MSCA Doctoral Network on Knowledge and Practices for AI Governance Awarded

“We have been granted the project REGULAIRE, which will study regulatory learning in order to enable legislation in the context of rapid technological development. Together with 22 European partners, we will train 15 doctoral candidates, one of whom will be based here at LTH,” says Stefan Larsson, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at the Department of Technology and Society, and PI of the AI and Society research group.

REGULAIRE stands for Regulatory Learning for the Governance of Transformative Technologies, and the consortium is led by Technical University Munich. MSCA funding within the Horizon Europe framework programme is EU’s most prestigious research funding scheme for doctoral and postdoctoral training. In the 2025 call, 1,616 applications were submitted, of which 141 doctoral networks were approved, a success rate of under 9 percent.

“The premises for a MSCA-doctoral network are that doctoral candidates spend parts of their training with other consortium partners across Europe. REGULAIRE includes technical universities, business schools, social and legal scientists, and public sector actors, and we look forward to a valuable and important exchange within the network,” says Stefan Larsson.

Main focus of the project is regulatory learning, how institutions, lawmakers, and authorities in society adapt and learn in keeping pace with and govern technological development. Potential research tracks for the doctoral candidate at LTH include examining the issue of pace: how should new technologies such as AI, an exceptionally fast-moving phenomenon, be adequately regulated? Another track is to investigate public administration and the demands that technological development places on collaboration and coordination between authorities. Recruitment for the MSCA doctoral position will take place during the autumn semester 2026.