ETL is pleased to welcome several international visitors during spring and summer 2026. Their visits reflect the lab’s active international collaboration and shared interest in examining how emerging technologies shape behaviour, wellbeing, and society.
Dr. Sam Farley, Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield is visting ETL in April. His research interests include harassment and bullying at work, attribution of blame, and interventions to improve employee wellbeing. At Emerging Technologies Lab, the collaboration focuses on online victimisation and cyberbullying at work.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Harma from the University of Akureyri is visiting ETL in May. Professor Harma’s expertise includes interpersonal relationships, social trust, morality, decision-making, and social judgement. His visit supports collaboration on the Self & Technology project as well as broader themes related to AI in society and online behaviour.
Dr. Mayu Koike, Assistant professor of Institute of Science Tokyo is visiting ETL in May–July. Her collaboration with the lab is connected to the Self & Technology project, which examines how technologies shape identity, behaviour, and social experience.
Dr. Philip Newall, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol is visiting ETL in June. His research centres on gambling psychology and gambling-related harm, making his visit especially valuable for developing collaboration on gambling and addiction research.
Together, these visits highlight Emerging Technologies Lab’s commitment to international research collaboration and to addressing timely societal questions related to digital life, technology, and human behaviour. By bringing together expertise from psychology, social science, and interdisciplinary technology research, the lab continues to build new partnerships and strengthen its research profile in emerging technologies and society.