Welcome to apply for a doctoral student position in European Law and AI!
The Department of Law invites applications for a PhD position in European Law and AI, funded within the research programme WASP-HS.
Uppsala University is building a strong and dynamic environment for legal research relating to artificial intelligence and has a leading position in Sweden and the Nordic region.
The Department of Law now invites applications for a PhD position in European Law with a focus on AI.
The position is affiliated to the national research program Wallenberg AI, Automonous Systems and Software Program - Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) and the research cluster The Rule of AI - AI, Regulation, and Society. The vision of WASP-HS is to foster novel interdisciplinary knowledge in the humanities and social sciences about AI and autonomous systems and their impact on human and social development. WASP-HS enables cutting edge research, expertise, and competence building in the humanities and social sciences. The research cluster is led by Uppsala University, Örebro University, and Stockholm University and studies how AI transforms regulatory processes, focusing on the design of, oversight over and compliance with rules. The PhD student will be part of the cluster and be placed at the Department of Law but will design and conduct their thesis project independently.
Welcome to apply by 6 October 2025!