Summer School in Artificial Intelligence for Human Rights (Closed for application)
Intensive course taught by leading experts in the field
The Faculty of Law, Technology and Nordic Summer School with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights at the University of Lund are delighted to announce a Summer School in Digital Human Rights, which will take place in Lund, Sweden from 19 July - 8 August 2026. This will be a residential, advanced, and intensive course on the application of international human rights law in the digital age, which will be taught by leading experts in the field.
Topics covered
- Privacy in the digital age
- Freedom of expression online, including on social media platforms
- Businesses and human rights in the cyber context
- The regulation of artificial intelligence from a human rights perspective
- Freedoms of thought and opinion in the context of AI manipulation
- Technology innovation and digital governance
- Cybersecurity and emerging technologies
Eligibility
Because this will be an advanced course, applicants are required to have sufficient background knowledge of technology, human rights law,computer science, engineering and public international law.
- a masters degree in law, or a related field such as politics or international relations, or be currently enrolled in a masters program, with evidence of sufficient knowledge of human rights and public international law; or
- a Bachelor's degree in one of these fields, with evidence of a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience, such as work in legal practice, government, software development, technology policy, cybersecurity, research, or a civil society organisation.
Candidates must also have an excellent working knowledge of English.
Candidates that do not meet these requirements will be summarily rejected.
Costs
- Thanks to a generous donation in support of this course, there will be no course fee.
- The University of Lund will also provide nights of accommodation in Lund free of charge to international attendees.
- Admitted students will have to pay their own travel expenses to and from Lund.
- A limited number of travel grants will be available to cover these expenses, on a strict needs basis.
- Candidates who are also applying for a travel grant should include an additional short statement of no more than 200 words explaining the reasons for their grant application.
Visa
For those candidates who require a visa to enter Sweden/the Schengen area, the University will provide a letter of invitation to support their visa application. It will not, however, be able to provide any other form of assistance.
Application requirements
To apply, candidates must an application via the form: https://www.law.lu.se/webform/summer_school
- a statement of interest of no more than 400 words,
- a one-page CV
Applications that exceed these limits will be summarily rejected.
We do not accept applications via email.
Apply to Summer School in Artificial Intelligence of Human Rights (Closed for applications)
The course opens for applications on 1 Feburary and closes on 15 May. Registration form for participants who are not enrolled on a Master's programme in Technology at Lund University.
Important information regarding application documents
When applying for the summer school, you must include certain application documents. It is important that these are named in the format: firstname_surname_type of document. For example: john_smith_CV