Navya Sharan, PhD ✨

Another doctor in our sHAI-group: Navya Sharan defended her PhD and answered the question how we socially interact with digital agents and how we best explain this in theory On April 23rd, 2025, Navya Sharan successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Amsterdam. Navya’s dissertation explores the timely research question: how do we socially interact with di...

Happy Monday! In case you missed it, I recently defended my doctoral dissertation 🎉

Catch the highlights of my dissertation and defense on our sHAI group blog: www.the-shai-group.com/post/another...

#academicsky #scisky #phd #phdsky #research #humanai #hci #socialrobots #scicomm

07.07.2025 11:45 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you!!

27.05.2025 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

12+ years later, here we are! 👩‍🎓🥂 #PhDone

Keep an eye on this space for more information on my soon-to-be-published PhD papers. Watch my defense here: hva-uva.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

#Doctorate #AcademicSky #UniversityofAmsterdam #HigherEd #SciSky @fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

27.05.2025 14:45 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Can't speak for other universities/countries, there are different systems everywhere, but the University of Amsterdam does make its defenses accessible (i.e., members of the public who cannot attend in-person can watch online!)

20.04.2025 10:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's almost time! 🏁 Join me virtually at my defense next week 🎉

Livestream link and all other details available here: www.uva.nl/en/content/e...

@fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

#phdsky #phddefense #academicsky #hci #sciencesky #robots #communicationscience

18.04.2025 11:04 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

Super interesting! Curious to see what these differences would look like with different data collection methods (e.g., ESM) and measures (e.g., everyday technology interactions).

#academicsky #phdsky #sciencesky #mediaeffects #mediaresearch #humanmachinecommunication #wellbeing #technology

17.04.2025 15:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Straight from the UvA press 🗞️

The UvA press office published an article about my dissertation and upcoming defense. Head onto www.uva.nl/en/content/n... to get a sneak peek into my research!

@fmg-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

#phd #phddefense #robots #socialrobots #academicsky #phdsky

17.04.2025 12:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Figured that my first real post should be about my dream that's been 10+ years in the making!

"How Human Are Our Machines?" at a defense near you next week!

So grateful to be able share countless hours of research and writing in its gorgeous physical form 🩷

#PhD #PhDone #AcademicSky #HCI #robots

15.04.2025 09:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Four in four, I must really love microblogging! Hello Bluesky 🦋

08.04.2025 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0