Important dates
– Submissions due: November 17th, 2025
– Notification of acceptance: December 19th, 2025
– Final version: January 19th, 2026
– Registration: January 9th, 2026
– Workshop dates: February 5th-6th, 2026
Program SWEG2026
| Thursday 5 February Location: Spektrum Konferens, Ebbepark, Fridtunagatan 41, Linköping | |||
| 09.00 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 09.30-11.00 | Welcome and presentations of all participants. Short keynote: “Are we approaching a Dead End of Digital Government? A Need for New Institutional Designs” prof. Elin Wihlborg, Linköping university | ||
| 11.15-12.00 | Guided tour in Ebbe Park – a “smart” part of Linköping, ending at the Restaurant. | ||
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break. Lunch is included and is served in restaurant. | ||
| Room X (small) | Room Y (small) | Big room | |
| 13.15-15.00 | Session1Chair: Helena Iacobaeus 1. Understanding AI in Society through Fiction: A Typology of SociotechnicalImaginaries – Lisa Dewulf, Anthony Simonofski, Benoît Vanderose. Discussant: Daniel Toll 2. Combating Welfare Crime with AI: Data-Driven Oversight and Risk Management in Municipalities – Emmanuel WittbergDiscussant: Ida Lindgren | Session 2Chair: Christian Madsen 5. Digital Payments During Wartime – A case study of collaborative governance based on experience of Ukraine – Mariana Gustafsson and Elin WihlborgDiscussants: Øystein Sæbø 6. Are government agencies data-driven= Benefits, barriers and competencies in analytics-based decision-making – Mikael Berndtsson, Niclas Olofsson, Fredric SkargrenDiscussant: Peter André Busch | Session 3Chair: Sara Hofmann 9. Burdens-in-practice – Ida Heggertveit Solem and Sara HofmannDiscussant: Mats Falkeman, Solange Mukamurenzi 10. Digital Communication Between Home and School as a Prerequisite for Mutual Trust – A (Pilot) Literature Review – Sofia Hamberg och Elin WihlborgDiscussant: Ulf Melin |
| 15.00 | Coffee | ||
| 15.15-17.00 | Session 1 cont.Chair: Helena Iacobaeus 3. The Algorithm will see you now: when AI joins the executive and managerial recruiting process – Lie PrintzDiscussant: Helena Iacobaeus, Björn Johansson 4. Standing A Sporting Glance:Trust and Distrust in the Introduction of AI Surveillance in Sports Facilities – Daniel Toll, Helena IacobaeusDiscussant: Ursula Sokolaj | Session 2 cont.Chair: Christian Ø. Madsen 7. Digital or IT enabled organizational transformation? A multiple case study of welfare administration in Scandinavia – Ida Løberg, Ulf Melin, Christian Ø MadsenDiscussant: Sofia Hamberg, Fredric Skargren 8. Microfoundations of digital transformation in digital government: developing an integrative theoretical framework – Fredric Skargren and Jenny LagstenDiscussant: Christian Ø Madsen | Session 3 cont.Chair: Sara Hofmann 11. Perspectives on co-producing public welfare services:human-technology dynamics in self-service procedures – Hanne Höglund Rydén and Sara HofmannDiscussant: Alexander Kempton 12. Between priority and legitimacy: the paradox of a twin transition and the case of AI factories – Johanna Sefyrin and Gianluigi ViscusiDiscussant: Espen Sjøvoll |
| 17.00-19.00 | Break (hotel check in, etc.) | ||
| 19.00 | Dinner at Munkkällaren (included in registration fee). | ||
The workshop dinner on Thursday night (included in the registration fee) will take place at Munkkällaren in central Linköping, Läroverksgatan 7 (crossroad from Storgatan). The venue is close to Linköping Dome.
| Friday 6 February Location: Linköping university, A-building, room: LjusgårdenEntrance 19 C, 2nd floor (follow signs). | |||
| 09.00 | Coffee in Ljusgården | ||
| Room 3C:817 | Room 3C:815 | Room Skogh | |
| 09.15- Each group include a short break. | Session 4 – Project proposalsChair: Elin Wihlborg 13. Digital Campus Implementation: Perspectives from the global north and the global south – Solange MukamurenziDiscussant: Emmanuel Wittberg 14. The failure of digital first – a socio-technical system’s perspective – Sara Hofmann and Østein SæbøDiscussant: Elin Wihlborg 15. Governance of Algorithmic Administration: An Ethical and Institutional Analysis of Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector – Niyazi Karabulut & Ida LindgrenDiscussant: Sara Hofmann 16. ACP: Designing an AI-informed, Collaborative and Patient-centric decision-support tool for pain rehabilitation – Aya Rizk, Daniel Toll, Besma GlaaDiscussant: Victoria Paulsson | Session 5Chair: Ahmed Kaharevic 17. Evaluating Emergent Problems in Algorithmic Decision-Making Implementation: A Representation and Effective Use Perspective – Nicolas Bono Rossello,Anthony Simonofski,Annick CastiauxDiscussant: Tove Engvall 18. Augmented Reality and Inclusive eParticipation in Urban Planning – Ursula Solokaj and Yu WangDiscussant: Nicolas Bono Rossello 19. An initial inquiry into GenAI application for study guidanceassistants in the mother tongue: The case of Sweden – Victoria Paulsson, Erik Olofsson, and Gustav MarkholmDiscussant: Lisa Dewulf, Ahmed Kaharevic | Session 6Chair: Katarina Gidlund 20. Adaptive Funding in government digital transformation – Espen Sjøvoll & Alexander Moltubakk KemptonDiscussant: Katarina Gidlund 21. Public procurement of informationsystems in digital government – Mats FalkemanDiscussants: Leif Sundberg, Lie Printz 22. Unveiling the Hidden Costs of Digitalization: The Case of Librarians as Intermediaries – Leif Sundberg, Katarina Gidlund, Niclas OlofssonDiscussant: Johanna Sefyrin, Ida Heggertveit Solem |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch and closing in Ljusgården. Lunch bags will be provided. | ||
Local organizers
Ida Lindgren, Professor of Information Systems, Linköping University
Elin Wihlborg, Professor of Political Science, Linköping University