My current work studies robots in public and I am particularly interested in the human wrangling work that makes robots (appear as) autonomous. I draw on a background in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, human-computer interaction and cognitive science to contribute an empirical understanding of how people interact with robots in everyday interaction. I draw on video recordings for analytical purposes and to develop methods for designing human-centered robots. My work advances interactional and embodied theories of human sociality and artificial intelligence.
Prior to my current position, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the WASP-HS AI in Motion project led by Barry Brown (Copenhagen/Stockholm) and Mathias Broth (Linköping), and a visiting researcher at the University of Nottingham (2025) where I collaborated with Stuart Reeves through a RAi UK international partnership. I graduated with a PhD in Language and Culture from Linköping University advised by Leelo Keevallik and Mathias Broth and I have been affiliated with Malte Jung’s Robots in Groups lab at Cornell University through multiple research visits. I hold a Dutch engineering degree in Interaction Technology from the University of Twente in the Netherlands and a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science from Osnabrück University, Germany.
Research Interests
- Robots in public
- Embodiment and Multimodality
- Interaction design
- Sound design