Kristian Hoeck

Kristian Hoeck is a Postdoc at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, under the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is actively engaged in research at the intersection of anthropology and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on human-robot interaction and affective dimensions of humanoid robots.

His research interests include:

• Digital Anthropology
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Affect Theory
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• Embodied Cognition
• Posthumanism

His work critically examines how humanoid robots are socially and affectively calibrated in human environments, exploring the boundaries between human and machine, and questioning normative standards in AI embodiment.

His recent publications, such as 'Android existence: The affect of artificial vitality' (2024) and 'Android Expression: The female form as problematic standard for embodied AI existence' (2022), reflect a consistent thematic trajectory centered on the phenomenology of artificial beings, gendered design in robotics, and the affective labor involved in human-robot coexistence. These works span ethnographic, philosophical, and technical domains, indicating interdisciplinary depth.

Kristian Hoeck has not received any publicly listed scientific awards in the provided text.

He has held external research positions, including as a Postdoc at SUMO, The National Museum of Denmark, and has participated in academic activities such as organizing the 16th EASA Biennial Conference (2020) and co-leading the workshop 'The Nonhuman that therefore I am (not)' (2020). There is no mention of student supervision or grant funding in the available information.

He is affiliated with research teams exploring nonhuman agency and human-technology entanglements, particularly through collaborative projects with scholars like Morten A. Pedersen, Signe Gerd Kieffer-Døssing, and others in the Department of Anthropology.