Trustworthy Agentic Science Sleuthing
Abstract
GenAI risks flooding the scientific record with an order of magnitude more and better fabricated work. There are attempts to “fight fire with fire”, that is, scale up forensic metascience or “science sleuthing” with agentic workflows. But they .
In this project, you will therefore develop agentic workflows that can assist, accelerate, or even automate science sleuthing while ensuring their trustworthiness. The project builds on the “After the Flood” project, which uses futures methods to identify likely scenarios and required countermeasures for AI-accelerated scientific fraud. It is ideal for candidates with a background and interest in both forensic metascience or general quantitative social science methods and AI-assisted software development.
The project will sit within Prof ’s MODEL lab and Prof Sam Cooper’s , co-supervised by Dr , a leading forensic metascientists at the University of Bern.
How to Apply
Please contact Professor Sebastian Deterding if you are interested in applying for this project.
For more information on submitting a PhD application, please consult our application pages here. When you submit your application, please cite this project title in the 'how you are planning to fund your PhD' section.
The deadline for submitting your application is 11 January 2027.