Valentina Andries

Valentina Andries is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Moray House School of Education and Sport. She previously collaborated on an EPSRC-funded project exploring school-aged children's perceptions of conversational agents (e.g., Amazon Alexa) alongside researchers from Heriot-Watt University, Strathclyde University, and the University of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on bridging education and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) through ethically designed technology.

• Research Themes: Educational technology, participatory methods, inclusive design, AI ethics
• Collaborative Projects: Reducing gender bias in conversational assistants, creating AI educational materials for children

Her PhD at Moray House School, supervised by Professors Judy Robertson and Lydia Plowman, addressed ethical design of digital tools for children's play in hospital environments. This background informs her current research on privacy awareness and human-like technology interactions.

Email: valentina.andries@education.ox.ac.uk