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June 20, 2025 15:30
Until June 20, 2025, 17:30 2h

Young Scholars Session

Arts Lounge
Speakers
Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University
Research Fellow, Harvard University
Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute
DPhil candidate in International Development, University of Oxford
Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University, Department of Government

Five young scholars (PhD students or those within 7 years of their PhD),  coming from diverse fields (social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, AI ethics, and art), share their insights, ideas, and reflections on this year’s theme. The session has been organised in affiliation with the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece of the University of Harvard

Programme

Children and AI: Habits, Agency, and the Shaping of Futures | Introductory remarks by Dr Nicolas Prevelakis,  Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University & Associate Director for Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.

Young Scholars:

  • AI Agents in Formal Education: Scientific Evidence and Guardrails for Children’s Rights (Abstract) | Ms Vicky Charisi, Research Fellow, Harvard University
  • Digital Natives or AI Dependents? Reconstructing Legal Capacity for Children in AI-Driven Environments (Abstract) | Dr Sky Ma, Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute 
  • Ethical AI for children in the Global South as an infrastructural challenge (Abstract)Ms Vasiliki Poula, DPhil candidate in International Development, University of Oxford.
  • Children Voicing Concerns: Imagining AI Futureworlds, Rethinking Subjectivity (Abstract) | Ms Eleni Tsatsaroni, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • A Care Ethical Approach to Children’s Agency in the Age of AI (Abstract) | Ms Hannah Kunzman, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University, Department of Government