Shan Wang
About
I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT), where I study the fairness and bias issues emerging from AI-enabled hiring. My doctoral research is part of the Horizon Europe project BIAS: Mitigating Diversity Biases of AI in the Labor Market. I am also part of the Centre for Gender Research and the DigiKULT research group.
Drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations with HR professionals, AI developers, and job seekers, my research examines how these actors interact with AI-enabled hiring tools and how fairness is constructed through their everyday practices. In particular, I approach fairness through the lenses of valuation studies and feminist technoscience, aiming to develop a relational understanding of AI ethics which situates ethical questions within concrete practices rather than abstract principles.
Beyond my dissertation work, I have organized and coordinated several workshops within the BIAS project and am responsible for designing and curating the science exhibition The Hiring Black Box. I work alongside colleagues from computer science, law, and other disciplines in the BIAS project, and I have contributed to a range of academic publications and practice-oriented outputs. I am also a co-initiator of the Feminist Organization Studies and Feminist AI reading groups at KULT.
Academic background
I hold an interdisciplinary background in media and communication studies, and anthropology. I received my MSc in Digital Anthropology from University College London, where my thesis was a digital ethnography of intimacy as co-constructed among the AI chatbot Replika, its users, and its developers.
Research Interests
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AI ethics
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Feminist technoscience
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Digital culture
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Digital labour studies
Please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions for my work, thank you.
Publications
2025
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Sandvik, Frida Englund;
Ecclesia, Silvia;
Wang, Shan;
Puttick, Alexandre;
Walawski, Jan Jakub.
(2025)
The Hiring Black Box.
Exhibition
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Wang, Shan;
Ask, Kristine.
(2025)
Editorial: Care, collaboration and AI
| Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Editorial
2024
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Ask, Kristine;
Moratti, Sofia;
Arntsen, Kim-Andre Myhre;
Wang, Shan;
Kristiansson, Nora Lovise Erika;
Nygaard, Birgitte.
(2024)
Editorial. Celebrating Young Scholars.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Editorial
Journal publications
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Wang, Shan;
Ask, Kristine.
(2025)
Editorial: Care, collaboration and AI
| Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Editorial
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Ask, Kristine;
Moratti, Sofia;
Arntsen, Kim-Andre Myhre;
Wang, Shan;
Kristiansson, Nora Lovise Erika;
Nygaard, Birgitte.
(2024)
Editorial. Celebrating Young Scholars.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Editorial
Artistic productions
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Sandvik, Frida Englund;
Ecclesia, Silvia;
Wang, Shan;
Puttick, Alexandre;
Walawski, Jan Jakub.
(2025)
The Hiring Black Box.
Exhibition
Outreach
2025
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Conference lectureEcclesia, Silvia; Wang, Shan; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2025) “The bias of thinking you’re unbiased” – attribution of bias in human-AI interaction for recruitment and its impact on trust. Artificial Intelligence, Politics and Societies
2024
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InterviewWang, Shan; Ask, Kristine; Kristiansson, Nora Lovise Erika. (2024) A pragmatic approach to building a field and doing STS Interview with professor emeritus Knut H. Sørensen.
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Conference lectureWang, Shan. (2024) Ethic valuation and agency distribution in AI-powered human resource management. STS Graz
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Conference lectureWang, Shan; Ecclesia, Silvia; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2024) Transmitting Expertise: Delegation between humans and non-humans in AI-based worker recruitment. Swedish STS conference
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Conference lectureWang, Shan. (2024) (Repositioning) AI as trickster in hiring process for bias mitigation. European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium
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Conference lectureWang, Shan; Ecclesia, Silvia; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2024) AI and ghost work in hiring processes: analyzing sociotechnical transformations in contemporary recruitment processes. EASST-4S conference
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Conference posterWang, Shan; Ecclesia, Silvia; Díaz, Xavier Sánchez; Søraa, Roger Andre; Øztürk, Pinar. (2024) Investigating the Ethical Dimensions of AI: An Interdisciplinary Approach Combining CBR and “It Could be Otherwise”. NorwAI Innovate Conference 2024
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InterviewAsk, Kristine; Wang, Shan; Kristiansson, Nora Lovise Erika. (2024) A pragmatic approach to building a field and doing STS Interview with professor emeritus Knut H. Sørensen.
2023
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LectureWang, Shan; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2023) BIAS first co-creation workshop: discussion on BIAS at work. Co-creation workshop on BIAS at work