Val Morrison

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Val Morrison is a distinguished researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, emotional well-being, and caregiving support. Her scholarship focuses on how social robots can be meaningfully integrated into real-world contexts to address psychological and emotional needs, particularly among vulnerable populations such as informal caregivers. Morrison's most notable contribution to date is her pioneering 2025 study on robotic self-disclosure as a coping mechanism for emotional distress, which has already garnered 19 citations — a remarkable achievement for such a recently published work. This research introduced a long-term intervention framework enabling caregivers to emotionally open up to social robots, addressing a critical and often overlooked dimension of caregiver mental health. Her complementary 2022 work examines how users experience long-term human-robot interactions, tackling the important "novelty effect" question that challenges sustainable deployment of social robots in everyday life. Together, these contributions position Morrison as a forward-thinking voice in the field, pushing beyond short-term laboratory studies toward ecologically valid, longitudinal approaches. Students and researchers interested in the therapeutic and social applications of robotics will find her work both practically grounded and conceptually rich.