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Team

The Social Cognitive Systems group is an interdisciplinary research group at Bielefeld University, working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kopp

Director

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Dagmar Philipp

Secretary

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Dr. Olga Abramov

Researcher

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Dominik Battefeld

Researcher

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Lisa Gottschalk

Researcher

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Dr. Robert Haschke

Researcher

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Fabian Heinrich

Researcher

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Christoph Kowalski

Researcher

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Dr. Annika Österdiekhoff

Researcher

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Florian Schröder

Researcher

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Dr. Hendric Voß

Researcher

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Student Members

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Luka Finn Born

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Realtime Mentalizing in Fluid Human-Agent Collaboration

01.03.2025 – 30.11.2026

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Linus Buiwitt

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Harting-Projekt HumRob

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

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Vincent Emmerling

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Projekt SFB TRR318 – A01 (DFG)

15.07.2024 – 31.12.2026

CH

Carl Jorgen Hermany

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Projekt SFB TRR318 – C05 (DFG)

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

SI

Svenja Ingmanns

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Projekt SFB CRC 1646 – C02 (DFG)

01.10.2025 – 30.09.2026

CK

Carl Johann Kaese

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Harting-Projekt HumRob

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

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Alice Schirrmeister

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Projekt SFB CRC 1646 – C02 (DFG)

15.10.2024 – 31.03.2027

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Mike Uhrich

CITEC 2.306

Realtime Mentalizing in Fluid Human-Agent Collaboration

15.05.2026 – 14.11.2026

Former Staff

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Dr. Zeynep Barlas


Now Lecturer of Psychology at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bergmann


Now Research manager at Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Applied Science Bielefeld

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JProf. Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Buschmeier


Now Junior Professor of 'Digital Linguistics', Bielefeld University

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Dr. Ulf Großekathöfer


Now Senior Scientist at Philips (NL)

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Prof. Dr. Teena Hassan


Now Professor of Computer Science (Autonomous Systems) at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

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Dr. Philipp Kulms


Now UX Designer at ESCRYPT GmbH (Bosch Group)

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JProf.'in Dr. Laura Kunold


Now Junior Professor of 'Human-Centered Design for Socio-Digital Systems' at Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Dr. Nikita Mattar


Now Head of Software Development at Plan.One GmbH

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Dr.-Ing. Amir Sadeghipour


Now CTO & Co-Founder of RetInSight GmbH

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Dr. Maha Salem


Now Senior UX Researcher at WhatsApp

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Prof. Susan Wagner Cook

Visiting Scholar (2019/2020)