Paper accepted at EMNLP 2026
Our paper “Speaker gaze and disfluencies during storytelling toward a robot or a human: The role of partner type and temperamental
Our paper “Speaker gaze and disfluencies during storytelling toward a robot or a human: The role of partner type and temperamental
As part of “Türen auf mit der Maus” 2026, a nationwide outreach initiative by WDR (West German Broadcasting), we collaborated with CNRS to offer
I am happy to share that our late-breaking work with Adriana Hanulíková, Disfluencies in robot- and human-directed narration: Preliminary findings on
In a new methods article in Frontiers in Communication, Katharina J. Rohlfing, Angela Grimminger, Kazuki Sekine, and I propose design principles
Our new paper, “The relation between children’s shyness and their contingent dialogical actions when reacting to a social robot’s instructions,” is now
Our paper “Robot speech: how variability matters for child–robot interactions” has been accepted and published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. In this
We’re excited to share that our workshop “Configuring Robot Roles for Children: Developmental, Communicative, and Ethical Dimensions Across Contexts and Domains” has
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
I’m excited to share that I will be transitioning to a new academic position at Heidelberg University in July 2025. After truly enriching
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