PhD studies in cognitive science

Since 2008 LiU has a 4-year PhD program in cognitive science, based at the Department of Computer & Information Science (IDA) and the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

Open PhD student positions are always announced on the university's central pages for vacancies, i.e. here (in English) and/or here (in Swedish).

Current PhD Students

Sofia Thunberg - Social robots in elderly care

Emma Mainza Chilufya - Virtual agent design

Oscar Bjurling (RISE SICS East) - Human interaction with swarms of drones

Kajsa Emanuelsson (VTI) - Advance warning of approaching emergency vehicles for car drivers

Marc Friberg (KMC) - Information/support for first-aid performers

Christian Jernberg (VTI) - Human operators' remote driving of partially automated vehicles

Earlier PhD students in cognitive science

Sam Thellman defended his PhD thesis "Social Robots as Intentional Agents" on 29 October 2021. The faculty opponent was Agnieszka Wykowska.

Sara Nygårdhs (VTI) defended her PhD thesis "Adaptive behaviour in traffic: An individual road user perspective" in June 2020. The faculty opponent was Dick de Waard.

Mattias Forsblad (Kristiansson) defended his PhD thesis "Distributed cognition in home environments: The prospective memory and cognitive practices of older adults" in 2016.

Peter Berggren defended his PhD thesis "Assessing Shared Strategic Understanding" in 2016.

Johan Blomkvist defended his PhD thesis "Representing Future Situations of Service: Prototyping in Service Design" in 2014.

Marcus Mast defended his PhD thesis "Human-Robot Interaction for Semi-Autonomous Assistive Robots: Empirical Studies and an Interaction Concept for Supporting Elderly People at Home" in 2014.

Fabian Segelström defended his PhD thesis "Stakeholder Engagement for Service Design: How service designers identify and communicate insights" in 2013.

Ing-Marie Jonsson defended her PhD thesis "Social and Emotional Characteristics of Speech-based In-Vehicle Information Systems: Impact on Attitude and Driving Behaviour" in 2009.

For more information please contact Tom Ziemke.

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Last updated: 2021-11-22