Horizon CDT Blog Posts

Exploring Children’s Interaction with Robotic Installations: Reflections on Placement with Makers of Imaginary Worlds

post by Victor Ngo (2022 cohort) My placement ran from July to September 2023, with Makers of Imaginary Worlds (MOIW), and involved planning and running a two-part study that would […]


Reflections on my placement at the Department for Transport

post by Phuong Anh (Violet) Nguyen (2022 cohort) I began my placement in the Data Science team of the Analytic Directorate at the Department of Transport in April 2023 to […]


‘Outside the Screen’ podcast interviews Szymon Olejarnik

‘Outside the Screen’ is a podcast about research and policy developments concerning children’s interactions with screen-based content. Szymon Olejarnik, a first-year Horizon CDT student, was interviewed by ‘Outside the Screen’ […]


Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute 2023 Reflective Report

post by Favour Borokini (2022 cohort) From June 25th – July 15th, 2023, I attended the 6th annual Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) Summer School at the University of St […]


A Reflection on The Connected Everything and Smart Products Beacon Summer School 2020

post by Cecily Pepper (2019 cohort) My first summer school started with an invite via email. Despite my interest in the topic, my first thought was that robotics was not […]