{"id":84,"date":"2023-02-14T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:21:16","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Academic staff:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Elisa Rubegni (group leader), School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Prof. Joe Finney, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Prof. Steve Hodges, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Abe Karnik,\u00a0School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Prof. Kate Cain, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Prof. Gert Westermann, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Marina Bazhydai, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\"><strong>PhD students:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Gail Collyer Hoar, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Kobi Hartley, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Molly O&#8217;Reilly Kime, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Luke Halpin, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Ben Tomczyk, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\"><strong>Visiting PhD student:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Aurora Castellani, University of Perugia, Italy<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\"><strong>Research Assistant and Associate:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Lorraine Underwood, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Hania Bilal, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Claudia Dauden, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Guste Deksnyte, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Dr Liz Edwards, Future Places Centre, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Jon Lee, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">John Vidler, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\"><strong>UG Students:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Ben Greenwald, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Morgan Evans, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Alex Baines, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: helvetica\">Lidia (Robin) Gruia, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2022\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.jpg 1767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Lorraine, Liz, Elisa, Joe and John at the <a href=\"https:\/\/idc.acm.org\/2023\/\">ACM IDC23<\/a> conference in Chicago (US).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_2805-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_2805-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/files\/2024\/07\/IMG_2805.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"> Elisa and Gail presenting the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3643834.3661526\">&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of weird talking to a sphere&#8221;: Exploring Children&#8217;s Hopes and Fears on Social Robot Morphology Using Speculative Research Methods&#8221; <\/a>at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dis.acm.org\/2024\/\">ACM DIS24<\/a> conference at IT Copenaghen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic staff: Dr Elisa Rubegni (group leader), School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK Prof. Joe Finney, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK Prof. Steve Hodges, School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK Dr Abe Karnik,\u00a0School of Computing &amp; Communications, Lancaster University, UK Prof. Kate Cain, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/members\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Members<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1571,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/tictac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}