Emily Theophilou, Research Associate

Open University of Cyprus

Human–AI interaction, Human-Computer Interaction

Emily Theophilou is a Research Associate at CyCAT, Open University of Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Information Technologies from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. Her doctoral research, titled “Computer-Supported Mechanisms to Enhance Affective Skills towards Social Media Education,” focused on digital literacy and the development of affective skills in technology-enhanced learning contexts. She previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the TIDE Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), and as a visiting researcher at the BiConnect Lab, University of Milano-Bicocca, and she continues ongoing research collaborations with both labs. She holds an MSc in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media from UPF and a BSc in Multimedia Computing from Coventry University, UK. Her main research interests include human computer interaction, technology-enhanced learning, human–AI interaction, and the socio-emotional dimensions of computer-supported collaborative learning.

Paper by Emily:

Embedding Educational Narrative Scripts in a Social Media Environment