We are delighted to share that Dr Tomislav Karačić, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, has been awarded LSE Research and Innovation funding for his project, “Faith and AI: Articulating Digital Futures Through Interfaith Dialogue.”
“It means a great deal to see this work recognised,” Dr Karačić said. “The idea behind it still surprises people, which is that faith traditions have something serious to offer the way we build and govern AI. More than 80 per cent of the world holds a religious worldview, yet these communities are almost absent from the rooms where the future of AI is being decided.”
The project will aim to establish the “empirical and institutional foundation for the LSE Faith and Digital Futures initiative” by bringing together faith leaders and AI governance experts. Together, they will tackle critical questions at the intersection of religion and technology: the erosion of dignified work, the displacement of human moral agency, and the replacement of embodied human relationships with artificial companions.
"What I am most excited about,” Dr Karačić continued, “is bringing leaders from across faith traditions together with AI researchers and policymakers to work through the hardest questions these technologies raise.”
“My ambition is for this to grow into a global hub, with LSE leading a field that will only matter more as AI reshapes everyday life. My hope is that this becomes the foundation for something lasting, and that LSE grows into the place people turn to when they want to think clearly about technology and what it means to be human.”
This project is one of the first of its kind, as no existing research initiative systematically convenes religious leaders with AI governance experts to co-develop grounded positions on these questions.
Thursday 25 June 2026