Her research interests focus on analytical ontology (process ontology), analytical metaphysics (systematically and scholarly), and more recently on "robophilosophy"--a new field of (partly experimental) applied philosophical research she defined as "philosophy of, for, and by social robotics." She coordinates the Research Unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics (www.robophilosophy.org) and is main organizer of the biennial international "Robophilosophy" conference series.
She teaches courses on Metaphysics (BA and MA level) and supervises BA, MA, and PhD theses. In addition, she coordinates the supplementary cross-faculty (45 ECTS) education in "Humanistic Technology Development", where she also teaches in the "Theory and Methods" module and the course in "Social Robotics"; here students are familiarized with the method of value-driven technology development "Integrative Social Robotics", in a 'learning-by-doing' format, while developing their own applications.
