Walter Osika MD, PhD

Board Member, Association for Responsible and Trustworthy AI: Z-Inspection®.

Center for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Walter Osika is Board Member of the Association for Responsible and Trustworthy AI: Z-Inspection®.

Walter is an associate professor in clinical neuroscience and physician specialized in internal medicine, cardiology, and psychiatry, now working where health, art, AI and human experience meet.

He co-founded the Center for Social Sustainability and the TEA Lab at Karolinska Institutet, and serves as Medical Officer in Neuropsychiatry in Stockholm.

The work has expanded from studying stress and cardiovascular disease to asking questions like: How do nature, music, art, relationships, technology, meditation and even altered states, shape our well-being and our ability to thrive?

Walter enjoys building bridges across fields and writing and teaching about stress, compassion, contemplative science, and sustainable health.

Walter was awarded a  Z-inspection® Teaching Certificate.