Dr Vassilis Galanos

[Updated 22/09/2026 - Note that this page also stands as my public curriculum vitae, updated roughly every six months. For a better formatted version, copies of papers or presentations/reports, do get in touch]

Background

• I am Lecturer in Digital Work at the University of Stirling’s Business School, focusing on the intersection of labour with emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and adjacent networked and automated applications in the workplace. I am interested in the role of expertise and expectations in shaping digital working patterns, trade union interest in emerging technologies, and the role of power and conceptualisation in the visibility (or less visibility) of work that sustains and maintains contemporary digital technology.

• As a qualitative social scientist with background in information science, I am developing a long-term research agenda on the broader sociology of AI, with focus on the interplay of expertise (who is entitled to speak about digital technologies?) and expectations (how do future visions and imaginaries shape current discourses on digital technologies in research, policy, and their public understanding?). My PhD thesis consisted of a historical sociology of the dynamics between AI terminology negotiations, AI promising, AI funding strategies, and AI policy from the perspective of AI technical research cultures. The final version is available online under Creative Commons license, and I am always happy to discuss any topic related directly or tangentially to the historical sociology of AI. Combining my teaching experience with my earlier doctoral interests, I am currently also investigating the intersection between AI technologies (new and old) and the sociology of education from student- and educator-oriented point of views in order to propose novel educational governance frameworks.

• My other academic interests include, but are not limited to, cybernetics, (digital) media theory, media archeology, information science and librarianship (that my first degree was on), continental and oriental philosophy (sometimes identifying as a Deleuzian, other times as a Heideggerian), invented/parody religions, sexbots, and the ethics of digital sampling in music (I am also a music nerd/collector, looking for opportunities to write about the digital/analogue interfaces in music). With a number of good colleagues and friends, we run the Edinburgh-based AI Ethics & Society research group, having organised over 60 events, annual doctoral colloquia, conferences and symposia: https://www.ai-ethics.org/

• I am Programme Director of the Dual Honours Degrees in BA (Hons) Business Studies at the University of Stirling while have previously served for the Single Honours as well. I have been excelling in my teaching commitments, teaching a variety of UG and PG courses mainly on the nexus between technology (in particular, digital technology) and society and I am presently convening the highly popular course The Management Challenge: An Introduction (MGTU7S2; over 500 students per semester) and Business and Technology (BUSU9BT; over 80 students per semester). My teaching innovations occasioned by the challenges faced by the introduction of Generative AI in Higher Education contexts granted me the title of the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I also sit at the University of Stirling’s AI Advisory Board and the Academic Panel (Taught).

• I am a proud first-generation academic (first person in my family with education beyond high-school), coming from lower economic status. I collect books, comic books, vinyl records, and beautiful beer cans. I miss backpacking and the good days of CouchSurfing. I abstain from meat and pronouns (but if you want to use one, anything will suffice, such as it/they/she/ve/zhe/he). I have previously served as Trustee at the Granton:Hub community organisation, supporting the interests of local citizens, organisations, and artists in Granton, Edinburgh.

• Qualifications

• 2017-2022 PhD in Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. Supervised by Prof Gill Haddow and Prof Robin Williams. Thesis title: “Expectations and Expertise in Artificial Intelligence: Specialist Views and Historical Perspectives on Conceptualisation, Promises, Funding, and Policy.” https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/40420/Galanos2023.pdf

• April 2020: Exploring Japanese Avant-Garde Art Through Butoh Dance. Online course at Keio University, Tokyo. https://www.futurelearn.com/certificates/bl33z5w

• October 2018-January 2019 ESRC Business Booster "Working with Business" Training Programme in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, funded by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science.

• 2016-2017 MSc by Research in Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. Supervised by Dr Catherine Heeney. MScRes thesis title: “Negative Portrayals of Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Online Press: An STS Critical Approach to the Singularity Argument.” Courses taken: Research Skills in Social Sciences: Data Collection, Core Quantitative Analysis I+II, Science, Knowledge and Expertise.

• 2012-2014 MSc in Information Science and Cultural Communications. Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen. Master thesis: “Information Revolution: Postlude to a Past Future.” Supervised by Dr. Jens-Erik Mai, available at http://pure.iva.dk/files/36536021/Galanos_V_Beyond_Information_Revolution_Master_Thesis.pdf Courses taken: Information Ethics, Systems-User Evaluation, Digital Memory, Knowledge Management, Urban Culture, Information Retrieval and Interaction, Information and Cultural Studies: Theories and Traditions

• 2005-2010 BSc Librarianship and Information Systems. Department of Library Science and Information Systems, School of Administration and Economy, Alexander Technological Education Institution of Thessaloniki. Bachelor thesis: "The Impact of Information on Cultural Product." Supervised by Dr. Stella Korobilli.

• Career breaks: Military service (obligatory, absolutely not voluntary) fulfilled (2011-2), employed under various non-academic posts during the Greek economic crisis to support family (2010, 2014-6).

Awards, nominations, and funding

• 2025 Nominated twice for the University of Stirling’s RATE awards for the category “Teacher of the Year.”
• 2024 Highly commended for the Andrew Webster Prize for best UK PhD dissertation in science, technology & innovation studies.
• https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/news/sps-academic-wins-andrew-webster-prize-best-uk-phd-dissertation-science-technology
• https://assistuk.org/2024/10/02/2024-andrew-webster-phd-prize/
• 2024 Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Awarded by AdvanceHE for my contributions to teaching leadership specifically in the field of critical engagement with Generative AI in Higher Education.
• 2024 Edinburgh Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science History Project. £9020 awarded to Prof Chris Williams and Dr Vassilis Galanos by the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Some research output:
• https://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/aics_history/index.html
• https://informatics.ed.ac.uk/news-events/news/latest-news/edinburgh-ai-history-highlighted-at-the-history-of-ai-in-europe
• 2022 Nominated twice for the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA)’s Teaching Awards.
• 2019 Sue Grant Award (University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Sciences)
• 2013 Den Sociale Pris (University of Copenhagen, Royal School of Library and Information Science)
• https://uniavisen.dk/en/voted-most-social-among-information-science-students/

Teaching experience

• 2025-present: Module coordination for The Management Challenge: An Introduction (MGTU7S2), responsible for the complete redesign of the course, including new curriculum, assessment type (group-based documentary + individual assignment); and Business and Technology, responsible for the entire design of the course. Seminar leader for HRMU9S3: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management and MGTU7S3: Fundamentals of Sustainability in Management.
• 2024: Teaching Fellow - Technology Futures. Responsible for the Edinburgh Futures Institute course Building Near Futures, co-convened with Prof Drew Hemment and Dr Matjaz Vidmar.
• 2022-2023: Teaching Fellow responsible for the PG course Internet, Society & Economy and UG course Technology in Society, responsible for course organising, lecturing, administrating, and marking. Co-convening PG course Understanding Technology, and UG courses Internet and Society, and Data, Design, and the City.
• Supervision experience: Supervised 7 MSc students in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies and 1 BSc in Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine. Co-advising a Ukrainian PhD student as part of the Academics Beyond Borders programme. Offered lots of voluntary hours of consultation to students whose supervisors’ expertise was limited in terms of the digital/social realm.
• External Reader: Silvia Ecclesia’s PhD in STS at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on AI and Imaginaries.
• External Examiner: Acted as external examiner for the dissertation ‘Digital Nomad Stories: Narratives from Lisbon’ submitted by Paloma Schafer at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 20 March 2025.
• 2021-2022: Tutor (Teaching Assistant) in the UG courses Technology in Society and Science, Nature & Environment. Marker for the PG course Understanding Technology.
• 2020-2021: Tutor in the undergraduate Honours course Internet & Society, and the postgraduate course Internet, Society, and Economy while assisting with Gender and Environment as a marker.
• 2017-2020: Tutor in the undergraduate course Technology in Society with emphasis on student-centred learning.

Research experience

• November 2023-May 2024: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in Bridging Responsible Artificial Intelligence Divides (BRAID UK) on a risk-based review of generative AI and journalism and the mapping of policy implications. This post was part of a project working with the UK Government Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) within the AHRC-funded Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme. Main responsibilities: Arranging and conducting social science interviews/focus groups, analysing and reporting on data captured, conducting an interdisciplinary literature review, designing and deploying survey, project management.
• June 2022-November 2022: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in The New Real. Conducting research on the profound ways in which the digital turn is reshaping society in today's algorithmic culture, with a focus on the arts and creative industries. Main responsibilities: 1. Lead literature review on “Characterising the New Real” and support conceptual framework development. 2. Co-analyse collected data and frame findings, discussions and conclusions across the Resilience in the New Real project, with particular focus on horizon scanning activities. 3. Lead the production of one journal article and support the drafting of other journal outputs, briefing notes, knowledge dissemination workshops and the final project report. 4. Support the development of actionable and tailored guidelines, recommendations, methods and tools as open access resources for festivals and other creative organisations to deliver trusted, delightful online/hybrid experiences to drive recovery and build resilience. 5. Support the development of a draft roadmap to enable and support a reset and positive future for the festivals and creative sector. 6. Support the delivery and evaluation activities (exhibitions, events, etc) and research findings dissemination (workshops, presentations, etc). This included a prestigious exhibition at Ars Electronica. https://www.newreal.cc/
• February-November 2022: Research Fellow Data Driven Civics (Civic Observatory strand). Contribution to the “civic observatory” strand of the project, playing a key role in developing, sustaining and working collaboratively with the research team and a range of co-operation partners to deliver the project’s aims. The work was conducted in partnership with community organisations in the Granton area in Edinburgh, and feed into both ESRC and University of Edinburgh strategy for place-based research. Main responsibilities: Designing the integration of the two main strands of research – Granton Inclusion Lab and the Civic Observatory; Design and conduct interviews and meetings with partners and stakeholders to gather data from partners to find out more about their roles in the Granton development and the challenges they face; Contribute to research to collate, analyse and integrate data from social media analyses with other sources; Support the production of interim and final reports; develop legacy plans to support continuation of the project including follow-on funding plans. In addition to these main responsibilities, I employed photographic and social media skills for the dissemination of findings and the design of interim report. https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/activity-and-partners/data-civics/
• I have been in continuous partnership with the Data Civics project and a more recent video presentation of our work can be found here: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Week42/1_xc3riu2m

Publications [Feel free to contact me if you require copies of any paper]

• Books

• October 2025 (in preparation): Galanos, V. & Stewart, J. (2024). Internet, AI and Society: A textbook for the perplexed. Wiley Blackwell Inc.

• May 2027 (in preparation): Mehnert, W., Galanos, V., Bareis, J., Belsunces, A., Depaz, P., Michalec, O., Shanley, D (eds). Hype Studies: A Glossary. Transcript Verlag.

• Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

• 09/04/2026: Williams, C. K., Galanos, V., & Yang, X. (2026). A History of the Early Years of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence, 30504554261417567. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/30504554261417567

• 20/08/2025: Galanos, V. & Xi, I. (2025). Facing GAIa: Tale of Three ChatGPToxicities. Deleuze and Guattari Studies 19(3): 450-480. https://doi.org/10.3366/dlgs.2025.0609

• 05/06/2025: Ravn, L., Galanos, V., Archer, M. et al. (2025). Unraveling the Regimes of Synthetic Data Metrics: Expectations, Ethics, and Politics. Digital Society. 4, 44. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44206-025-00200-y

• 22/12/2023: Galanos, V. (2023). _understandeconstructing data: lessons from jAIna onto-epistemology. On Education. Journal for Research and Debate, 6(18). https://doi.org/10.17899/on_ed.2023.18.5

• 04/09/2023: Baumgartner, R., Arora, P., Bath, C., Burljaev, D., Ciereszko, K., Custers, B., Galanos, V. ... & Williams, R. (2023, in press). Fair and equitable AI in biomedical research and healthcare: Social science perspectives. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 102658. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0933365723001720

• 02/12/2021: Oda, Takaharu & Galanos, Vassilis. “Dialogues concerning Dreams and Demonstration: Lessons from Jaina Perspectives”. oxford public philosophy 2. [Open Access] Available at: https://www.oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/south-asian/jaina-perspectives

• 08/06/2020: Tekken’s Mokujin and the Disjunctive Synthesis of Gender Performativity. Press Start 6(1). [Open Access] Available at: https://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php?journal=press-start&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=130 (I am honoured that this work has been cited in the British Council’s Gender equality in English language teaching practice: A resource book for teacher education, edited by Vander Viana and Aisling O’Boyle)

• 27/08/2019: Dwivedi, Y. K., Hughes, L., Ismagilova, E., Aarts, G., Coombs, C., Crick, T., ... & Galanos, V. (2019). "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Emerging Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research, Practice and Policy." International Journal of Information Management. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026840121930917X

• 06/09/2018: “Exploring Expanding Expertise: Artificial Intelligence as an Existential Threat and the Role of Prestigious Commentators.” Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 31(4), pp 421-432. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09537325.2018.1518521

• 01/11/2017: “Singularitarianism and Schizophrenia.” AI & Society 32(4), pp 573–590, Springer-Verlag London. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-016-0679-y

• Peer Reviewed Book Chapters and Proceedings Publications

• Belsunces, A, Bareis, J., Menhert, W., Depaz, P., Galanos, V., Michalec, O., Shanley, D. (2026, forthcoming). Towards Hype Assessment. In: Proceedings of the European Technology Assessment Conference 2026. Baden-Baden: NOMOS Verlag. https://openaccess.uoc.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/842b436b-ce60-486e-9ed6-befe09b5c65b/content

• Catanzariti, B., Dal Molin, L. and Galanos, V. (2026). "Chapter 5: Stay or Leave? Mapping Participatory and Abolitionist Approaches in Critical Data Studies". In: Ulises Ali Mejias, Jasmine E. McNealy and Milagros Miceli (Eds.). De Gruyter Handbook of Critical Data Studies, De Gruyter, pp. 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111373096-006

• Galanos, V. (2026). ‘Afterword: Quo vadis, AI, Quo vadis, education?’ In: Ponce Del Castillo, A. (2026, Ed.). Governing artificial intelligence in the higher education sector. ETUI, The European Trade Union Institute. https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/2026-03/Chapter%2012-Afterword-%20Quo%20vadis%2C%20AI-%20Quo%20vadis%2C%20education_2026.pdf

• Galanos, V. (2025). Degenerative Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education and Research: from the Matrix of Metrics to Academic Well-Being. 31st Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference. Academic Well-being, Freedom, and Integrity: From AB to AI, Ioannina. https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/39335

• Γαλανός, Β. (2025). Παραμορφωτική Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη και Τριτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση και Έρευνα: από το Μάτριξ των Μετρήσεων στην Ακαδημαϊκή Ευημερία. 31ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών. Ακαδημαϊκή ευημερία, ελευθερία και ακεραιότητα: Από το ΑΒ στο ΑΙ, Ιωάννινα. https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/39335

• Galanos, V., Bassett, K., McGowan, A., McFall, L., Henderson, J., & Escobar, O. (2025). "We Don't Do Digital, We Dig It All": Experimenting with 'Data Civics' methods to support urban development in Granton, Edinburgh. In: García-Hernández, M., & Gravari-Barbas, M. (Eds.). Cultural Heritage on the Urban Peripheries: Towards New Research Paradigms. Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Heritage-on-the-Urban-Peripheries-Towards-New-Research-Paradigms/Garcia-Hernandez-Gravari-Barbas/p/book/9781032762890

• Galanos, V. (2024). Between Monstrous Dystopias and Policy Utopias in Artificial Intelligence: Reporting on a ten-year journey into the AI-topia. In: Valerio Alfonso Bruno, Antonio Campati, Paolo Carelli, Anna Sfardini (eds.). Dystopian Worlds Beyond Storytelling: Representations of Dehumanized Societies in Literature, Media, and Political Discourses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Hannover-Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag, 51-68. https://www.ibidem.eu/en/Topics/Literature-Language-Arts/Linguistics/Dystopian-Worlds-Beyond-Storytelling-Representations-of-Dehumanized-Societies-in-Literature-Media-and-Political-Discourses-Multidisciplinary-Perspectives.html

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385812951_Between_Monstrous_Dystopias_and_Policy_Utopias_in_Artificial_Intelligence_Reporting_on_a_ten-year_journey_into_the_AI-topia_Introduction_journey_into_the_AI-known

• Williams, C. K. I., Galanos, V., Yang, X. (2024). A Short History of the Early Years of Artificial Intelligence at Edinburgh. In: U. Cortes, A. Bugarın & C. Barrue (eds). Proceedings of the Workshop on the History of AI in Europe (WHAI@EU). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13898066

• Galanos, V., & Stewart, J. K. (2024). Navigating AI beyond hypes, horrors and hopes: historical and contemporary perspectives. In: Aida Ponce Del Castillo (ed). Artificial intelligence, Labour and Society, Brussels: The European Trade Union Institute, 27-46. https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/Artificial%20intelligence%2C%20labour%20and%20society_2024.pdf

• Galanos, V. (2023). Socio-Temporal Paradoxes between Screens and Spans: Average Duration of Moving Visual Works, Technical Limitations, and Social Demands from Outdoor Theatre to TikTok. In: Kacmaz Erk, G. (Ed). AMPS PROCEEDINGS SERIES 32: Representing Pasts – Visioning Futures. London, UK: AMPS. pp. 366-373. Available at: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Amps-Proceedings-Series-32.pdf

• Dominguez, A. H., & Galanos, V. (2022). A Toolkit of Dilemmas: Beyond debiasing and fairness formulas for responsible AI/ML. In IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10227133

• 2023: Between Monstrous Dystopias and Policy Utopias in Artificial Intelligence: Reporting on a ten-year journey into the AI-topia. In: Dystopian Worlds beyond Storytelling Conference proceedings. Ibidem-Verlag

• 2022: “Nomadic Artificial Intelligence and Royal Research Councils: Curiosity-Driven Research Against Imperatives Implying Imperialism” In Maurizio Tinnirello and Roman V. Yampolskiy (eds.) The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence. Chapman & Hall/CRC AI and Robotics Series, Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/The-Global-Politics-of-Artificial-Intelligence/Tinnirello/p/book/9781138314573

• 2021: “Lafcadio Hearn and his Evolutionary Eco-Ethics in the 21st Century: Travelling through the Uncanny Valley of Exoticism in Robotic and Ghostly Japan.” Culture - Journal of Culture in Tourism, Art and Education 3. Available at: https://journalculture.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135316421/cultureleykopt_4.pdf

• 2020: Galanos, V. and Reisel, M. “Assessing the Japanese Turn in AI and Robot Ethics: Extracting Meaningful Principles Between Exoticism and Empiricism in the Case of AIBO”. In IFIP International Conference on Human Choice and Computers HCC 2020: Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society pp 141-157. Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-62803-1_12

• 04/08/2020: "Towards a Chronological Cartography of the Uncanny Valley and its Uncanny Coincidences" In Pippa Goldschmidt, Gill Haddow, and Fadhila Mazanderani (eds.) Uncanny Bodies. Edinburgh: Luna Press Publishing - Academia Lunace. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/uncanny-bodies

• 16/12/2019: "Teratological Aspects in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: From Monstrous Threats to Rorschach Opportunities" In Diego Compagna and Stefanie Steinhart (eds.) Monsters, Monstrosities, and the Monstrous in Culture and Society. Delaware and Malaga: Vernon Press. https://vernonpress.com/book/590

• 13/04/2019: "Blended Automation: The Language-Game of Psychoanalytic Automatism and Cybernetic Automata" In Jordi Vallverdú and Vincent C. Müller (eds) Blended Cognition: The Robotic Challenge, Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems book series (SSCNS, volume 12), Springer, Cham. Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-03104-6_4

• 26/08/2018: “Artificial Intelligence does not Exist: Lessons from Shared Cognition and the Opposition to the Nature/Nurture Divide.” Proceedings of HCC13: This Changes Everything panel in IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, part of the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress: Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World: Opportunities and Threats in Poznań, Poland. Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99605-9_27

• 25-27/01/2017: “The Double Meaning of ‘Replacement’ and the Moral Value of Human and Nonhuman Inforgs: Crossroads of Philosophy of Information and Actor-Network Theory” Improving Quality of Life Through Information: Proceedings of the XXV Bobcatsss Symposium, Tampere, Finland, January 2017. Available at: http://tampub.uta.fi/handle/10024/101894

• Thessaloniki 02-07/07/2014: IACAP 2014 “Floridi/Flusser: Parallel Lives in Hyper/Post-History”. Chapter in: Müller, Vincent C. (ed.) (2016) “Computing and Philosophy”. Heidelberg: Springer (Synthese Library). Available at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-23291-1_15

• Thessaloniki 24/01/2015: 6th Conference of the Philosophein: Episteme, Evnoia, Parrhesia journal: “Aristotle: Human, Science, Metaphysics” “Post-Aristotelian Proposals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Becoming-Slave and Becoming-Free when Psyche isn't the Primary Value” (in Greek) In: Vavouras, I. (ed.) (2016) Philosophein: Episteme, Evnoia, Parrhesia v. 13. Available at: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ANU5RB9FLunDOqk&cid=D60DF1AF710FC282&id=D60DF1AF710FC282%21529&parId=D60DF1AF710FC282%21526&o=OneUp

• Barcelona 29-31/01/2013 Bobcatsss 2014 Library (R)evolution: Promoting Sustainable Information Practices. “The Librarian's Equilibrium: Cycles and Epicycles, Centers and Epicenters of Information Revolution”. Available at http://proceedings.bobcatsss2014.hb.se/article/view/284/402

• Ankara 23-24/01/2013 Bobcatsss 2013: From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries “InsideOut” “Dialectic Relations of Nomadism and Idiotism in the Post-Modern Global Village: The New Form of 'City' in the Internet Space” Available at: From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries “Inside-Out” The 21st International BOBCATSSS Conference 23-25 January 2013, Ankara

• 23/11/2011: Invited presentation of my BSc thesis ‘The Impact of Information on Cultural Product’ as part of the demonstrations on behalf of the Department of Librarianship and Information Systems at the Hellenic International University (former Alexander Technological Education Institute of Thessaloniki) for the purposes of external evaluation.

• Research Reports, Science Communication, Media Appearances, Knowledge Transfer

• 02/06/2026: Vassilis Galanos, Tania Duarte, Bruna Martins, “The AI ‘Revolution' is Not a People's Revolution” TechPolicy Press. https://www.techpolicy.press/the-ai-revolution-is-not-a-peoples-revolution/

• 12/01/2026: Podcast contributor to the fifth episode ‘AI and the Disciplines’ of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science’s Podcast Series ‘When Disciplines Meet’ hosted by Laura Anderson. Available on YouTube in video format, as well as audio on various platforms. https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/sgsss-podcast-when-disciplines-meet/?playlist=de4f9fd&video=d1e5500 https://www.youtube.com/@SGSSS/playlists

• 20/01/2026: Invited panelist at the [Unhyped AI Seminars] AI & Coding Edition:Vibe Coding in Higher Education: Experiences, Scenarios, and Sociotechnical Considerations, organised by Dr Leonardo Bezerra, partially supported by the PHAWM research project, funded by Responsible AI UK, and is hosted in partnership with the StirAI multidisciplinary research lab at the University of Stirling. List of panelists: Michaela Hruskova, Vassilis Galanos, Simon Powers & Conor McKeown. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unhyped-ai-seminars-ai-coding-edition-tickets-1977312461801?viewDetails=true

• 14/01/2026: “Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?” Article in The Conversation. [And further reposts] https://theconversation.com/wikipedia-at-25-can-its-original-ideals-survive-in-the-age-of-ai-273473 https://realkm.com/2026/01/28/wikipedia-at-25-can-its-original-ideals-survive-in-the-age-of-ai/

• This has been extensively quoted in the Greek independent journalists’ union newspaper EfSyn by journalist Aris Hadjistefanou as well as in the same journalist’s podcast InfoWar: https://www.efsyn.gr/themata/infowar/498495_den-ittithike-leilatithike#google_vignette https://info-war.gr/wikipedia-i-machi-me-tin-techniti-noimosyni/

• The article was selected by the German magazine Inch: Technical English - Inch by Inch. The magazine aims at helping German-speaking audiences to practice their technical English, and every article is accompanied with a list of relevant vocabulary. https://inchbyinch.de/magazin/

• 17/11/2025: “Artificial Intelligence: To Participate or to Abolish?” Invited talk with discussants Daibheid De Burca (Industrial Workers of the World), Tanu I (Article 19), and Dr Sevra Guzel (Bath Spa University) at social space May Day Rooms, London, organised by the Interregnum initiative. https://interregnum.ghost.io/artificial-intelligence-to-participate-or-to-abolish/

• 07/11/2025: Playing the AI Game. Public engagement event sponsored by the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025. The event was co-hosted by the game designer Dr Aida Ponce Del Castillo in collaboration with the European Trade Union Institute. Copies of the game stayed at Stirling University for further use in class and other similar events. https://www.stir.ac.uk/events/2025-2026/esrc-festival-of-social-science-2025/playing-the-ai-game/

• 03/10/2025: “Does AI Even Exist? ...and why hype runs the show. With Dr Vassilis Galanos” Interviewed by Ian Tennant for the YouTube channel Inner Sense - Know Your Inner World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR7RU6v3nAs

• 25/08/2025: Interviewed for the piece ‘Discussing How Ethics Around Disabled People Must Be Considered When Legislating AI in the UK’ for the Access to AI initiative: https://accesstoai.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/discussing-how-ethics-around-disabled-people-must-be-considered-when-legislating-ai-in-the-uk/

• 05/06/2025: Co-organised The Queer Data Showcase with AI Ethics & Society together with Pride in STEM and the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab. https://www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-showcase

• 01/07/2025: Galanos, V. (2025). Eleven Theses on Technological Hype as Capital. Interregnum. https://interregnum.ghost.io/eleven-theses-on-technological-hype-as-capital/

• May 2025: Public Masterclass available on YouTube themed From Cybernetics to Cyberculture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUAzpHCAhfE

• 20/05/2025: Presenter at the Pint of Science Festival with talk ‘Artificial Intelligence Between Hopes and Horrors: History and Hype’ as part of the event ‘From Disadvantage to Digital Futures: Women, AI, and the Complexities of Survival’ with Prof Sarah Johnsen. https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-disadvantage-to-digital-futures-women-ai-and-the-complexities-of-survival

• 13/02/2025: Organised the event ‘The Manual (How to burn a million quid the AI way): A performance-lecture and conversation co-devised by Bill Drummond (KLF, Justified Ancients of Mu Mu) - Public Lecture with Artificial Intelligence’. It was very well attended (JISC Hub room full, ca. 30 attendees plus 23 online, including Bill Drummond using performer Richard Huw Morgan’s Teams account!). From the event description: ‘The event is organised by Vassilis Galanos (artist and Lecturer in Digital Work, Stirling Management School) and features Emma Dorfman (dramaturg and PhD candidate in Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh, in partnership with the Traverse Theatre) and is part of the event series celebrating the hosting of ‘The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth’ exhibition by Hans K Clausen at the University of Stirling – a collaboration between the University's Management School and its Art Collection with the support of the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance, and Privacy (CRISP) and AI Ethics & Society. The event has been initially conceived by suggestion of Bill Drummond and takes place with the knowledge and agreement of Bill Drummond. It further builds on Hans K Clausen’s live-art installation project I am the artist You are the artist.’ https://www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/307/manual-how-burn-million-quid-ai-way-performance-lecture-and-conversation-co-devised-bill

• As part of the same series, I co-hosted the event ‘Orwell and Archives: The 9th CRISP online seminar’ with Ivan Szekely, Blinken OSA Archivum, Central European University on 19/02/2025. https://www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/306/orwell-and-archives-recording-now-available

• 16/02/2025: Interviewed for the Greek hyperlocal newspaper ‘Palmos’ (‘Pulse’) about artificial intelligence, higher education business models, the role of art in science and science in art, and more. (pages 22-23) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ojzp3m6HIQd4cGJkkRwvtRh3dTKt4L4y/view

• 01-12-2025: Jones, B. and Galanos, V. (2024). Generative AI & Journalism: Mapping the Risk Landscape. Research Report. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14968182

• The report was cited in the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s response to three parliamentary questions: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-03/34966 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-03/34965 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-03/34967

• 21/11/2024: “Tomorrow’s News at Risk?” Interdisciplinary event organised by Dr. Vassilis Galanos and sponsored by the Division of Management, Work and Organisation (£750), the day-long symposium attracted approximately 25 attendees, including a diverse mix of Stirling academics, students from various university departments, and external guests. Dr. Bronwyn Jones, a key figure from the BRAID UK programme and the BBC, delivered an enlightening keynote address. The event was a significant interdisciplinary encounter, drawing participation from the Management School; the Communication, Media, and Culture Division, with notable representation from Journalism and Film Studies; and the Computing Science & Mathematics domain, particularly in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. This mix of disciplines fostered rich discussions on the evolving challenges and opportunities within the news industry in the age of Generative AI (GenAI).

• 10/11/2024: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Cognitive Science. Xiao Yang, Vassilis Galanos, and Christopher K. I. Williams discuss the intersecting history of these disciplines at the University of Edinburgh In: The British Society for the History of Science Viewpoint Magazine, issue 133. https://www.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/No-134-October-2024-for-web.pdf

• 30/10/2024: Audience member intervention at BBC Debate Night Scotland on 30 October 2024 (Budget announcement day); asked a question about Scottish politicians’ plans for AI and automation (pro-innovation vs job losses debate) but the question was dismissed for being too complex, albeit Willie Rennie seemed ready to say something. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024k2h

• 27/09/2024: Invited 3-part blog on the Teaching Matters' new series Critical Insights into Contemporary Issues in Higher Education: Post 1: It’s the metrics, not the Matrix: Part 1 – Higher Education State Critical https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/its-the-metrics-not-the-matrix-part-1-higher-education-state-critical/ Post 2: It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 2: Rigorously Established Fear https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/its-the-metrics-not-the-matrix-part-2-rigorously-established-fear/ Post 3: It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/its-the-metrics-not-the-matrix-part-3-degenerative-ai/

• 20/06/2024: Invited expert panel intervention about the politics of Generative AI in Higher Education and staff-student relationships at the First Students' Assembly on AI in Higher Education. University of Edinburgh, June 20-21 2024. https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/students-assembly-on-ai-in-higher-education-tickets-897318181837?aff=oddtdtcreator

• 07/06/2024: As founding member of the AI Ethics & Society research network, I co-organised the public one-day conference ‘AI as the Broken Machine’ sponsored by the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the Algorithmic Societies research group at Durham University, and the Centre for Technomoral Futures. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-as-the-broken-machine-tickets-899119238847

• 15/05/2024: Screening of Andrew Culp, Thomas Dekeyser and Dana Papachristou's documentary Machines in Flames. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aies-screenings-machine-in-flames-2022-tickets-893841914227

• 19/02/2024: ‘Are two more-than-halves spurious? Sociopolitical underpinnings behind adoption rates of Generative AI in casualised Higher Education: An actionable critique’. Contribution to the University of Edinburgh’s Teaching Matters blog. https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/are-two-more-than-halves-spurious-sociopolitical-underpinnings-behind-adoption-rates-of-generative-ai-in-casualised-higher-education-an-actionable-critique/

• 11/02/2024: Contribution to the World of Religion and Spirituality Project online encyclopedia with an entry about the Church of the SubGenius. https://wrldrels.org/2024/02/11/church-of-the-subgenius/

• 02/01/2024: Consulted by Kiril Krasilnikov for the piece ‘Lack of Political Consensus, Slow Policymaking Could Hamper Development of AI Regulation’ featured on Sputnik Afrique. https://en.sputniknews.africa/20240102/lack-of-political-consensus-slow-policymaking-could-hamper-development-of-ai-regulation-1064423240.html

• 12/10/2023: With SJ Bennett, Ruth Aylett, and Drew Hemment. AI Myths Debunked: Unpacking Six Common Misconceptions. AI “explainer” for The New Real Magazine’s Edition One. https://www.newreal.cc/magazine/explainer-ai-myths-debunked-unpacking-five-common-misconceptions

• 14/09/2023: Interviewed by Stephen Phelan and Edd McCracken for Edinburgh Impact for the press release “AI’s Moment of Truth” with additional social media/video coverage on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook/Meta. https://www.ed.ac.uk/impact/research/digital-life/ai-s-moment-of-truth https://www.linkedin.com/posts/university-of-edinburgh_ai-and-the-truth-activity-7108094967083847681-oLQc https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfEdinburgh/posts/pfbid0wPvsLRwVxuSW3U4q6Tw3U5FGfswK9S9VGQftDW83g8QZfcFccrXtnsvX4ZVxQspjl https://www.instagram.com/p/CxLT9yxIGY1/ https://twitter.com/EdinburghUni/status/1702329149409702301

• 11/09/2023: Podcast recording by the University of Edinburgh’s Teaching Matters blog about Generative AI in education in collaboration with Irene Xi, Lara Dal Molin, and James Stewart in four parts. Full list: https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/tag/podcast-generative-ai/ Part 1 https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/podcast-generative-ai-past-present-and-future-episode-119-mins/ Part 2 https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/podcast-a-students-perspective-on-generative-ai-usage-episode-2-17-mins-2/ Part 3 https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/episode-3-18-mins/ Part 4 https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/gen-ai-podcast-episode-4/

• 29/05/2023: Invitation to present contents of the post below at the University of Edinburgh’s Learning Technology Community’s monthly events.

• 18/04/2023: ‘ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Arguments from a semester with large language models in class’ - contribution to University of Edinburgh’s Teaching Matters blog. In two parts: https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/chatgpteaching-or-chatgpcheating-arguments-from-a-semester-with-large-language-models-in-class-part-1/ https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/chatgpteaching-or-chatgpcheating-arguments-from-a-semester-with-large-language-models-in-class-part-2-2/ (This blog has received sufficient attention by the international education community).

• 18/04/2023: Consulted by Pakistan Point/Sputnik for the press release ‘Need For Human Labor To Persist Even After Widespread Adoption Of AI - Experts,’ authored by Sehar Sial. https://www.pakistanpoint.com/en/story/1678697/need-for-human-labor-to-persist-even-after-widespread-a.html

• 30/01/2023: Among the two participants of a “prompt battle” aiming at explaining the processes and limitations of text-to-image Generative AI software Midjourney and DALL-E, as part of the Love Machine: Spring 2023 Events Launch by the Edinburgh Futures Institute. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-machine-spring-2023-event-launch-tickets-492706778237

• 10/01/2023: Consulted by the WIRED for the press release ‘Metaverse Landlords Are Creating a New Class System: Virtual landowners have found a way to put their investments to work, but with unintended consequences,’ authored by Joel Khalili. https://www.wired.com/story/landlords-rentals-decentraland-metaverse/

• 06/11/2020: Galanos, V., Bennet, S., Aylett, R. and Hemment, D. AI Myths Debunked: Unpacking Five Common Misconceptions. Contribution to The New Real project, supported by the Experiential AI research group at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Available at: https://newreal.cc/magazine-database/ai-myths-debunked-unpacking-five-common-misconceptions

• Book reviews

• 03/01/2021: Thomas Tsakalakis: Political Correctness - a Sociocultural Black Hole, (Routledge) 2021. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice volume 24, 399–401. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10677-020-10151-7

• 25/06/2023: A variation of the above can be found in Greek as an invited article with the historical newspaper Avgi. https://www.avgi.gr/parembaseis/452447_thomas-tsakalakis-political-correctness-sociocultural-black-hole-routledge2021

• Translations

• 2023 (Forthcoming): Friedrich Kittler. Οπτικά Μέσα. [Optische Medien (Optical Media)]. Athens: Smili Publications.

• 2023 (Forthcoming): Vilém Flusser. Μετα-Ιστορία [Pos-Istoria (Post-History)]. Athens: Smili Publications.

• Self-published

• Galanos, V., Belsunces Gonçalves, A., Alvial-Palavicino, C., Bareis, J., Blackwell, B., Charette, M., Cheng, M. Y., Dorofeeva, O., Gloerich, I., Klingebiel, J., Lammar, D., Mehnert, W., Michalec, O., Milne, G., Ravn, L., Roßmann, M., Shanley, D., Shen, J., Soto-Sanfiel, M. T., Tsakalakis, T., Vidmar, M. (2026). Towards Mapping and Defining Critical Hype Studies: Multidisciplinary Insights and Future Directions. Hype Studies. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18764034

• “Towards Human-Robot Ethnography: Two Short Lessons from iCub's Absence and Connectivity.” Self-published paper, originally an essay written for the needs of a course in Ethnography. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/33445977/Towards_Human-Robot_Ethnography_Two_Short_Lessons_from_iCubs_Absence_and_Connectivity

• “Digital sampling in contemporary music: Ethical issues and dilemmas of 'loop digging.'” Self-published paper, originally an essay written for the needs of a course in Information Ethics. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/11337563/Digital_sampling_in_contemporary_music_Ethical_issues_and_dilemmas_of_loop_digging_ Reviewed at: https://sampleface.co.uk/ethical-issues-dilemmas-loop-digging/

Presentations at Academic Conferences/Symposia, Invited Talks, Conference Panel Contributions and Panel Organising

• 23/09/2026: ‘AI: To Participate or to Abolish?’ Invited talk at the Human-Computer Interaction Design 2026 Conference: Rage Against the Machine. https://www.uio.no/english/research/events/guest-lectures-seminars/science-studies/events/2026/vassilis-galanos.html
• 16/09/2026: ‘Hype = Exponential Expectations x Expanding Expertise: Cases from a Historical Sociology of Artificial Intelligence’s Conceptualisations, Expectations, and Funding’ Invited talk at the University of Oslo’s Science Studies Colloquium Series. https://www.uio.no/english/research/events/guest-lectures-seminars/science-studies/events/2026/vassilis-galanos.html
• 11/09/2026: ‘Estranging with the bubble: A technopop analysis of pop culture and populism feedback loopholes in entangled processes of hyping and filtering.’ Presentation at panel ‘Loopholes’ at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) 2026 conference in Krakow. https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2026/paper/100151
• 07/09/2026: Vassilis Galanos, Ola Michalec, Neil Pollock, Robin Williams. ‘STS, meet Hype Studies; Hype Studies, meet STS.’ Invited roundtable at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) 2026 conference in Krakow. https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2026/p/18032
• 17/06/2026: ‘Governing artificial intelligence in the higher education sector.’ Invited webinar, hosted by the University of Macedonia’s Library “” [In Greek] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSFjwP9cwZY
• 13/05/2026: ‘Towards Digital Metaphorology: Theories, Methods, Cases, Implications, and Future Directions.’ Invited talk as part of the Languages of Technology guest seminar series at the Philosophy of Media and Technology faculty, University of Vienna.
• 05/03/2026: Invited talk presenting the book ‘The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy’ (Georges Bataille, 1949) as part of the Spring 2026 edition of the (Re)Visiting Classical Sociological Theory seminar series, organised by Ari Stillman. https://critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/revisiting-classical-sociological-theory-spring-2026-schedule/
• 02/03/2026: ‘What’s a Dissertation For? Degenerative AI, Research Practices, and the Political Economy of PhD Writing’. Guest talk delivered at the Shaping the Future of PhD Research in the AI Era, PhD Symposium University of Stirling, 2nd March 2026. Organised by Dr Simona Hapca. https://stir-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/sh97_stir_ac_uk/IQB07BhRtWdASbNiUdH7NYtwAVjtFWWBdBqAiZZUPi9FLvA
• 26/02/2026: ‘Beyond AI Hype, Hope, and Horror: Reflections for AI in Clinical Settings and Lessons from AI’s Social History’ – invited talk for the NHS AI Fairness Journal Club, organised by Guy’s & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, attended by clinical scientific computing experts, and other key stakeholders.
• 18/11/2025: “Degenerative AI and the management of Higher Education: from the matrix of metrics to Marx.” Invited talk at Centre for Public Research Seminars series at King’s College London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/degenerative-ai-and-the-management-of-higher-education-from-the-matrix-of-metrics-to-marx
• 17/11/2025: “AI beyond Hypes, Hopes, and Horrors.” Guest lecture for the course Understanding Sociology at King’s College London.
• 22-24/10/2025: Invited keynote speaker at the 31st Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference themed “Academic well-being, freedom and integrity: moving forward with AI,” which will be held in the University of Ioannina campus from October 22nd to 24th 2025. Full session recording: https://new.diavlos.grnet.gr/el/room/5002/event/6467?vodId=1011&vType=SESSION Full text from proceedings: https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/39335/3/%ce%a0%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%81%cf%86%cf%89%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae%20%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%87%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%ae%20%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%83%cf%8d%ce%bd%ce%b7%20%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9%20%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b9%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%b2%ce%ac%ce%b8%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%b1%20%ce%b5%ce%ba%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%af%ce%b4%ce%85%cf%83%ce%b7%20%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9%20%ce%ad%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%b1.pdf During my attendance at the conference, I was also interviewed for the local television: https://ioanninatv.gr/index.php/news/video/itv-22-10-2025-5
• 05/09/2025: Co-chaired panel "Echoes of Human Care and AI Repair in Times of Broken Machines” (panel 86) I co-organised with my AI Ethics & Society (AIES) colleagues Benedetta Catanzariti, Sam Bennett, Srravya Chandhiramowuli, Aditi Surana, Lara Dal Molin, and Cassius Smith-Frazer, on at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S): Reverberations (September 3 – 7, 2025 Seattle WA).
• 09/07/2025: Invited Guest Seminar on AI and Hype, including talk ‘To Have Done with The Metaphor of Summers and Winters: Can AI And Internet History Cure Hype?’ and hype mapping workshop at the Bristol Future Institute. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/bristol-digital-futures-institute/news/2025/news-vassilis-galanos---event-invitation.html
• 04/07/2025: ‘AI in Nomadic Motion: A Historical Sociology of the Interplay between AI Winters and AI Effects.’ Presentation at Symposium 001 The Computer in Motion, during the International Congress of History of Science and Technology. https://www.ichst2025.org/program-outline - analytical report here: https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/the-computer-in-motion/
• 17/06/2025: “Degenerative AI and the management of Higher Education: from the matrix of metrics to Marx.” Invited keynote talk at the CRISP Doctoral School at the University of Stirling. https://www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/316/sixth-crisp-doctoral-training-school-applications-open
• 13/06/2025: Panel Organiser with Andreu Belsunces ‘Critical Hype Studies: Towards a Collaborative and Unified Approach’ at STS Italia 2025. https://stsitalia.org/event/panel-11/
• 09/06/2025: Discussant at the Research Training Centre Artificial Intelligence in Social Science Research discussion event at the University of Edinburgh, organised by Christopher Wretman. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rtc-artificial-intelligence-in-social-science-panel-discussion-tickets-1364047054459?aff=oddtdtcreator
• 06/06/2025: Presented the multi-authored work co-led with Gabriele Balbi on digital metaphors, sharing the lectern with Audrey Borowski at an AI Ethics & Society event, chaired by Oksana Dorofeeva and hosted by SJ Bennett. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-metaphors-and-algorithmic-myths-in-the-past-present-and-future-tickets-1368471708719?aff=oddtdtcreator
• 04/06/2025: Invited guest lecture 'Degenerative AI and the management of Higher Education: from the matrix of metrics to Marx' as part of the Anglia Ruskin University's AI Collaborations Series II. https://www.aru.ac.uk/events/ai-collaborations/degenerative-ai-and-the-management-of-higher-education
• 02/06/2025: Presented at, and chaired, a session and delivering some reflections on writing about/with AI scientists at AsSIST-UK 2025: Reflexions. https://assistuk.org/2025/05/12/assist-uk-2025-reflexions-draft-programme-outline/
• 11/03/2025: Invited discussant at The Stirling Management and Sustainability Hub’s (SMASH) first speakers’ corner event organised by Dr Krista Bondy, discussing the AI/sustainability nexus in conversation with Dr Seyed Toliyat and Stirling Business School members of staff and administration. https://smash.stir.ac.uk/
• 26/02/2025: Invited Masterclass for the Architectural Conservation Masterclasses series (Edinburgh College of Art) on the topic of ‘"We Don't Do Digital, We Dig It All": Experimenting with 'Data Civics' methods to support urban development in Granton, Edinburgh.’ https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sccsmasterclass/2025/01/30/we-dont-do-digital-we-dig-it-all-experimenting-with-data-civics-methods-to-support-urban-development-in-granton-edinburgh/
• 23/02/2025: Invited talk ‘What is Journalism For? Lafcadio Hearn, journalist, travelling to post-AI newsrooms.’ at the online symposium ‘Lafcadio Hearn: His Life and Work – Celebrating 175 years from his Birth.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7zfHugu0TM
• 17/12/2024: Invited talk ‘From AI Grotesque to GAI Kitsch: Choreographies of Content Moderation and Political Correctness’ at the Creativity, AI, and the Human Share & Connect event series at the Edinburgh College of Art.
• 17-18/10/2024: Bronwyn Jones (University of Edinburgh) and Vassilis Galanos (University of Stirling). ‘Generating risk: A qualitative study of experts’ perceptions of the risks posed by generative AI for journalism and the news ecosystem.’ 10th conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics (University of Edinburgh, 17-18 October 2024) https://cristianvaccari.com/2024/10/03/program-of-the-10th-conference-of-the-international-journal-of-press-politics-university-of-edinburgh-17-18-october-2024/
• 07/10/2024: Invited panellist following the the screening of the BBC documentary Perfume’s Dark Secret at Macrobert Arts Centre at the University of Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/november-2024-news/university-of-stirling-film-event-highlights-issues-in-perfume-industry/
• 20/10/2024: With Chris Williams and Xiao Yang. A Short History of the Early Years of Artificial Intelligence at Edinburgh. Presented at the Workshop on the History of AI in Europe (WHAI@EU) at the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI24) at Santiago de Compostela University. https://whai2024.github.io/
• 10/10/2024: Invited guest lecture at the University of Copenhagen’s Critical Data & AI Lecture Series (Department of Arts & Culture Studies – DALOSS Programme): The Social Construction of AI as Existential Risk: Stories of Expectations and Expertise https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/daloss/events/2024/vassilis-galanos/
• 01/10/2024: Invited panellist at the National Centre for Research Methods’ event one-day workshop ‘Generative AI and the Future of Social Research: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications’ (co-organised with the British Sociological Association) https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/AI2024/
• 04-05/09/2024: Æther as Information: the role of Æther in Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Against the Day’ as a retro-historical sociology of information societies. Gikii 2024. UCL, London. https://www.gikii.org/gikii-2024-programme/
• 17/07/2024: Panel convenor: ‘Towards Mapping and Defining Critical Hype Studies’ 4S/EASST 2024, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-19 July 2024. https://www.easst4s2024.net/
• 09/07/2024: ‘The Social Construction of AI as Existential Risk: Stories of Expectations and Expertise’ in panel ‘Why risk? Power and politics in risk discourse of Artificial Intelligence’. Science in Public 2024 – University of Birmingham, 8-10 July. https://sip2024.co.uk/programme/
• 08/05/2024: ‘ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating: Reflections after a year with Generative AI in the not-so-automated social science classroom.’ Presentation at the British Sociological Association Presidential Event 'Teaching Sociology in Higher Education: Pedagogical Practices & Possibilities,' https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/teaching-sociology-in-higher-education-pedagogical-practices-possibilities/
• 03-05/04/2024: Invited panelist at the British Sociological Association’s (BSA) Virtual Annual Conference 2024: Crisis, Continuity and Change. Panelists: Jenny Davis, Vassilis Galanos, Susan Halford, Dan McQuillan and Lucy Suchman. https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/bsa-virtual-annual-conference-2024/
• 13/03/2024: ‘From AI Grotesque to GAI Kitsch: Choreographies of Content Moderation and Political Correctness.’ Guest lecture at the NYU Shanghai-based course Synthetic Media. https://ima.shanghai.nyu.edu/events/synthetic-media-guest-talk-vassilis-galanos-ai-grotesque-genai-kitsch-choreographies-content
• 22/02/2024: Invited lightning talk at the ‘Staff-Student workshop on Generative AI and the University’ hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Theme: ‘Are two more-than-halves spurious? Sociopolitical underpinnings behind adoption rates of Generative AI in casualised Higher Education: An actionable critique’. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staff-student-workshop-on-generative-ai-and-the-university-tickets-818315733387 https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Staff-+Student+WorkshopA+Generative+AI+and+the+University+-+24-02-22/1_t4865s9d
• 11/02/2024: Guest lecturer at the course Controversies in the Data Society, University of Edinburgh. Theme: 'The Social Construction of AI as Existential Risk: Stories of Expectations and Expertise'. https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Dr+Vassilis+Galanos%2C++%27The+Social+Construction+of+AI+as+Existential+RiskA+Stories+of+Expectations+and+Expertise%27/1_wbha3gcg/48781431
• 17/01/2024: with Dr Bronwyn Jones. ‘Responsible Generative AI? Informing the Agenda for Journalism Education’. Presentation at the Association for Journalism Education (AJE)’s conference ‘AI: challenges and opportunities in journalism education’. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-challenges-and-opportunities-in-journalism-education-tickets-744964046517
• 09/01/2024: ‘To have done with AI and Internet Summer/Winter Narratives: Can History Cure the Hype?’ Presentation at the Archives of IT Forum on the Histories of the Internet. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-of-it-forum-on-the-histories-of-the-internet-tickets-691738758247 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYNyn3FCF7c
• 10/11/2023: ‘From AI Grotesque to GAI Kitsch: Choreographies of Content Moderation and Political Correctness’. Invited talk at the AI versus Art Conference at the Athens School of Fine Arts. https://docs.google.com/document/d/135GxSpmxXrWGX5VVNC3yNeS3AXtxD9XIcrT9P5c1eUM/edit?fbclid=IwAR3vAC7WH8EVfMHc2_KdAI1c3qRGEKcciTNWN0uQB1gDs-39qPKRZPZGql8
• 04/05/2023: ‘Disrupting the Class, Corrupting the Youth: The Internet Studies Rap DJ Set.’ Alternative format presentation at AsSIST-UK: DISruption Conference 2023, Manchester, 4 and 5 September 2023. https://assistuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Published-Conference-Programme-01Sep2023.pdf
• 28/06/2023: ‘OpenAI's GPT-3 and ChatGPT: preempting the enemy by making it an ally in critical algorithm studies.’ Presentation at the University of Edinburgh's Learning and Teaching Conference 2023, ‘Investigate, inquire, innovate: exploring research-informed teaching practice', Edinburgh, 27-28 June 2023. https://universityofedinburgh.eventscase.com/EN/learningandteachingconference2023/Conference-Schedule Full video: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learning-teaching-conference-2023/a4/
• 27-29/06/2023: ‘Monstrous AI as an Existential Threat: How Dystopian Thinking in the Press Triggered Utopian Thinking in Policy’ Presentation at the panel Media Dystopias in European Societies: Mapping a Variegated Field at the 29th Int'l Conference of Europeanists: Europe's Past, Present and Future: Utopias and Dystopias, ,June 27-29, 2023, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/2023-conference-program/
• 21-06-2023: Invited panelist at Panel: Shaping the Future: Will.A.I?. 29th IEEE ICE IEEE/ITMC (International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Innovation) Conference 2023 Shaping the future: Data-driven Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Edinburgh, 19-22 June 2023. https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ice-2023/programme/
• 17/06/2023: ‘ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Preempting the enemy by making it an ally in critical algorithm studies’ Invited talk at NITIM (Networks, Information, Technology and Innovation Management) Doctoral School, Edinburgh, 15th-17th June 2023. https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ice-2023/
• 05-06/06/2023: Vassilis Galanos, Addie McGowan, Kath Bassett, Liz McFall, James Henderson, Oliver Escobar. Working and experimenting with Data Civics: Community Leadership in North Edinburgh. Presentation at Una Europa International Conference on Cultural Heritage at Urban and Metropolitan Peripheries will take place at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne on 5–6 June 2023. https://www.una-europa.eu/calendar/international-conference-cultural-heritage-at-the-urban-and-metropolitan-peripheries
• 25/05/2023: ‘Historicising the Parallel Evolution of Conceptualisations and Promises in Artificial Intelligence: Media Archaeology, Meet the Sociology of Expectations.’ Presentation at ICA Preconference: History of Digital Metaphors (May 25, 2023), ICA Communication History Division, Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto. https://digitalmetaphors.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/program/
• 18/05/2023: ‘Socio-Temporal Paradoxes between Screens and Spans: Can there be a Sociology of Increasingly Decreasing Duration?’ Presentation at New Directions conference, Sociology, University of Edinburgh. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-directions-conference-2023-tickets-629351606597
• 12/05/2023: ‘Tale of Three Toxicities: e-Waste, Online Harms, and Quantified Selves.’ Invited guest lecture and workshop at the course Organizational Digital Transformation (ODT) organised by Dr Luis Soares, as part of the Master in Communication Studies: Strategic Communication and Leadership at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Catholic University of Portugal (Faculdade de Ciências Humanas da Universidade Católica Portuguesa).
• 25/04/2023: ‘ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Arguments from a semester with large language models in class.’ Presentation at The Platform Social Inaugural Workshop, April 25, University of Edinburgh. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-platform-social-inaugural-event-tickets-609304685717
• 03/12/2022: ‘Socio-Temporal Paradoxes between Screens and Spans: Average Duration of Moving Visual Works, Technical Limitations, and Social Demands from Outdoor Theatre to TikTok.’ Presentation at AMPS conference Representing Pasts - Visioning Futures (track The Site as Screen and Surface), co-organised by Queen’s University Belfast,| Cape Peninsula University of Technology, National University of Singapore, 01-03 December 2022. https://amps-research.com/conference/visioning/
• 25/11/2022: Historicising the Parallel Evolution of Conceptualisations and Promises in Artificial Intelligence: Media Archaeology, Meet the Sociology of Expectations. Presentation at Simposio Internacional en Historia y Teoría de Medios 2022 / International Symposium on Media History and Theory 2022 (SHM2022), 24-25 November 2022. https://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/inicio/campanas/simposio-internacional-historia-medios
• 10/11/2022: Dominguez, A. & Galanos, V. A Toolkit of Dilemmas: Beyond debiasing and fairness formulas for responsible AI/ML at IEEE SSIT International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022 [ISTAS 2022] (track 11 Social Choice and Decision Complexity). https://www.istas22.org/program/track-11/
• 31/09/2022: Ponce Del Castillo, A. & Galanos, V. Between Governance and the Everydayness of Gig Work, Algorithms, and the Broader Social Picture. Reimagining Platforms symposium at the University of Edinburgh. https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/reimagining/
• 15/01/2022: McFall, L, McGowan, A. & Galanos, V. ‘"We don't do digital, we dig it all": Experimenting with ‘Data Civics’ methods to support urban regeneration in Granton, Edinburgh’. Featured presentation following the ‘The Culture & Communities Mapping Project’ book launch event hosted by Morgan Currie and Melisa Miranda Correa. https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/events/book-launch-culture-communities-mapping-project
• 01/06/2022: “Why so Few AI Practitioners in AI Policy? Specialist Views on Questions of Control, Regulation, and Participation in Highly Promissory Environments.” at panel “STI policies and coproduction” (also chair). Eu-SPRI 2022 conference Challenging Science and Innovation Policy, Utrecht, Netherlands. https://euspri2022.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/556/2022/05/EuSPRI-2022-Programme.pdf
• 20/10/2021: “The Interplay of Mythological/Religious Narratives and Contemporary Social Shaping of Artificial Intelligence” invited talk at the Can Science Create Societies?, Colloquia in Intelligent Systems, Measurements, and Actuators (CISMA) Webinar Series. https://nitter.poast.org/CISMA_Colloquia
• 06-09/10/2021: “Expectations And Expertise: Can STS And AI Benefit from each other?” at panel “Metaexpertise? STS, Metascience, and Data Science - I: The Technologies of Meta-expertise” at the 2021 Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), Toronto, 6-9 October, 2021.
• 06-09/10/2021: Detfurth, N. E., Baumgartner, R, & Galanos, V. “AI in Medicine: from Expert Systems to Deep Learning and Algorithm-driven Health Care” at panel “The Prediction Factor: Medical Decision in the Age of Big Data - II: Concerns about the prediction factor: regulation in question?” at the 2021 Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), Toronto, 6-9 October, 2021.
• 20-21/05/2021: “Expectations and Expertise: can Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) learn and benefit from each other?” In panel: “The future of STS” at the Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference 2021: STS and the Future as a Matter of Collective Concern, Copenhagen Business School, May 20-21, 2021
• 13/03/2021: “Lafcadio Hearn and the Eco-ethics of Rinri as Artificial Intelligence Ethics: Travelling through the Uncanny Valley of Exoticism and Empiricism in Robotic and Ghostly Japan.” Invited talk at the webinar Lafcadio Hearn’s Journey into Culture, co-hosted by the Department of Tourism Management, School of Economics and Business at the University of Patras and the School Life and Education Museum at the National Centre of Research and Preservation of School Material, Athens, Greece. Available at: https://youtu.be/9zeRzMFjjK4?t=10946
• 12/03/2021: “Artificial Intelligence: the hype, the hope, the horror, and the journey to the AIknown.” Invited talk at the Scottish Seniors Computer Club’s Musselburgh group, Edinburgh.
• 03-05/03/2021: Galanos, V. & Williams, R. “Towards a Responsible Framework. Machine Learning in Radiology: Balancing Between Accuracy and Instability and Learning from Past Pitfalls.” Presentation at the Discourses and Knowledge Production panel, part of the Online Conference Fair Medicine and Artificial Intelligence organised by the Center for Gender and Diversity Research at the University of Tübingen.
• 26/02/2021: “The Role of Narratives in the Social Shaping of AI, Digital Realities, and Blockchain infusing innofusion with mythology, science fiction, psychology, and policy.” Invited talk at the Digital Inclusivity and Blockchain Event, organised by the School of Management and nChain at the University of Swansea.
• 27/01/2021: “The interplay of expectations and expertise in the construction of artificial intelligence (AI): insights from historical, sociological, and political groundings.” Invited talk at the Digital Future for Business & Society: Perspectives on AI Challenges and Opportunities seminar series co-hosted by the School of Management’s Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) at the University of Swansea and the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune, India at the University of Swansea. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa1Dp62iNzs
• 15/12/2020: "Homo Viator, where are we going? Nomadic life in platform economy - hitchhiking, backpacking, CouchSurfing, AirBnB, and Booking" (In Greek). Invited talk at the course Introduction to Tourism at the Department of Tourism Management, School of Economics and Business at the University of Patras.
• 08/12/2020: "Technoscientific knowledge, artificial intelligence, and ethics: Problems, preditctions, promises, prophecies, and proactive thinking" (In Greek). Invited talk at the course Bioethics at the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 20/10/2020: "Technoscientific knowledge and machine learning: Challenges and opportunities, judgement and reckoning, accuracy and instability." Invited talk at the postgraduate course Foundation in Responsible Research and Innovation, taught at part of the UKRI CDT in Biomedical AI.
• 29/11/2019: "Journey into the AIknown: Experiential Questions Concerning Expanding Experts, Exponential Expectations, and Expatriated Researchers" Invited lecture for the Welfare Access Through Technology research group (WATT) at the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, OsloMet, Norway.
• 06/11/2019: "From Hysterical AI to Historical AI: Lessons from AI’s history, or, How to Survive a New AI Winter" Introductory talk prior to the AI Ethics & Society research group's screening of BBC TV’s June 1973 Lighthill Controversy Debate INSPACE, Informatics Forum, 1 Crichton St, University of Edinburgh.
• 04/09/2019: "The Inadequacy of Laboratory Studies and the Usefulness of Interviews in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics" Presentation at the panel Lab Studies Reloaded? Machine Learning, Ethnography, and Critical STS as part of 4S 2019, New Orleans, organised by the Society for Social Studies of Science.
• 20/05/2019: "Questions Concerning Fair Machines: AI ethics turning Japanese, I think they’re turning Japanese, I really think so (maybe)" Presentation at the panel Fair machines: Student perspective on Data Justice and Ethics (High School Yards Teaching Centre, G.02) as part of the Data Justice Week - with support from the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and the Centre for Research in Digital Education.
• 16/05/2019: "Journey into the AIknown: Hypes, Hopes, Horrors of the Singularity" Presentation at Merging Human and Machines: Not-So-Far-Futures, a series of brief presentations and facilitated panel Q&A delivered as part of the Scottish Government's Learning at Work Week, hosted by Robert Pembleton and organised by Dave McNab.
• 09/05/2019: "Journey into the AIknown: Experiential Questions Concerning Expanding Experts, Exponential Expectations, and Expatriated Researchers" Presentation at the 2019 STIS/ISSTI PhD Days at St Cecilia’s Hall - Concert Hall, Edinburgh, 9-10 May 2019.
• 29/03/2019: "Beyond Robodemons and AIngels: Expanding Expertise, Extreme Expectations, Polarised Promises, Hypes, Hopes, Horrors from the Early Steps of AI to the Singularity." Invited lecture at the seminar AI: Demon or Angel. The Singularity, part of the Controversies in the Data Society seminar series, organised by Dr James Stewart with the support of the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI).
• 22/03/2019: "Beyond Robodemons and AIngels: Expanding Expertise, Extreme Expectations, Polarised Promises, Hypes, Hopes, Horrors from the Early Steps of AI to the Singularity." Invited talk at the panel Is the Hype in A.I. Justified?, chaired by Dr James Stewart and organised by Jonathan Smellie, together with Dr Guido Sanguinetti, Dr Ben Alison, and Dr Ian Poole, Friday 22nd March 2019, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSNnBHTRd0k
• 17/12/2018: “Exploring expanding expertise: artificial intelligence as an existential threat and the role of prestigious commentators, 2014–2018.” Presentation at the Science in Public 2018 Conference Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th December, Cardiff University.
• 18-19/09/2018: “Artificial Intelligence does not Exist: Lessons from Shared Cognition and the Opposition to the Nature/Nurture Divide.” HCC13: This Changes Everything panel in IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, part of the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress: Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World: Opportunities and Threats in Poznań, Poland. https://ifipwg97.org/workshops/
• 16/07/2018: “Reflections on the Uncanny Valley.” Presentation at the Uncanny Bodies Workshop (co-organised by Dr Gill Haddow), 16-17 July 2018, Edinburgh.
• 28/06/2018: “The Moral Question Concerning Sex (and) Robots: Nonhuman Liberation from Viral Diseases or Ultimate Objectification?” Presentation at the Sex, Death, Disease, and Conflict: The State and Morality 1864-1964 symposium Thursday 28th June 2018, Newcastle University.
• 18/05/2018: “Extreme Expectations and Expanding Expertise in Policy Documents Concerned with Artificial Intelligence in the UK, US, and EU: A Preliminary Taxonomy, and an Invitation for Empirical Work.” Presentation at the Technology and Innovation Management session at the 24th Annual SPRU PhD Forum, 17-18 May 2018, University of Sussex. (An expanded version of this presentation is forthcoming as a paper in Technology Analysis and Strategic Mangement).
• 19/02/2018: “The Luciferian Nature of Information and the Informational Nature of Lucifer: A Discordian Understanding of the Cryptic Resurgence of Satanic Principles in the Information Age.” Presentation at The Postmodern Occult: A Witchcraft Symposium, University of Edinburgh.
• 05-06/12/2017: “Sociology of Extreme Expectations: The Case of Artificial Intelligence”. Poster presented at PACTMAN: Trust, Privacy and Consent in Future Pervasive Environments (EPSRC-funded project on Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security in the Digital Economy.)
• 25-27/01/2017: “The Double Meaning of ‘Replacement’ and the Moral Value of Human and Nonhuman Inforgs: Crossroads of Philosophy of Information and Actor-Network Theory” Improving Quality of Life Through Information: the XXV Bobcatsss Symposium, Tampere, Finland, January 2017. http://bobcatsss2017.com/
• 02-07/07/2014: “Floridi/Flusser: Parallel Lives in Hyper/Post-History”. At the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) 2014 conference. https://www.iacap.org/conferences/iacap-2014/
• 24/01/2015: ‘Post-Aristotelian Proposals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Becoming-Slave and Becoming-Free when Psyche isn't the Primary Value’ (in Greek). 6th Conference of the Philosophein: Episteme, Evnoia, Parrhesia journal: “Aristotle: Human, Science, Metaphysics.” Thessaloniki. https://www.emakedonia.gr/synedrio-gia-ton-aristoteli-108747
• 29-31/01/2013 “The Librarian's Equilibrium: Cycles and Epicycles, Centers and Epicenters of Information Revolution”. At Bobcatsss 2014 Library (R)evolution: Promoting Sustainable Information Practices, Barcelona. https://web.ub.edu/en/web/actualitat/w/conference-bobcatsss-barcelona-2014
• 23-24/01/2013 ‘Dialectic Relations of Nomadism and Idiotism in the Post-Modern Global Village: The New Form of 'City' in the Internet Space.’ At Bobcatsss 2013: From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries “InsideOut.” Ankara. https://www.openaccess.hacettepe.edu.tr/handle/11655/11558?locale-attribute=en
• 23/11/2011: Invited presentation of my BSc thesis ‘The Impact of Information on Cultural Product’ as part of the demonstrations on behalf of the Department of Librarianship and Information Systems at the Hellenic International University (former Alexander Technological Education Institute of Thessaloniki) for the purposes of external evaluation.

Other Related Activities, Public and Academic Service/Citizenship

• 20/07/2026: Invited and hosted the public hybrid event (total of 75 attendees) “Automated Classrooms from the 1960s to the present day: is there a future?” with invited speakers Barbara Hof (University of Lausanne), Apolline Taillandier (University of Cambridge), and Ben Williamson (University of Edinburgh, formerly Stirling) as part of the AI Ethics & Society series. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/automated-classrooms-from-the-1960s-to-the-present-day-is-there-a-future-tickets-1983996859013
• 04/2026: Reviewed the book Ponce Del Castillo, A. (2026, Ed.). Governing artificial intelligence in the higher education sector. Brussels: The European Trade Union Institute. https://www.etui.org/publications/governing-artificial-intelligence-higher-education-sector
• 10/06/2026: Co-organised the 2nd Queer Data Showcase in collaboration with other AI Ethics & Society members at Home, Manchester, hosted by performer Mystika Glamoor, being “a curated selection of works presented by artists, academics, activists and anyone else who works with – or is interested in – queer data as material, concept, process and problem.” https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data-showcase-tickets-1987809679261
• 14/05/2026: Invited and co-hosted with Prof Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh) a free public screening of Valerie Veach’s documentary “Ghost in the Machine” about AI supply chains and history as part of the AI Ethics & Society series. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-ghost-in-the-machine-2026-tickets-1987333105817?aff=oddtdtcreator
• 12/05/2026: Organised and chaired the panel ‘Hype and Hyperbole - Fake it until you make it?’ with Vassilis Galanos, Robin Williams, James Mittra, Huayu Xin at the 2026 Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI) Retreat.
• 23/04/2026: Acted as “90% Reader” for the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim), offering thorough engagement with a PhD candidate’s work. The PhD thesis is titled “Practices, power, and performativity: A feminist technoscience exploration of AI imaginaries of work,” authored by Silvia Ecclesia.
• 14/04/2026: Organised and hosted the hybrid event ‘Education as reproduction: a neo-Marxist analysis on tech hype in education’ with speaker Dr Sara Black (King’s College London) as part of the AI Ethics & Society series. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-as-reproduction-a-neo-marxist-analysis-on-tech-hype-in-education-tickets-1983996007466?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
• 31/03/2026. Co-organised with Computer Science colleagues and chaired the AI & Government Edition of our Unhyped AI Seminars with guests Alberto Franzin (EU AI Office, Unit A3, AI Safety) and Christos Christodoulopoulos, (Principal Technology Adviser at ICO, formerly Responsible AI at Amazon) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unhyped-ai-seminars-ai-government-edition-tickets-1984603016045
• 18/03/2026-present: Acting as external examiner for the new MA Education Futures and Technology (School of Education, Communication & Society, King’s College London).
• 26/02/2026: Organised the event ‘Models vs infrastructures? The role of digital twins’ hype in anticipation’ with invited guest Ola Michalec (Bristol Digital Futures Institute, University of Bristol) as part of the AI Ethics & Society series. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/models-vs-infrastructures-the-role-of-digital-twins-hype-in-anticipation-tickets-1982716043058
• November 2025-January 2027: Disinformation after Generative AI and Synthetic Data - Special Issue of Information Polity. With Prof Maarten Hillebrandt. https://www.crisp-surveillance.com/blog/253327/disinformation-after-generative-ai-and-synthetic-data
• September 2025: Co-organised, co-facilited, co-designed, and DJed at the first international Hype Studies Conference at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. 400+ registered participants, 80 presentations in 20 panels, 15 workshops, 8 artworks, and 5 short films. https://hypestudies.org/conference
• 30/09/2025: Reviewed a book proposal for Bristol University Press.
• 2025-present: Programme Director BA (Hons) Business Studies at the University of Stirling.
• 2025-present: Member of the University of Stirling’s AI Advisory Group committee.
• 2025-present: Member of the University of Stirling’s Academic Panel (Taught).
• 2024-present: Launched the Critical Hype Studies international research group. Now with a website, presently drafting a multiauthored position paper (that I am leading), co-organising a two-day conference in Barcelona, and several other events. https://hypestudies.org/
• 2024-present: Founding member of the Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing’s (HaPoC) Working Group on Data Sharing. https://hapoc.org/working-group-on-data-sharing/
• 2023-present: Associate Editor - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=ctas20
• 2020-present: Reviewer for the journals AI & Society; Science, Technology & Human Values; Technology Analysis & Strategic Management; Computer Law and Security; Review International Review of Administrative Sciences; BMC Health Services Research; Policy and Society; Science, Engineering and Technology; Journal of Big Data; Scientific Reports; Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Digital Society, Social Science Computer Review and IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.. Upon invitation, I have also offered reviews for numerous edited volumes or prestigious conferences. I have also offered commissioned reviews for two research grants.
• 2018-present: Co-organising numerous events, a bi-annual conference (Critical Perspective on AI Ethics (CPAIE2020). https://www.criticalperspectives-aies.com/), and doctoral colloquia as co-founding member of the AI Ethics & Society research group: https://www.ai-ethics.org/
• 10/12/2024: Contributed as stakeholder to the European AI Office’s multi-stakeholder consultation on the application of the definition of an AI system and the prohibited AI practices established in the AI Act. https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Prohibitions-and-Definition-Survey-2024
• 01/11/2024: Submitted findings and evidence together with Markus Krebsz at the UK Parliament’s call for AI and Mental Health Research Findings POSTnote Development. https://post.parliament.uk/approved-work-artificial-intelligence-and-mental-health/
• 20-22/09/2023: Expert intervention at the European Trade Union Institute's training Course ref. 2352-067 “AI in the workplace: data and algorithms,” September 20-22, 2023.
• 2023: Chairing conference panels various AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics and Society) conferences, including: Applying Education, April 26-28, 2023 (https://amps-research.com/event/virtual-applying-education/); Livable Cities, June 14-16, 2023(https://amps-research.com/conference/livable-cities-new-york/).
• 24/01/2023 and 07/02/2023: Expert consultation at the European Commission’s Robotics4EU Social Maturity workshop. https://www.robotics4eu.eu/
• 23-25/11/2021: Expert intervention at the European Trade Union Institute's “AI in the Workplace: Data and Algorithms” training workshop https://www.etui.org/training/ai-workplace-data-and-algorithms
• 26-27/11/2020: Worked as expert foresight advisor at the European Trade Union Institute's "ETUI Strategic Foresight Project - scenarios workshop." https://etui.org/About-Etui/Foresight-unit2
• 2018-2021: With my colleague Fiona Coyle, we served as STIS's PhD community's representatives. During that time, I also co-manage the STIS department's Twitter account (@UoE_STIS) and built its social media strategy.
• 18/11/2019: Inviting and chairing the talk "Botanic Gardens: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?" by David Ingram as part of the STIS Seminar Series, at Violet Laidlaw Room, Crystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh.
• 06/11/2019: How to Survive a New AI Winter: Lessons from AI’s history (Screening of the BBC TV debate between John McCarthy, Donald Michie, Richard Gregory, and Sir James Lighthill). Part of AI Ethics and Society research group, INSPACE, Informatics Forum, 1 Crichton St. University of Edinburgh.
• 04/04/2019: Screening of a theatrical performance of R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek and moderation of follow-up discussion on dystopian futures and promissory fallacies of AI. Part of AI Ethics and Society reading/discussion group organised by Sarah Bennett, Thursday 4th April 2019, Newhaven Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh.
• January-June 2018: Co-establishment with Dr Stephen Harwood (Business School) and Lukas Engelmann (STIS) of the Cybernetics Today reading group, which ran for 5 sessions during the second term and led to the emergence of an interdisciplinary cluster expected to facilitate more activities in the future.

-Further information, art and photography

• Sometimes I take pictures and I sketch. https://www.flickr.com/photos/onesec/albums
• Some of my pictures have been featured on online publications. Some include:
• Biegler, P. (2012). How We Evolved to Reject Climate Science. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-we-evolved-to-reject-climate-science-10711
• Pop, E. (2012). A Letter from New York: Romania’s Winter of Discontent. Transregional Center of Democratic Studies. The New School. https://blogs.newschool.edu/tcds/2012/02/02/romanias-winter-of-discontent/
• Sputnik Globe (2013). Tuva – A Land of Shamans and Horse Wranglers https://sputnikglobe.com/20130817/Tuva---kray-shamanov-i-tabunschikov-182783476.html (Pictures from my journey to Tuva, South-Eastern Siberia)
• Also featured in the Greek magazine Tachydromos and have exhibited three times in Greece.
• The following YouTube channel is my attempt at saving rare musical archives from oblivion. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTdk8oVdKsn4bfq64O4A6HA/videos
• My non-academic CV includes a noticeable career as a DJ in Greece and Copenhagen. I was recently invited to perform a DJ set on the Paris-based international Radio Flouka راديو فلوكة station. A recording can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/radioflouka/rapid-eye-movement-cinturon-negro-invites-onesecafterthelaughter-19-03-2024
• I was the executive producer for the short film ‘The Assassin from New Jersey,’ a 12-minute visualisation of a ‘horrorcore rap opera’ written nd performed by my late bandmate and friend Bdelygma, the first openly gay rapper from Greece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfj1plOFzIk
• Several people insisted that I should put here the link to this amazing moment in my life when I had the opportunity to jam with the legendary jazz band Sun Ra Arkestra back in 2010, so, there you go: https://youtu.be/naxejPdCzoU?t=300
• Comics, illustrations, film
• 15/06/2025: ‘Peristerra Inbetweencognita.’ Poem published with Interregnum. https://interregnum.ghost.io/peristerra-inbetweencognita/
• 18/03/2024: Executive producer, general director, and additional contributions for the film ‘Ο Δολοφόνος του Νιου Τζέρσεϋ’ [The Murderer of New Jersey], a horrorcore rap opera conceived and recorded by rapper Bdelygma. This film, directed and edited by Maximos Halbert, was released to commemorate Bdelygma’s unexpected death in 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfj1plOFzIk
• Reviewed at: https://thedirectorscut.gr/%CE%B2%CE%B4%CE%AD%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%BF-%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85-%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%8B/
• 2019-2021: I have been submitting short theoretical essays and 2-page black-and-white comics of nonlinear narrative to the bimonthly sociological, political, and artistic magazine Yusra [ISSN 2653-9438, in Greek] https://yusramag.wordpress.com/
• 01/05/2020: I have contributed with illustrations to the first two parts of the Adventures of Another Gringo who Wanted to be a Shaman novel-part fiction memoirs by Nathan D. Horowitz. https://www.amazon.com/Gateway-Mexico-Adventures-Nightime-Daydreams/dp/1790482712 and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bat-Dreams-Adventures-Nighttime-Daydreams/dp/1798219298/

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