3rd Mission

Third Mission refers to research and educational outreach to predominantly non-academic communities.

Invited popular science talks:

Past talks:

May 18th, 2026 – Svanaortens Bygdegårdsförening, Högmåla Bygdegård i Ydre
Talk: “Kan vi lita på informationsflödet: Generativ AI, fake news och samhällspåverkan“
October 28th, 2025 – Senioruniversitetet i Växjö, Ullrikebergskyrkan
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
More than 100 people was in the audience!
October 28th, 2025 – Senioruniversitetet i Växjö, Ullrikebergskyrkan
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
More than 100 people was in the audience!
March 27th, 2025 – Folkuniversitetet’s “JU Live”, JU Library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, ”fake news” och framtidens science fiction”
Article: https://ju.se/center/spark/en/news/news-archive/2025-03-28-great-interest-in-ai-lecture.html
March 3rd, 2025 – Senioruniversitetet i Jönköping, Pingstkyran i Jönköping
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
More than 400 people was in the audience!
September 16th and 18th, 2024 – Senioruniversitetet Jönköping, Immanuelskyrkan i Jönköping
(held twice due to a very high number of registered participants)
Talk:“AI: från science fiction till verklighet”
More than 600 people joined the two lectures!
June 8th, 2022 – AI-Accelerator directed to start-ups, Science Park Jönköping
Talk: “A Tiny Taste of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”
September 30th, 2021 – AI-Dagen, ELMIA, Jönköping, Sweden
Invited to moderate the event as an AI scientist

*Image from AI Dagen, here Professor Ulf Johansson and I are talking about the future of AI with the audience (ca 500 participants).*

Talks booked as a speaker through Folkuniversitetet’s lecture series:

May 6th, 2026 – Handens library, Haninge
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
May 5th, 2026 – Eskilstuna library
Talk: “AI: Från science fiction till verklighet”
May 4th, 2026 – Lambohov library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
April 15th, 2026 – Finspång library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
April 14th, 2026 – Mantorp library
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
March 13th, 2026 – Oxelösund library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
March 18th, 2026 – Åtvidaberg library
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
March 17th 2026 – Järna library
Talk: “Kan vi lita på informationsflödet? Generativ AI, fake news och samhällspåverkan”
March 13th, 2026 – Nyköping library
Talk: “Kan vi lita på informationsflödet? Generativ AI, fake news och samhällspåverkan”
March 12th, 2026 – Gustavsberg library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
March 11th, 2026 – Sundbyberg library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
March 5th, 2026 – Värnamo library/Gummifabriken
Talk: “Kan vi lita på informationsflödet? Generativ AI, fake news och samhällspåverkan”
February 11th, 2026 – Sollentuna library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
February 10th, 2026 – Gnesta Library
Talk: “AI på gott och ont”
January 22nd, 2026 – Habo Library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
December 17th, 2025 – Valdermarsvik Library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, fake news och framtidens science fiction”
November 13th, 2025 – Företagarnas lokal i Kristianstad
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
November 12th, 2025 – Bromölla Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
November 10th, 2025 – Vingåker Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
November 6th, 2025 – Gnosjö Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
October 23rd, 2025 – Gislaved Library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, “fake news” och framtidens science fiction”
October 22nd, 2025 – Eksjö Library
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, “fake news” och framtidens science fiction”
October 8th, 2025 – Örkelljunga Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
October 7th, 2025 – “Kulturtisdag på Asecs”, Jönköping
Talk: “AI: Nobelpris, “fake news” och framtidens science fiction”
October 2nd, 2025 – “Föreläsningsserie i demokrati”, Söderköping Library
Talk: “Kan vi lita på informationsflödet? Generativ AI, fake news och samhällspåverkan”
October 1st, 2025 – Emmaboda Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”
September 30th, 2025 – Mönsterås Library
Talk: “AI från Science Fiction till Verklighet”

Social presence and participation in media

Interviews in news articles and magazines

May 25th, 2026
Interviewed and featured in Tidskriften Folkuniversitetet
“Framtidsspaning i Finspång”, by Johan Wangström
April 6th, 2026
Interviewed and featured in Jönköpingsposten
“Ge inte bort din röst till AI”
or download the article (in Swedish only): Article
Week 34, 2025
Interviewed and featured in Länstidningen Östergötland
“Samtal för stärkt demokrati” (Conversations for a stronger democracy)
Download the article (in Swedish only): Article

Appearances on Live Radio

April 16th, 2026 “Förmiddag i P4 Jönköping” (00:07:10 – 00:13:45)
Talked about how to think about using AI in election times.
Later, part of the recording was published separately at:
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/risker-med-att-anvanda-ai-for-politiska-valfragor-i-sverige
February 2nd, 2026, “Eftermiddag i P4 Jönköping“
Talked about the increase of AI-content on the internet, the “Dead Internet” Theory and AI-agents that “speak” to one another
August 26th, 2025, “Eftermiddag i P4 Jönköping”
Talked about the ups and downs of the new trend with “AI glasses”.
June 28th, 2024, “Förmiddag i P4 Jönköping” (01:58:10 – 02:04:10)
Talked about service robots in today’s society and how society will develop in the near future.
June 18th, 2024, “Eftermiddag i P4 Jönköping” (01:17:00 – 01:22:00)
Talked about computational creativity with respect to AI-generated humour.

Science outreach activities

Long night of the sciences 2015
Presented research
Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Non-academic projects:

AI Readiness
Project on AI transformations in the local industry
Collaboration between Jönköping University and Science Park.
Financed by the local municipality and EU regional