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The KTH PhD Chapter has established a new AI Functionary position and appointed Mohit Daga to study the implications of artificial intelligence for doctoral education and support the Chapter’s work on this important question.

The Swedish Higher Education Act (Högskolelagen) states:
“The students shall have the right to exert influence over education at the universities. The universities shall work to ensure that the students take an active part in the work to further their education.”

The PhD Chapter anticipates that considerable work on AI and doctoral education will be undertaken at KTH in the coming years. The PhD Chapter Board will likely be called upon to discuss, evaluate, and vote on various proposals and decisions concerning these developments.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, particularly large language models (LLMs), has profound implications for doctoral education. For example, on 6 October 2026, OpenAI published more than 100 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts addressing numerous longstanding open problems. While their significance remains under scientific evaluation, such developments have implications for research in pure mathematics, theoretical computer science, and other related disciplines.

KTH offers several doctoral programs, each with distinct educational and research objectives. Moreover, doctoral education involves numerous stakeholders, both within and outside KTH. Given this diversity and the rapid evolution of AI, understanding its implications for doctoral education requires a broad and systematic examination of different perspectives.

The PhD Chapter’s new AI Functionary will examine the implications of AI for doctoral education, gather perspectives from program managers and relevant stakeholders in research education, and prepare a report for the PhD chapter Board identifying the different aspects of AI’s impact on doctoral education.

The findings of the report are intended to support the PhD Chapter Board in its representative responsibilities to evaluate future proposals from KTH, formulate the PhD chapter’s positions, and make informed recommendations to KTH.

The PhD Chapter board welcomes the members of the PhD Chapter to the First Chapter Meeting of the operational year 2026/2027, which will take place on the 30th of September 2026 at 17:30, at the PhD Chapter Hall “T-Centralen” (Drottning Kristinas väg 29). You can find the Summons here.

Please fill out this registration form if would like to attend the meeting and get food.

All doctoral students are welcome to join the Chapter Meeting, but note that you must be a PhD Chapter Member (that is, a doctoral student and paid member of THS, the KTH Student Union) in order to have voting rights during the meeting.  We will send a reminder email to all registered participants.

Motions to be presented at the Chapter Meeting may be submitted to board@dr.kth.se until 23rd of September 2026. The meeting agenda will be posted, on our website, at least four working days before the meeting.

Nominations are now open for the PhD Chapter Summer Elections! Want to make a difference, influence decisions at KTH, or just connect with fellow doctoral students? This is your chance!
Nominate yourself or a friend
Deadline:  May 17th at 23:59

Curious what the roles involve? Check out the full role descriptions.

Board roles are time-compensated, meaning you get that time back at the end of your studies, similar to teaching. Functionary roles are not compensated but offer valuable experience. The working language is English, and you don’t need to know Swedish. However, some KTH committee meetings are held in Swedish.

Voting will be online and open to all doctoral student THS members before the Chapter Meeting on 3rd June 2026, at 17:30 (T-Centralen). More information on online voting will be sent later.

Register for food at the Chapter meeting.

Questions? Reach out to board@dr.kth.se or nominations@dr.kth.se.