Day 1 - Wednesday, March 26, 2026
09:00 - 09:15
15 minutes
Welcome
Andreas Wolkenstein & Claus Beisbart
09:15 - 10:30
1 hour 15 minutes
Towards a Satisfactory Social Epistemology of AI-based Science
Inkeri Koskinen - Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki
Forward-looking trust in collective knowledge production
10:30 - 11:00
☕ Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
1 hour
Advising Agents: A Social-Epistemic Framework for AI Beyond Information
Philipp Schwind & Jörg Löschke - Trier University & University of Stuttgart
12:00 - 13:00
1 hour
Paternalism in AI
Alina Jacobs - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
13:00 - 14:30
🍽️ Lunch
14:30 - 15:45
1 hour 15 minutes
Against the Epistemic Authority of Generative AI
Thomas Grundmann - University of Cologne
15:45 - 16:00
☕ Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:15
1 hour 15 minutes
Inquiry by Proxy: On the Epistemic Role of LLMs
Johan Largo & Oscar Piedrahita - University of Luxembourg & University of Barcelona
17:15 - 17:30
☕ Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:45
1 hour 15 minutes
The Social Epistemology of AI-driven Science
Rico Hauswald
18:45 onwards
🍷 Drinks & Conference Dinner
Day 2 - Thursday, March 27, 2026
09:00 - 10:15
1 hour 15 minutes
Can AI Systems Generate Epistemic Goods?
Federica Malfatti
10:15 - 10:30
☕ Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:45
1 hour 15 minutes
Confronting Knowledge Collapse
Alessandro Corona Mendozza & Leonardo Santa Maria
11:45 - 12:00
☕ Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:15
1 hour 15 minutes
Trusting Relationships in Technicized Medicine
Saskia Nagel
13:15 - 14:30
🍽️ Lunch
14:30 - 15:30
1 hour
Rethinking Epistemic Authority in AI-Mediated Mental Health Care: The Case of Anorexia
Àger Pérez Casanovas
15:30 - 15:45
☕ Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:45
1 hour
"Doing Your Own Research" Meets AI. Epistemic Agency and the Limits of Chatbot Debunking
Piotr Litwin
16:45 - 17:15
☕ Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:30
1 hour 15 minutes
Must Medical AI Provide Understanding? A Social-Epistemological Perspective
Andreas Wolkenstein
18:30 - 19:00
💬 Final Discussion
19:00 onwards
🍷 Informal Drinks
Note: All presentations include 30 minutes for discussion. The workshop will take place at University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room B-102.