Björn Ekström
@bjornekstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer, Information studies, University of Borås. bjornekstrom.github.io
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Björn Ekström
@bjornekstrom.bsky.social
· Oct 17
GenAI models come with 'Acceptable Use Policies'. They prescribe what is acceptable and what is not, like harassment discrimination, child harm, violence, fraud, spam etc. Good! But what’s almost never considered unacceptable? Harming the environment! We argue that this must change 👊 rdcu.be/eLiTR
Foundation models’ acceptable use policies disregard the environment and nature
Nature Machine Intelligence - Foundation models’ acceptable use policies disregard the environment and nature
rdcu.be
🆕 📄 in Nature Machine Intelligence. We argue that environmental considerations must be explicitly mentioned in foundation models' use policies and similar documents. Read here.
Call for abstracts to the workshop "The environment in times of AI hype: Interrogating digitisation in and for environmental governance, policy, and its constitutive processes".
To be held during the Nordic Environmental Social Sciences conference, 9–11 June 2026, Uppsala.
Abstracts due 8 Dec CET.
To be held during the Nordic Environmental Social Sciences conference, 9–11 June 2026, Uppsala.
Abstracts due 8 Dec CET.
Workshops
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Call for abstracts to the workshop "The environment in times of AI hype: Interrogating digitisation in and for environmental governance, policy, and its constitutive processes".
To be held during the Nordic Environmental Social Sciences conference, 9–11 June 2026, Uppsala.
Abstracts due 8 Dec CET.
To be held during the Nordic Environmental Social Sciences conference, 9–11 June 2026, Uppsala.
Abstracts due 8 Dec CET.
🆕 📄 in Nature Machine Intelligence. We argue that environmental considerations must be explicitly mentioned in foundation models' use policies and similar documents. Read here.
GenAI models come with 'Acceptable Use Policies'. They prescribe what is acceptable and what is not, like harassment discrimination, child harm, violence, fraud, spam etc. Good! But what’s almost never considered unacceptable? Harming the environment! We argue that this must change 👊 rdcu.be/eLiTR
Foundation models’ acceptable use policies disregard the environment and nature
Nature Machine Intelligence - Foundation models’ acceptable use policies disregard the environment and nature
rdcu.be
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🆕 📄 in Nature Machine Intelligence. We argue that environmental considerations must be explicitly mentioned in foundation models' use policies and similar documents. Read here.
Reminder about our workshop in Lund, Sweden, this October. Deadline approaching at April 17th!
🏞️📲 Call for contributions to Digitizing nature - a workshop on the use of digital environmental technologies in everyday life. October, 23 at Lund University.
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
March 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Reminder about our workshop in Lund, Sweden, this October. Deadline approaching at April 17th!
I tried KB-Whisper today. It is certainly impressive.
KB-Whisper - a KBLab Collection
Whisper models trained on over 50,000 hours of Swedish speech data.
huggingface.co
February 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I tried KB-Whisper today. It is certainly impressive.
🏞️📲 Call for contributions to Digitizing nature - a workshop on the use of digital environmental technologies in everyday life. October, 23 at Lund University.
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
January 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🏞️📲 Call for contributions to Digitizing nature - a workshop on the use of digital environmental technologies in everyday life. October, 23 at Lund University.
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
Please see the full Call for Contributions at environmental-communication.org/news/digitiz...
"[P]rompting practitioners to register the breadth of fieldwork activities to an increasing extent can demystify activities occurring in the setting and enable a new and hopefully more diverse set of participants."
informationmatters.org/2025/01/can-...
informationmatters.org/2025/01/can-...
Can the Exposition of Paradata Lead to Participant Diversity in Biodiversity Citizen Science? - Information Matters
Newcomers to voluntary environmental monitoring tend to struggle with continued engagement as current research indicates that young participants’ pace of reporting species slows down over time. Arguab...
informationmatters.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"[P]rompting practitioners to register the breadth of fieldwork activities to an increasing extent can demystify activities occurring in the setting and enable a new and hopefully more diverse set of participants."
informationmatters.org/2025/01/can-...
informationmatters.org/2025/01/can-...
How do researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences make use of research services and tools? Participate in this survey from the EU funded research project ATRIUM (Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities). atrium-research.eu/news/survey-...
Survey Participants Needed!
Facilitating access to digital research infrastructures and advancing frontier knowledge in the arts and humanities - across disciplines, languages and media.
atrium-research.eu
December 13, 2024 at 8:23 AM
How do researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences make use of research services and tools? Participate in this survey from the EU funded research project ATRIUM (Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities). atrium-research.eu/news/survey-...
I'm currently trying to write more essay-esque, and figuring out ways to improve my writing. I wish to, at least occasionally, escape this usual jargon of mine.
Read all sorts of things, write different types of prose, sure! But what else is there? How did you come to be an even better writer?
Read all sorts of things, write different types of prose, sure! But what else is there? How did you come to be an even better writer?
December 11, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I'm currently trying to write more essay-esque, and figuring out ways to improve my writing. I wish to, at least occasionally, escape this usual jargon of mine.
Read all sorts of things, write different types of prose, sure! But what else is there? How did you come to be an even better writer?
Read all sorts of things, write different types of prose, sure! But what else is there? How did you come to be an even better writer?
There is a new, beautiful website for Mistra Environmental Communication. Reframing Communication for Sustainability.
Mistra Environmental Communication
environmental-communication.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:26 AM
There is a new, beautiful website for Mistra Environmental Communication. Reframing Communication for Sustainability.