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Roger Andre Søraa

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Roger A. Søraa is Professor in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at NTNU's Center for Technology and Society. He leads the interdisciplinary study group DigiKULT, which investigates how digital cultures shape society, and two large research projects: BIAS: Mitigating Diversity Biases in the Labour Market and Sociomaterial Transformations in Norway and East Asia (SoMaT). Søraa's main research focuses on how technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and robotics impact the daily lives and work of people. He has published widely, e.g. through the books "AI for Diversity" and "Digitalization and Social Change: A Guide in Critical Thinking", along with numerous journal publications, conference presentations, invited keynotes and science communication installations.

He is a member of NTNU's Remarkable Academic Fellows Programme and a Senior Researcher at NTNU Social Research.

Søraa has worked for the European Commission as an expert on technology, gender and diversity, as well as a reviewer for several national and transnational research funding agencies. Geographically, he works wit

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Very scant company presidents could rest in a conference room and casually explain why they’re about to enable the general public to enter their corporate headquarters and fondle the breasts of female staff for a modest donation to charity. Yet Tsuyoshi Shiba, chief of provocative porn channel Paradise TV, is one of them.

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Ai Nakajima

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