PhD Students

Divyaa Balaji

Development and Evaluation of an Intelligent Chatbot for Promoting Sexual Health

Erkan Başar

Developing Artificially Intelligent Conversational Agents Capable of Engaging Meaningful Long-Term Interactions

Anne Horvers

From Cold to Warm Learning Technologies: the Role of Emotion During Learning

Sari Nijssen (completed 2021)

Dimensions of Human-Robot Interaction: The Effect of Anthropomorphic Cues on Behavior Towards Robots Across the Lifespan

Baran Polat

An Adaptive Virtual Agent to Support Empowerment of People with Dementia

Simon Provoost (completed 2021)

Embodied Conversational Agents in Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Bridging the Gap Between Unguided and Guided Interventions

Sanne Tamboer (completed 2023)

News Literacy in Early Adolescents: Building a Theoretical Framework for Research and Practical APPlication

Marianna de Sá Siqueira

Chatbot Usability – Studying the Impact of Chatbot Behaviour and User Acceptance

Xin Wang

How are Stock Markets related to Social Media?

Marieke Wieringa

You’ve Made Me Happy, You’ve Made Me Sad: The Effects of Simulated Emotions of Robots on Affective Responses, Mind Attribution and Moral Considerations