizations

    2022. Clàudia Figueras Julián, Harko Henricus Verhagen, Teresa Cerratto-Pargman. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems 34 (2), 199-232

    Artikel

    The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems has sparked discussions regarding developing ethically responsible technology. Consequently, various organizations have released high-level AI ethics frameworks to assist in AI design. However, we still know too little about how AI ethics principles are perceived and work in practice, especially in public organizations. This study examines how AI practitioners perceive ethical issues in their work concerning AI design and how they interpret and put them into practice. We conducted an empirical study consisting of semi-structured qualitative interviews with AI practitioners working in or for public organizations. Taking the lens provided by the “In-Action Ethics” framework and previous studies on ethical tensions, we analyzed practitioners’ interpretations of AI ethics principles and their application in practice. We found tensions between practitioners’ interpretation of ethical principles in their work and ‘ethos tensions.’ In this vein, we argue that understanding the different tensions that can occur in practice and how they are tackled is key to studying ethics in practice. Understanding how AI practitioners perceive and apply ethical principles is necessary for practical ethics to contribute toward an empirically grounded, Responsible AI.

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  • Trustworthy AI for the People?

    2021. Clàudia Figueras Julián, Harko Henricus Verhagen, Teresa Ceratto Pargman. AIES '21, 269-270

    Konferens

    While AI systems become more pervasive, their social impact is increasingly hard to measure. To help mitigate possible risks and guide practitioners into a more responsible design, diverse organizations have released AI ethics frameworks. However, it remains unclear how ethical issues are dealt with in the everyday practices of AI developers. To this end, we have carried an exploratory empirical study interviewing AI developers working for Swedish public organizations to understand how ethics are enacted in practice. Our analysis found that several AI ethics issues are not consistently tackled, and AI systems are not fully recognized as part of a broader sociotechnical system.

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