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Sofia Serholt

Programme Supervisor

Department of Applied IT, div CLIC
Telephone
+46 31-786 65 55
+46 766-18 65 55
Mail
sofia.serholt@ait.gu.se
Visiting address
Forskningsgången 6
417 56 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 100
412 96 Göteborg

Senior Lecturer

Department of Applied IT, div CLIC
Telephone
+46 31-786 65 55
+46 766-18 65 55
Mail
sofia.serholt@ait.gu.se
Visiting address
Forskningsgången 6
417 56 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 100
412 96 Göteborg

About Sofia Serholt

Sofia is Senior Lecturer in Applied IT with Specialization in Educational 91̽»¨s at the division of Learning, Communication and IT, Department of Applied IT. Sofia conducts research within Human–Robot Interaction, Educational 91̽»¨, Ethics, Interaction and Participatory Design. Her research interest concerns the use of robot technology in education, especially humanoid robots featuring as pedagogical tools in different ways, e.g., as tutors or teachable agents. Specifically, her research focuses on children’s interactions with robots, e.g., social interaction and breakdown situations, but also ethical dilemmas concerning the use of robots in education from the perspective of teachers and students. The research has primarily been conducted as part of international research projects.

Sofia received her PhD in 2017 defending her dissertation titled at the University 91̽»¨. She has also worked at University West as research assistant in Child–Robot Interaction, and as post doc in Interaction Design at Chalmers University of Technology, where she conducted research on the design of digital services for public libraries.

She recently served as guest editor for the for the journal AI & Society, as well as the . In addition to peer review for journals and conferences, Sofia is review editor for the journal .

Teaching

At the Department of Applied IT, Sofia is program manager for the 1-year master’s program Learning, Communication and IT, and leads its thesis course. She has experience supervising students on doctoral and master’s levels in IT and Learning and Interaction Design at Chalmers and the University 91̽»¨. She holds a Master of Education in English and Learning and ICT, and has previously taught at upper secondary levels.

Research projects

Research groups

Media and outreach

Sofia’s research on robots has received coverage in different media outlets such as TV4, Swedish Radio (, , , and ), , Metro, , and . She has also appeared in different magazines, blogs, and podcasts, such as , , , , , the Swedish National Agency for Education’s and the IT faculty magazine, the as well as been and authored for the Swedish National Agency for Education. She has also participated in events such as Framtidens lärande, Almedalsveckan, SETT Syd, Internetdagarna, the BETT Show, Särskolans rikskonferens, Café Ã¥ lär, and RobotWeek, and conducted guest lectures at universities in Sweden and Finland. In 2017, her research was named one of the by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering 91̽»¨s (IVA) – see video . Video of Sofia’s PhD defense can be viewed .

Management and other positions

  • Program manager, 1-year master’s program Learning, Communication and IT, Department of Applied IT, University 91̽»¨ (2021 – 2022)
  • Member of GothenburgGroup steering committee (2021 – 2022)
  • Member of , University 91̽»¨ (2021 – 2024)
  • Member of , Swedish Agency for Participation (2021 – 2022)
  • Elector for the Assembly of Electors for the election of teacher representatives for the Gothenburg university board (2021)