Niklas Lidströmer

Niklas Georg Lidströmer (born 3 June 1974) is a Swedish physician, researcher, and author.

Lidströmer is a senior researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet. Lidströmer received a Master of Science (MSc) in 2000 and an MD 2002 from Uppsala University. He obtained medical license in 2005 and became a specialist physician in 2011. He earned a PhD at the University of Copenhagen with the thesis Artificial Intelligence Powered Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC) of Personal Health Records.

Lidströmer researches within artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and is a senior advisor within AI and medical applications. Lidströmer has launched the concept Global Patient co-Owned Cloud (GPOC) in several publications, including Nature Communications, BMC Digital Health., and American Journal of Bioethics Open research.

Lidströmer is editor-in-chief for the reference work, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Springer Nature (130 chapters, 1,858 pages), with a foreword by Eric Topol. Lidströmer is also editor for Artificial Intelligence in COVID-19, Springer Nature, together with Yonina C. Eldar, with a foreword by James J. Collins, published in 2022.

Niklas Lidströmer is the author of the monograph The AI Ideal: AIdealism and the Governance of AI, published by Elsevier. In this book, he introduces the new ideology, Aidealism and a few other new concepts. Here, he argues for a vision for ensuring AI strengthens democracy, ethics, and human dignity. Instead of allowing AI to concentrate power in the hands of a few, the book argues for a new global framework—one where AI serves justice, enlightenment, and human betterment.

Niklas Lidströmer is also a pianist and composer and has released three musical pieces for piano and organ. Niklas Lidströmer is son of the artist Louise Lidströmer, and the incumbent principal of the Swedish noble family Lidströmer.