DEduTech-2Life

Research lines of the group documented by publications in the period 2019-2023

• Functional and dysfunctional use of Digital and Emergent Technologies in human life cycle.
• Digital and Emerging Technologies to support transitions characterizing the entire life cycle.
• Developmental Robotics: Robots and Artificial Intelligence to build knowledge, foster inclusion and develop skills in children, adolescents, emerging adults, and adults.
• ICT and Networked Flow: network creativity in the digital age.

Head

Elvis Mazzoni, Associate professor

ERC Sectors

• SH3_1 Social structure, social mobility, social innovation
• SH3_9 Social aspects of teaching and learning, curriculum studies, education and educational policies
• SH3_10 Communication and information, networks, media
• SH3_11 Digital social research
• SH3_12 Social studies of science and technology
• SH4_1 Cognitive basis of human development, developmental disorders; comparative cognition
• SH5_11 Digital humanities; digital approaches to literary studies and philosophy

Scientific Disciplinary Sector: M-PSI/04

Selected publications of the group for period 2019-2023

• Benvenuti, M., Arnett, J. J., & Mazzoni, E. (2023). Emerging adulthood and media use: Latest research and future directions [Editorial]. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 35(5), 253–255. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000393
• Benvenuti, M., Panesi, S., Giovagnoli, S., Selleri, P., & Mazzoni, E. (2023). Teens online: how perceived social support influences the use of the Internet during adolescence. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-023-00705-5
• Benvenuti, M., Cangelosi, A., Weinberger, A., Mazzoni, E., Benassi, M., Barbaresi, M., & Orsoni, M. (2023). Artificial intelligence and human behavioral development: A perspective on new skills and competences acquisition for the educational context. Computers in Human Behavior, 148, 107903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107903
• Orsoni, M., Dubé, A., Prandi, C., Giovagnoli, S., Benassi, M., Mazzoni, E., & Benvenuti, M. (2023). Learning Landscape in Gamification: The Need for a Methodological Protocol in Research Applications. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231202489
• Benvenuti, M., Giovagnoli, S., Mazzoni, E., Cipresso, P., Pedroli, E., & Riva, G. (2020). The relevance of online social relationships among the elderly: how using the web could enhance quality of life?. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 551862. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.551862
• Hughes‐Roberts, T., Brown, D., Standen, P., Desideri, L., Negrini, M., Rouame, A., ... & Hasson, C. (2019). Examining engagement and achievement in learners with individual needs through robotic‐based teaching sessions. British journal of educational technology, 50(5), 2736-2750. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12722

Funding for the period 2019-2023

 International Projects

• DiGiKnow: Knowledge sharing and digitalization of science (2023-2024).
  Erasmus+ KA210-VET
• SestoSENSO: Physical Cognition for Intelligent Control and Safe Human-Robot Interaction (2022 – 2025)
  HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
• I’M IN TALES (ERASMUS+ KA2 PROJECT) - 2022-2024

 National Projects

• Urban Gamers Lab
  RISORSE FSC 2014-2020 - PIANO SVILUPPO E COESIONE (PSC) DELLA REGIONE EMILIA-ROMAGNA

Active National and International Collaborations for the period 2019-2023

 International collaborations

• Department of Child Development and Education (Prof. Monique Volman) - University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
• Cognitive Robotics Lab (COROLAB) - School of Computer Science, University of Manchester (Prof. Angelo Cangelosi)
• LAB A&A - The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Department of Emotion and Motivation Psychology
• Jeffrey Jensen Arnett – Clark University – Department of Psychology
• Educational Technology Lab - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)- (Dr.Milos Kravcik)
• Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA) - (Dr.Marco Scutari)
• UNESCO Institute for Information Technology in Education (IITE); Individual consultant 2023-2024 (contract N°: 4500488238-A1) for the project “Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovations to strengthen Inclusion and Equity of Education in Africa” (Contact person: Dr. Elena Varkvasova; evarkvasova@unesco.org)
• UNICEF Serbia (contract number 43367304); Coordinator of the project “Support Development of Resource Centers in Serbia” – 2023-2024 (Contact person: Dr. Marina Starčević Cviko; mstarcevic@unicef.org)
• World Health Organization - Global network for measuring access to assistive technology (chair of Working Group 1, 2023-2024); Contact person: Dr. Irene Calvo; calvoi@who.int)
• Parenting and Special Education Research Unit (Prof. Dieter Baeyens) - KU Leuven – Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
• Cognitive Development Unit (Dr. Friederike Blume) - Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF) – Department of Education and Human Development
• UniTyLab - Usability and Interaction Technology Laboratory (Prof. Gerrit Meixner) - Heilbronn University

 National collaborations

• Laboratorio di simulazione del comportamento e robotica educativa "Luciano Gallino" - Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell'Educazione
• ExperienceLab – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – sede di Milano
• Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Genova
• CRIAD - Centro di Ricerche e studi per l’Informatica Applicata alla Didattica
• Università degli Studi di Udine - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche

 Unibo collaborations

• Unveil Consulting Srl (UniBO’s Spin-Off)
• Human Factors, Risk and Safety Research Unit
• SPEV - Servizio di Potenziamento cognitivo per l'età EVolutiva
• ALMA-AI - Alma Mater Research Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Humanistic AI
• Ira Vannini, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione

Editorial activities in the period 2019-2023

 Martina Benvenuti

• Guest editor per le riviste: Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, Computers in Human Behavior
• Assistant Editor per la rivista: Emerging Adulthood

 Lorenzo Desideri

• Associate Editor, “RESNA Assistive Technology”
• Associate Editor, “Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology”

 Elvis Mazzoni

• Associate Editor of the European Journal of Psychology of Education
• Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Communication Technology for Social Networking Services
• Associate Editor of the Medcrave Online Journal of Addiction Medicine & Therapy

Fellow in scientific academies and / or executive committees of scientific associations for the period 2019-2023

 Elvis Mazzoni

• Membro Comitato Scientifico del CRIAD - Centro di Ricerche e studi per l’Informatica Applicata alla Didattica