Our group studies how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) shape human ethical and cooperative behavior. To do that we introduce cutting-edge technologies, into a behavioral experiments.

Concrete research projects we are covering include:

- how (language-based) AI systems influence human ethical behavior

- the social impact of synthetic relationships between humans and conversational agents

- how AI systems can be used to improve educational outcomes

- the emerging risks of Artificial Intelligence as a tool for corruption

- how AI mediated communication tools shape trust

- the risks and potentials of using AI to fight corruption

Our goal is to test existing theories from social science to contexts where humans and intelligent machines interact & inform evidence-based policy making on these technologies

We are part of the newly founded Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security. 

In 2021, Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen established the Research Alliance Ruhr, joining forces to address some of humanity's most pressing challenges.

We are located in the Tectrum in Duisburg.

The Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security is dedicated to ensuring the trustworthiness of intelligent systems in safety-critical applications by adopting an interdisciplinary, human-centered research approach.

For those who wonder where all of this takes place; the position is in the Ruhr Valley region (see circled), one of Europe’s largest but also greenest metropolitan areas with the highest university density in Germany.