Kaarina Nikunen (University of Tampere) delivered a talk titled “Border break‑down: digital infrastructures of human smuggling” on 18 February at 16:15 at the University of Helsinki.

Associate Professor Simon Schafheitle (University of Twente) delivered a talk titled Good Work Enables Good Life – How AI Changes the Way Employees Give Account of Their Work.

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor David Ribes (University of Washington) entitled AI and the "Real World" was held on November 12 at 15:00 at Soc & Kom, room 209 (Snellmaninkatu 12, 2nd floor).

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor Daniel Miller (University College London) entitled The Good Enough Life.

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor Alison Powell (London School of Economics and Political Science) was about Repairing Systems and Stories: Reflexivity and reciprocity in social imaginaries of technology. Yana Boeva (University of Stuttgart) and Santeri Räisänen (University of Helsinki) served as discussants.

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor Katja de Vries (Uppsala University) discussed on Matters of life and death: recycling, repairing or discarding smart electronics. Some reflections on the new Right to Repair Directive. Jenni Hakkarainen (University of Helsinki) served as discussant.

The REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor Tamar Sharons (Radboud University) talked on The moral limits of digitalization: Protecting the autonomy, integrity and plurality of spheres in digital society. Karoliina Snell (University of Helsinki), Laura Savolainen (University of Helsinki), and Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen (Tampere University) served as discussants.

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Professor Phoebe Moore (University of Essex) examined the Workers’ right to the subject: The social relations of data production.

REPAIR Scholarly Talk by Dr. Barbara Barbosa Neves (University of Sydney) talked about Breaking, Repairing, and Renewing AI in Care Homes: Challenging Promissory Discourses & Ageism. Anne Kouvonen (University of Helsinki) and Nitin Sawhney (Aalto University) served as discussants.

Professor Ayo Wahlberg gave a talk on the topic of Surveillance Life. Commentators were professor Ilpo Helén (University of Eastern Finland) and postdoctoral researcher Tiia Sudenkaarne (University of Helsinki).