May 2026

  • The PhD Student: Introducing Camilla Häggroth

    Camilla’s research explores whether GenAI can democratize access to justice by acting as a digital lawyer – available anytime, to anyone, for free. I study how this shift could transform individuals, institutions, and society itself.

    Camilla Häggroth
    1. What problem are you trying to solve, and why should people care?

    My PhD project explores how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are changing the legal profession and its role in society. Legal help can be expensive, difficult to understand, and not equally available to everyone. At the same time, AI-driven legal tools are starting to reshape how legal services are offered. This raises an important question: can digital innovation make legal support more accessible and fairer, or might it create new risks and inequalities? This matters because access to justice is a key part of a democratic society. If new technologies can reduce barriers linked to cost, language, and geography, they could help more people understand and defend their rights.

    1. What are you actually doing to tackle it?

    The project focuses on Sweden’s leading family law firm and the first to introduce a consumer-facing ‘Digital Lawyer’. I study how this innovation is developed, regulated, and integrated into legal practice. My research combines interviews with lawyers, developers, managers, policy makers, and users, together with observations of workshops and meetings, and analysis of internal and regulatory documents. I am particularly interested in how AI changes professional roles, business models, legal expertise, and ideas of trust, ethics, and legitimacy in a traditionally conservative field.

    1. What difference could this make?

    This research can deepen our understanding of how AI can be used responsibly in legal services. It may offer practical guidance for law firms, technology developers, and policymakers on how to balance innovation with ethics, accountability, and public trust. In the longer term, it could help shape digital legal tools that not only improve efficiency but also support social justice and widen access to justice.

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  • Field trip to Transition Lab in Gothenburg

    During our visit to the transition lab in Frihamnen, organised by Lab Futures Sweden (FUSE), participants from the City of Gothenburg, the City of Helsingborg, Halmstad University, Gothenburg University, and Chalmers University of Technology came together to explore how transition labs can support more sustainable and inclusive ways of living through practice. The visit focused on experiencing and understanding concrete ways of working on inclusion, prototyping, collaboration, and methods for citizen dialogue and co-creation, as well as on how such a lab can grow and evolve and how different actors contribute to its development. We learned about examples of non-profit, collaborative initiatives engaging diverse target groups. We learned that long-term work in Frihamnen has created opportunities for young people, including those with functional variations, to participate in activities such as sailing. At the same time, youth from across the city are involved in work within Jubileumsparken, all contributing to a shared ambition of creating a place where everyone feels welcome and can actively take part in shaping and developing the space. The work is a prime example of how transition labs can function as open, evolving environments that enable experimentation, participation, and collective learning across sectors.

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