@yolandestreng
Robot personalities & relationships | cute and conversational AI | energy demand at home | everyday futures | digital sociologist & professor @Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab in Faculty of IT | Director Research @Monash Energy Institute
Announcing our third webinar - 19/03, 9-10AM GMT.
@yolandestreng.bsky.social will give a talk on "Digital Energy Futures: anticipating new worlds with design ethnography and scenario planning". Please register here 👇 www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...
This week's coverage of Sociology in the News includes:
- Tressie McMillan Cottom on masculinity & strongman politics
- @yolandestreng.bsky.social on flawed energy assumptions
- Bonnie Zare on film and the Oscars
- Matthew Desmond on poverty
And more here:
🔗 bit.ly/41Uto0O%F0%9...
@yolandestreng.bsky.social wraps up her keynote by challenging us to reimagine the role of robots in sustainability. She presents three possible pathways for the future—encouraging us to think beyond the present. 🌍🤖✨
Check out the image for her thought-provoking suggestions! #HRI2025
Enjoyed thinking about our research on future sustainable worlds with robots for the HRI community!