Anton Berg from HSSH’s Datafication Research Program succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Commercial image recognition representing religion" in the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki on Saturday 14th of December. Our warmest congratulations to Anton for his achievement!
The dissertation critically examines how commercial image recognition systems construct representations of religion, identity, and race, highlighting the biases embedded in these AI-driven technologies and calling for robust, interdisciplinary approaches to address their implications for societal and cultural understandings of religion. Click here to read the dissertation online.
Still to come, on Friday 20th of December HSSH’s Project Planner Visajaani Salonen will defend his dissertation in the Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki. The public defense will be held at Athena, room 302, Siltavuorenpenger 3 at 12.15.
Salonen’s disseration, and defense, is in Finnish and it examines the decline in Finnish students' mathematics competence, exploring the interplay of emotions, beliefs, and teaching practices on performance, self-concept development, and the relationship between learning outcomes assessments and matriculation exams, highlighting systematic curriculum impacts and advocating for advanced research methodologies to inform educational policy. Click here to read the dissertation online. The defense can also be followed online. Click here to access the stream.