Social Agentics: The Challenges and Opportunities of Agentic AI – Sept 19, 2025
Session Description
September 19 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Curious about agentic AI? Join Dr. Matt Ratto as he explores the emerging landscape of ‘agentic AI’—systems built to make decisions and take action on their own.
Learn more about the real-world challenges and exciting possibilities these technologies bring to the research, practice, and policy landscape, and why grounding their design in social and organizational contexts is essential for their success and meaningful integration.
Speaker: Dr. Matt Ratto
Dr. Matt Ratto is Associate Dean, Research and a full Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. His research explores the social production of knowledge in the context of emerging digital technologies and leverages critical theories and perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to develop novel insights and design paradigms. He is most known for his conceptual work on ‘critical making’ and its application in the creation of novel socio-technical systems.
