Patrícia Alves-Oliveira,

Human-Robot Interaction Researcher.

My research occurs within the interdisciplinary landscapes of Robotics, Psychology, and Design Research.

my cv is here.

I received a full PhD Scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal for a multidisciplinary international program in Human-Robot Interaction supported by 3 institutions: Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Dept of Psychology), Technical University of Lisbon (CS Dept), and Cornell University (Mech. Eng. Dept). I was supervised by Patrícia Arriaga, Ana Paiva, and Guy Hoffman. During my PhD I explored how social robots can be used to promote creativity in children.