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Paper Published in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, Special Issue „Mechanisms of learning from social interaction“
Our new paper, “The relation between children’s shyness and their contingent dialogical actions when reacting to a social robot’s instructions,” is now
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Paper Accepted in Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Our paper “Robot speech: how variability matters for child–robot interactions” has been accepted and published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. In this
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Workshop Acceptance at ICSR 2026 (London)
We’re excited to share that our workshop “Configuring Robot Roles for Children: Developmental, Communicative, and Ethical Dimensions Across Contexts and Domains” has
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Funding for Project on Ethics in Child–Robot Interaction
I am pleased to share that our project ECHO (Ethics in Child–Robot Interaction) (PIs: Nils Tolksdorf, Adriana Hanulíková) has received ethics seed funding from Heidelberg
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Joining Heidelberg University in July 2025
I’m excited to share that I will be transitioning to a new academic position at Heidelberg University in July 2025. After truly enriching
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Guest Editing a Special Issue on Variability in Child–Robot Interactions in Frontiers
Together with my co-editors Matthijs Smakman (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Denise Geiskkovitch (McMaster University), Mike Ligthart (VU Amsterdam), and Sofia Serholt (University of Gothenburg), I’m excited
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Talk at RuhrBots conference “Social Robots in the Public Sector”
In April, I had the opportunity to present our lab’s work on social robots at the second conference “Social Robots in the Public
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Two New Publications: Exploring Word Learning with Social Robots and the Impact of Shyness on Children’s Communicative Behavior
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Continued Research Exchange at Waseda University, Tokyo
In October and November, I had the privilege of returning to Waseda University in Tokyo for an extended research stay
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Two New Publications on Child Development and Language Learning
I’m excited to share two new publications resulting from collaborative research with colleagues: How Turn-Timing Can Inform about Familiarity with
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