[iva] One postdoc position in social robotics/ developmental psc., SITE research group

[Valentina Fantasia]

**APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING**

Dear colleagues,

the SITE research group has opened a postdoc position in a brand-new exciting research project (MEET) at the intersection between social robotics, ecological kinematics and developmental psychology.

A short description can be found below, and a more detailed description of the candidate profile can be found in the attached doc.

Please feel free to share the call with interesting and interested candidates, or contact me in case you have questions.

Thank you!
Valentina


24-months postdoctoral employment position, 75% - with the possibility of extension

Starting date: February 2026 - or shortly thereafter

Application Deadline: 23/12/2025

Location: SITE research group (led by Valentina Fantasia), Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden

Project description: MEET is a brand-new project funded by LMK, aiming at advancing current understanding of how humans feel in social interactions with robots by collecting data on interpersonal synchrony combined with a qualitative assessment of humans’ affective experience/perception of a social robot. MEET will benefit from the collaboration between SITE research Group at Lund University (LU), the division of Robotics, Perception, and Learning at KTH (Stockholm) and the LU MoRe lab (a detailed description of participants can be found below).

The project will combined data on movement coordination between humans and social robots in simple everyday activities, like cooking, walking together or dancing, and measure the human implicit and explicit feeling in those interactions. As a result, MEET will provide strong critical evidence on how interpersonal synchrony with robots influences humans’ feelings and perception of robots as helpers, partners threats, or simply as technologically-powered aids. The major breakthrough expected from MEET is technology-based advancements in designing and applying social robots in human everyday lives, with a strong ethical and human-centred connotation.

To apply please go to: https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:876363/




Valentina Fantasia,










Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science,
Lund University

How technology is re-shaping children's development - The Conversation<https://theconversation.com/how-technology-is-reshaping-childrens-development-the-good-the-bad-and-the-unknown-268148>


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Subject: One postdoc position in social robotics/ developmental pscyhology

Dear colleagues,

the SITE research group has opened a postdoc position in a brand-new exciting research project (MEET) at the intersection between social robotics, ecological kinematics and developmental psychology.

A short description can be found below, and a more detailed description of the candidate profile can be found in the attached doc.

Please feel free to share the call with interesting and interested candidates, or contact me in case you have questions.

Thank you!
Valentina

Position: 24-months postdoctoral employment position, 75% - with the possibility of 6 months extension.

Starting date: February 2026 - or shortly thereafter

Location: SITE research group (led by Valentina Fantasia), Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden

Project description: MEET is a brand-new project funded by LMK, aiming at advancing current understanding of how humans feel in social interactions with robots by collecting data on interpersonal synchrony combined with a qualitative assessment of humans’ affective experience/perception of a social robot. MEET will benefit from the collaboration between SITE research Group at Lund University (LU), the division of Robotics, Perception, and Learning at KTH (Stockholm) and the LU MoRe lab (a detailed description of participants can be found below).

The project will combined data on movement coordination between humans and social robots in simple everyday activities, like cooking, walking together or dancing, and measure the human implicit and explicit feeling in those interactions. As a result, MEET will provide strong critical evidence on how interpersonal synchrony with robots influences humans’ feelings and perception of robots as helpers, partners threats, or simply as technologically-powered aids. The major breakthrough expected from MEET is technology-based advancements in designing and applying social robots in human everyday lives, with a strong ethical and human-centred connotation.

To apply please go to:
https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:876363/





Valentina Fantasia, PhD

Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science,
Lund University

How technology is re-shaping children's development - The Conversation<https://theconversation.com/how-technology-is-reshaping-childrens-development-the-good-the-bad-and-the-unknown-268148>


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