Thesis: Governance-Aware AI Orchestration in Public Sector Workflows

High Level Description
This thesis project investigates multi-agent AI orchestration architectures tailored for public administration. The study focuses on integrating specialized Large Language Model (LLM) agents with deterministic compliance controls, auditable decision trails, and cross-institutional adaptability to automate complex administrative workflows without compromising legal sufficiency or transparency.

Project Description
Modern administrative processes rely heavily on unstructured data, complex regulatory frameworks, and multi-step reviews. While single-agent LLM systems struggle with hallucinations, legal precision, and long-context compliance, modular multi-agent orchestration offers structured decomposition of administrative tasks.

This project involves prototyping and evaluating a multi-agent framework where specialized LLM agents (e.g., retrieval agents, policy critics, document extractors) collaborate under a central orchestrator. The system will process domain-specific public sector inputs (such as permit applications or policy documents) and enforce deterministic legal guardrails before presenting recommendations to human caseworkers.

Who are we looking for?

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related fields.

• Graduation in June 2027

• Fluency in Swedish, both written and spoken

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken 
  

Purpose
In this thesis, the candidate will investigate the following core areas:

- Evaluation of Orchestration Frameworks and Tooling

• Compare state-of-the-art multi-agent orchestration frameworks regarding task routing efficiency, latency, and system reliability within public sector constraints.
  

• Comparative Performance: Multi-Agent vs. Monolithic LLM Implementations
  

• Measure performance, hallucination rates, and legal/policy compliance when handling complex, rule-heavy administrative workflows using modular multi-agent pipelines versus monolithic prompting.
  

• Governance, Auditability, and Human-in-the-Loop Integration
  

• Design and evaluate audit logging and explainability mechanisms that trace agent decision paths, tool usage, and human caseworker edits.
  
  
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Practical Information
This is a thesis position, located at our office in Sundsvall. Start date January or March 2027.

Please submit your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2026-11-30. If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact johanna.edstrom@knightec.se. Note that due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our careers page.