Keynote talk at opening of Dronehub at EMPA in Zurich Dr van Zalk was an invited keynote speaker at the opening ceremony for DroneHub, EMPA (Zurich), on 20th of November 2024. Together with keynote panellists Philipp Eder (Head of Drones & Robots at Swisscom Broadcast Ltd) who discussed the need for an infrastructure to test drones,…
Talk at Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland, USA On November 13, Anna Caltabiano delivered a talk at the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland, a US-based outpatient treatment center. She discussed VR-delivered exposure therapy and shared insights from her research in the field. The session included an engaging conversation with clinicians about…
Our research featured in the media Jianan Zhou, PhD Candidate at the Design Psychology Lab, just published her first study examining how people interact with what they think are AI chatbots. Jianan’s study shows that humans are prone to treating AI bots similar to other humans when they believe the bots are being ostracised by…
Virtual Reality transforming health At the 2024 Great Exhibition Road Festival (15th of June), we had a successful demonstration of our research on VR for health. This event takes place every year across all of the Great Exhibition Road, and we had the pleasure showcasing our research at the Science Museum this year. We had…
Congratulations to Anna for winning a poster award! Anna presented a poster of her research at the Winter Gathering of the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Programme at Kings College London. The research she presented focuses on whether Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to treat anxiety-related disorders such as OCD for individuals who…
Adaptation to our surroundings is an evolutionary trait that has enabled the survival of the species we see today – and the extinction of those unable to cope with change. In this Tech Foresight 2042 debate, Professor Pierre Pinson and Dr Nejra Van Zalk from Imperial College London’s Dyson School of Design Engineering discuss the…
Huge congrats to Ian Chard for successfully defending his PhD! Ian has successfully defended his thesis “Virtual reality exposure therapy for reducing social anxiety in people who stutter”. His thesis findings have been published in a number of outlets: Virtual reality exposure therapy for reducing social anxiety associated with stuttering: the role of outcome expectancy,…