Maja Fjaestad

Senior Advisor to the President at Karolinska Institutet. The position is newly established and aims to strengthen KI's position as an active and driving social actor.

I am also expert coordinator in policy and preparedness at the Centre for Health Crises at KI. In addition to my work at KI, I hold a position as adjunct professor at Luleå University of Technology and I am also connected to Umeå University. My previous roles include an associate professorship at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and a position as State Secretary for healthcare, as well as a position withing the European Commission.

Education, awards and commissions of trust:  

• Awarded the KTH Equality Prize
• Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA
• Associate Professor in technopolitics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Visiting graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.), Engineering Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

My research is on the interaction between society, technology and values in algorithmic decision making/AI and on crisis management.