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Stefan Larsson serves as Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund University's Department of Technology and Society within the Faculty of Engineering. He directs the AI and Society research team and holds affiliate status at Lund's Centre for Retail Research, leveraging dual PhDs in Sociology of Law and Spatial Planning alongside an LLM to examine technology's societal impacts.
His educational credentials include:
- PhD in Sociology of Law
- PhD in Spatial Planning
- Master of Laws (LLM)
Larsson investigates critical intersections of law, technology, and social systems with emphasis on AI governance frameworks, consumer protection in digital markets, and trust mechanisms for autonomous systems. His work addresses socio-legal challenges across healthcare robotics, public sector automation, and algorithmic consumer markets while advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals through responsible innovation pathways.
Current publications reveal concentrated analysis of youth interactions with generative AI and regulatory tensions in the EU AI Act, demonstrating how users navigate authenticity assessments of AI content while exposing fundamental conflicts between technological evolution and legal stability.
Key distinctions include:
- Election to Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2024)
- Co-chair appointment for RCSL Working Group on Digitalisation, AI and Society (2024)
- Research board membership at Lund Engineering Faculty (2022)
As supervisor for three doctoral candidates, Larsson manages significant research portfolios:
- Principal Investigator: 'When N equals 1' (2025-2027) on AI ethics in predictive medicine
- Project Coordinator: 'Girls in AI Science' gender-inclusion network (2025)
- Researcher: Swedish Research Council project on EU AI Act risk governance (2024-2026)
His multidisciplinary team actively collaborates with public sector agencies, healthcare institutions, and consumer protection bodies to develop practical frameworks for trustworthy AI implementation across societal domains.
