Research project about Artificial Intelligence on IVA's 100 list
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) recently presented the research projects that have been selected for IVA's 100 list for 2023. Associate senior lecturer in public law at the Department of Law Katja de Vries' research project "Digital Right to Repair" is included in this year's list.
With its 100 list, IVA wants to recognise contemporary research that has the potential to create benefits in the foreseeable future, with the aim of facilitating collaboration and business opportunities between researchers and companies. This year's list focuses on research projects in climate change, energy supply, welfare technology, cyber security, and crisis preparedness.
"In our VR-funded cross-disciplinary project (2023-26), we are studying how the term repair is enacted in relation to software and the digital R2R. This is done with methods from social science, law, and sustainable ICT design. The main benefit of the project is that it addresses the problem of a smart phone that in principle still "works" (hardware), but still ends up in a bin or gathering dust in a drawer because it does not support new apps, does not any longer receive software updates, etc.", Katja explains.
The "Digital Right to Repair" will highlight how to minimise e-waste and incentivise the repair of smart electronics. E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally, and to mitigate the negative impact of e-waste on the environment, the EU is currently drafting Right to Repair legislation to incentivise and facilitate repairs.
Research team
Sebastian Abrahamsson, Sociologist, Uppsala University (Principal Investigator)
Per Fors, Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University
Katja de Vries, Department of Law, Uppsala University
Maria Cicilaki
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Katja de Vries and some of her other current research projects