Lina Ruth Harder

I am a PhD Fellow at the University of Bergen’s Center for Digital Narrative (CDN), where I study how artificial intelligence simulates historical figures. My work examines how chatbots, voice clones, and AI-generated images shape cultural memory, education, and storytelling. I focus on how large language models and conversational interfaces influence new narrative forms and their impact on audiences.

My approach is practice-based. I build and test AI-driven narrative experiences to understand how they shape our engagement with the past. Before starting my PhD, I worked in communication and curation at museums foundations in Germany, developing exhibitions and digital content. This background informs my blend of theory, creative experimentation, and critical reflection. I ask: Who owns an AI-generated likeness? How do we address bias and consent? What happens when archives fall silent or history is rewritten by machines?

I welcome collaboration, speaking invitations, and peer-review requests. I communicate in German, English, and French. If you are interested in working together on an exhibition, research project, or cultural initiative, please email me.

I’m bringing my work on AI, history, and ethics to audiences in the Netherlands, Brazil, and Norway in the coming year. My talks and lectures have taken me to the United States, Italy, France, and across Norway, and I designed and ran an online creative workshop with the Goethe Institute in Lisbon.

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
International - Member since 2025

Norsk nettverk for digital humaniora og kulturorganisasjon (DHKO)
Norway - Working Group 2025

STIP-HF, PhD Candidate Committee
Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen - Co-Chair & Member 2025

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