Project Coordinator, Prof. Cathrine Hasse, Aarhus University, has an expertise in studying the relation between learning and culture in organizations with a special focus on universities and technical laboratories as workplaces. She is trained as an anthropologist and a cultural psychologist and her many years of academic research into materialconceptual cultural learning processes has steadily increased her insights into a wide variety of engineering activities, physics at university level, as well as in schools. She was Coordinator of the FP7 project UPGEM that investigated gendered career paths in Physics in Europe.

Research assistant Jessica Sorenson, Aarhus University, completed her Master’s degree in Anthropology at Aarhus University. Her thesis project was an ethnographic study of decisionmaking among robot makers in Denmark, and how they negotiated values in their design processes. Her research interests are interdisciplinary collaboration and the role of materials in mediating interactions. Since 2016, Jessica has been with the REELER project, and since 2018 has provided administrative support for the research program Future Technology, Culture and Learning.

Postdoc Karolina Zawieska, De Montfort University, is a researcher in social robotics and roboethics. She earned her PhD in Inclusive Design & Creative Technology Innovation from the University College Dublin (UCD). Karolina is currently working in the REELER project as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility. Since 2014, she has been a member of Poland’s delegation to the CCW UN Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). She has also been involved in the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems.

Prof. Kathleen Richardson, De Montfort University, is Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI. She earned a PhD in Social Anthropology from University of Cambridge, for studying the making of robots in labs at MIT. As British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (BAPDF) at the University College London, she investigated therapeutic uses of robots for children with autism spectrum conditions. She has been part of the DREAM project (Development of Robot-Enhance Therapy for Children with AutisM), and the Digital Bridges Project, a technology and arts collaboration between Watford Palace Theatre and the University of Cambridge.

Prof. Andreas Pyka, University of Hohenheim, graduated in Economics and Management at the University of Augsburg in 1998. Thereafter, he spent two years as a postdoc at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in Grenoble, France. From 2002 to 2003 he held a guest professorship at the Austrian Research Centers "System Research" in Vienna and habilitated in 2004. Two years later he joined the University of Bremen where he became a professor for Economic Theory. In 2009 he was appointed to a professorship at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart where he has since held the chair for innovation economics.

Postdoc Ben Vermeulen, University of Hohenheim, works at the intersection of innovation economics and engineering. He earned a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Einhoven University of Technology, where he subsequently held a position as postdoctoral fellow. Within the REELER project, Ben has developed and used computer models to investigate the macro-economic impact of robotics and AI on the labor market, and to investigate evolutionary new product development & design processes and the role of market segmentation and the technological structure therein.

R&D Director Maria Bulgheroni, Ab.Acus, is an electronic engineer and director of Ab.Acus since 2006. Since 1995, she has been in charge of the R&D management for research centres, clinical centres, and private companies. Her expertise is in the pianification and management of research projects and in the design and development of software applications. Her main working fields are assistive technology, biomechanics, scientific and diagnostic instrumentation management, factory automation. She is also involved in teaching activities in academic and professional environments.