Björn Karlsson

Björn Karlsson is a researcher at the IT University of Copenhagen within the Technologies in Practice department. His work focuses on the intersection of technology, policing, and governance.

• Active in Predictive Policing and Science and Technology Studies
• Key researcher in the POL-INTEL project examining police digitalization
• Collaborator in CUPP and UNDO research initiatives

Research interests involve Ontology, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science applied to digital policing systems. Recent publications analyze Palantir software, Police Power, and Privacy Protection in Nordic contexts.

Contributions include:

• 2025: Scientification through privatization: POL-INTEL in Denmark
• 2025: The Digital Leviathan: Prediction, Politics and Police Power
• 2024: Ontological politics in the Danish police’s POL-INTEL