Humans & AI: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences
The 2027 Hannah Arendt Fellowships interrogate how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving – and being driven by – profound socio-cultural transformations. Rather than viewing AI merely as a technical tool, the programme approaches it as a complex socio-technical phenomenon that fundamentally reconfigures the relationship between human agency, forms of subjectivity, societal structures, and the public sphere. The framework invites inquiries that bridge abstract reflection and the lived experience of technological change, examining how AI is conceptually framed, historically situated, and contested within our common world.
The thematic scope allows for a broad range of methodologies, spanning both empirical and theoretical work, including contributions to the philosophy of science. Central areas of concern include the changing role of academia, questions of (collective) authorship, or the critical analysis of sources, examined through both historical and contemporary perspectives.
