We welcome Prof. Dr. Roger Søraa and Silvia Ecclesia from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology University (NTNU). All the way from Trondheim, Norway, they present the four-year Horizon project "BIAS", researching AI, work, and bias.

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used in recruitment, from screening CVs to analyzing interviews. While it promises efficiency and fairness, it also risks reinforcing inequalities. The European project BIAS explores these issues from different perspectives, including social science research on how AI is understood and applied in hiring. This talk will provide an overview of the project’s aims and findings and then take a closer look at fieldwork with HR practitioners in Italy. These insights show how practitioners balance hopes for AI to make their work fairer with fears of replacement, and how ideas of bias and objectivity shape their trust in the technology.