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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.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kopp

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kopp

Director

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Dagmar Philipp

Dagmar Philipp

Secretary

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Dr. Olga Abramov

Dr. Olga Abramov

Researcher

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Dominik Battefeld

Dominik Battefeld

Researcher

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Lisa Gottschalk

Lisa Gottschalk

Researcher

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Dr. Robert Haschke

Dr. Robert Haschke

Researcher

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Fabian Heinrich

Fabian Heinrich

Researcher

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Christoph Kowalski

Christoph Kowalski

Researcher

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Dr. Annika Österdiekhoff

Dr. Annika Österdiekhoff

Researcher

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Florian Schröder

Florian Schröder

Researcher

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Dr. Hendric Voß

Dr. Hendric Voß

Researcher

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Student Members

LB

Luka Finn Born

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Realtime Mentalizing in Fluid Human-Agent Collaboration

01.03.2025 – 30.11.2026

LB

Linus Buiwitt

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Humanoid Robotics with Harting (HumRob)

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

VE

Vincent Emmerling

CITEC 2.415

Projekt SFB TRR318 – A01 (DFG)

15.07.2024 – 31.12.2026

CG

Christoph Geske

CITEC 2.306

MKW-Projekt SAIL

01.05.2024 – 31.07.2026

CH

Carl Jorgen Hermany

CITEC 2.415

Projekt SFB TRR318 – C05 (DFG)

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

SI

Svenja Ingmanns

CITEC 2.415

Projekt SFB CRC 1646 – C02 (DFG)

01.10.2025 – 30.09.2026

CK

Carl Johann Kaese

CITEC 2.306

Humanoid Robotics with Harting (HumRob)

01.04.2026 – 31.03.2027

AS

Alice Schirrmeister

CITEC 2.415

Projekt SFB CRC 1646 – C02 (DFG)

15.10.2024 – 31.03.2027

MU

Mike Uhrich

CITEC 2.306

Realtime Mentalizing in Fluid Human-Agent Collaboration

15.05.2026 – 14.11.2026

Former Staff

Dr. Zeynep Barlas

Dr. Zeynep Barlas


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

Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bergmann

Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bergmann


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

JProf. Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Buschmeier

JProf. Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Buschmeier


Now Junior Professor of 'Digital Linguistics', Bielefeld University

Dr. Ulf Großekathöfer

Dr. Ulf Großekathöfer


Now Senior Scientist at Philips (NL)

Prof. Dr. Teena Hassan

Prof. Dr. Teena Hassan


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

Dr. Philipp Kulms

Dr. Philipp Kulms


Now UX Designer at ESCRYPT GmbH (Bosch Group)

JProf.'in Dr. Laura Kunold

JProf.'in Dr. Laura Kunold


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

Dr. Nikita Mattar

Dr. Nikita Mattar


Now Head of Software Development at Plan.One GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Amir Sadeghipour

Dr.-Ing. Amir Sadeghipour


Now CTO & Co-Founder of RetInSight GmbH

Dr. Maha Salem

Dr. Maha Salem


Now Senior UX Researcher at WhatsApp

Prof. Susan Wagner Cook

Prof. Susan Wagner Cook

Visiting Scholar (2019/2020)