Björn Fischer is Assistant Professor of Sociology (Science and Technology Studies) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at Lund University, Sweden, and earned his PhD in Technology and Health from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, and an MSc in Innovation Sciences, awarded with distinction for outstanding achievement, from Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Over the past ten years, Björn has advanced a research agenda that explores the dynamics of innovation processes, digital transformation, and emerging technologies in practice. His work draws on qualitative and ethnographic methods to investigate the practices of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics development and their implications for future societies. Amongst others, he has contributed to and led research in large EU-funded international collaborations, which examined the societal and ethical implications of robotics, AI, and digital technologies in the contexts of ageing, healthcare and manufacturing.

Most recently, Björn has been developing the concept of an “experiential ethics” of AI, grounded in the lived realities of humans in technologically mediated worlds, and is currently exploring how an understanding of human experiences in real-world settings can contribute to the development of experientially meaningful AI solutions in Singapore’s healthcare sector.

Currently looking for: PhD students, research fellows, assistants and other collaborators.

I am happy to supervise PhD students and Master students for qualitative and/or ethnographic thesis work, including but not limited to one or several of these topics: science and technology studies (STS), social studies of technology and science, ageing, care, AI & society, market studies, sociology of health. If you are interested please contact me at bjoern_fischer@sutd.edu.sg.