Professor of Cognitive Systems at Linköping University since 2016.
My research is in embodied cognition & social interaction, with a focus on people’s interactions with social robots, automated vehicles, chatbots and other types of “AI”. With a background in both computer & cognitive science, I also have a long-standing interest in the relation between computation and human cognition — and the misconceptions characterizing current discussions of AI.
I lead the Cognition & Interaction Lab, consisting of about 20 people doing research at the intersection of cognitive science and human-machine interaction, e.g., social robotics, human factors and cognitive systems engineering. We are part of the Human-Centered Systems division at IDA, the Department of Computer & Information Science.
Some recent work
- new Science Robotics paper on robot-assisted autism therapy (24 Dec 2025)
- “The role of Intentionality in HRI” (book chapter 2005)
- “Ironies of Social Robotics” (Science Robotics, 2024)
- “The Human Behind the Robot” (alt.HRI 2024)
- “Understanding Social Robots” (Artificial Life, 2023)
Funding
My research is currently supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council (VR), Forte (THCS), WASP-HS, and Norrköpingsfonden — as well as long-term funding from ELLIIT.