Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
I am a clinical developmental psychologist and a cognitive scientist. In my research, I adopt multidisciplinary analytical and theoretical approaches to study social interactions in humans and social artificial agents. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Portsmouth (UK) in 2015
My research mainly focuses on the development of social cognition in daily routine interactions as a participatory sense-making process, and particularly how situated practices and contexts (e.g. outdoor) shape social learning experiences. My methods span from quantitative to observational and ethnographic.
I'm a Wallenberg AI-Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) Assistant Professor and PI of the project Social Interactions with Autonomous Systems, https://wasp-hs.org/project/social-interaction-with-autonomous-systems/
Teaching
Teaching in 2023-2024:
- PSYD62HT23: Ungdompsikologi (Adolescence Psychology)
- PSYE60HT23: Interactions with Social Robots; Ethics in AI
- SASH92: Social AI Through the Looking Glass: Course Leader
Teaching
Main supervisor of doctoral students:
- Samantha Stetdler
- Gaye Askin
Research
Ongoing projects as PI:
- Movement Matters (MoMa): kinematic modelling and interpersonal synchrony in human-robot interactions, Crafoord Foundation (SEK 1 125 000, 2023-2025)
- Social Interactions with Autonomous Systems, WASP-HS (2021-2027)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
UKÄ subject classification
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- Philosophy
Free keywords
- Developmental psychology
- Social cognition
- Embodied cognition
- Language Socialisation
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Ethnomethodology
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Collaborations the last five years
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Exploring Frictional Design in Human-Robot Interaction: Delayed Movements
Brinck, I., Stedtler, S. & Fantasia, V., 2024 Jun 2. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Shared construction of social pretend play sequences at the Kindergarten
Fantasia, V., Moncalli, F. & Bello, A., 2024 May 29, In: Europe's Journal of Psychology. 20, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is there Really an Effect of Time Delays on Perceived Fluency and Social attributes between Humans and Social Robots? A Pilot Study
Stedtler, S., Fantasia, V., Tjøstheim, T. A., Johansson, B., Brinck, I. & Balkenius, C., 2024 Mar 11, HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Boulder: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1013–1017 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review
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Children and Young People’s Mental Health in a “Post-pandemic” Age
Fellin, L. C., Fantasia, V. & Callaghan, J. E. M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1447398.Research output: Contribution to journal › Debate/Note/Editorial › peer-review
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Handwriting in primary school: comparing standardized tests and evaluating impact of grapho-motor parameters
Sparaci, L., Fantasia, V., Bonsignori, C., Provenzale, C., Formica, D. & Taffoni, F., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reading and Writing. 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
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Girls just want to have Sc(AI)ence: creating a research network to fostering women participation in technoscience
Fantasia, V. (Project coordinator), Askin, G. (Research student), Larsson, S. (Project coordinator), Tanqueray, L. (Research student), Stedtler, S. (Research student) & Topp, E. A. (Project coordinator)
2025/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Network
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Social interaction with autonomous artefacts WASP-HS
Askin, G. (Researcher) & Fantasia, V. (PI)
2024/08/01 → 2028/08/01
Project: Research
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Movement matters (MoMa): Analysing kinematics of human-robots engagement in joint actions
Fantasia, V. (PI), Tjøstheim, T. A. (Researcher) & Balkenius, C. (Researcher)
2024/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
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Situated and embodied approaches to human-robots interactions
Fantasia, V. (PI) & Brinck, I. (Researcher)
2021/10/01 → 2026/09/30
Project: Research
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SIAA: Social interaction with autonomous artefacts WASP-HS
Brinck, I. (PI), Fantasia, V. (Researcher) & Balkenius, C. (CoI)
2021/01/01 → …
Project: Research
Activities
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Swedish Cognitive Science Society annual conference 2025
Fantasia, V. (Chair)
2025 Oct 7 → 2025 Oct 9Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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External member in PhD committee
Fantasia, V. (Commissioned member of Examining committee)
2025 Feb 14Activity: Examination and supervision › External Reviewer of PhD thesis/Opponent
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“Interactional and embodied perspectives on children’ssociality” International Workshop
Fantasia, V. (Contributor)
2024 Nov 26 → 2024 Nov 29Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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WASP-HS Annual Conference
Fantasia, V. (Participant)
2024 Nov 19 → 2024 Nov 20Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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Time and Sequentiality as key aspects in Joint Action Development
Fantasia, V. (Presenter)
2024 Oct 10 → 2024 Oct 11Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation