Laura Malinverni
Papers
7
Total Citations
170
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About
Laura Malinverni is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of child-computer interaction, educational robotics, and AI ethics. She has built a distinctive scholarly identity around understanding how children perceive, fear, and imagine intelligent technologies — and how those perceptions should shape the design and pedagogy of tomorrow's digital world. Her most influential contribution, "Don't let the robots walk our dogs" (2022, 42 citations), reveals the nuanced hopes and anxieties children hold toward social robots, demonstrating that young people's emotional responses are far more sophisticated than often assumed. Alongside this, her work on educational robotics as a "boundary object" (2021, 39 citations) challenges narrow conceptions of how robotics is introduced in schools, advocating for broader, more socially engaged approaches to the field. Particularly notable is Malinverni's commitment to cultivating children's critical thinking about AI and automation. Through creative methods — from food practices as conversational props to speculative design — she empowers young learners to grapple with complex ethical questions about human-robot interaction. Her cumulative citation record of over 170 across these works signals a growing recognition that her child-centered, critically conscious approach is reshaping conversations about how society responsibly introduces intelligent technologies to the next generation.
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- 2Educational Robotics as a boundary object: Towards a research agenda39 citations · 2021
- 3Robot Presidents: Who should rule the world?31 citations · 2020
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- 7What is a robot?9 citations · 2020