A radio interview on BBC World Service - The Forum episode "Robots and reality"
An article in Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo
An article in The Wall Street Journal
Video report made by Dutch Research Agenda (NWA)
A lecture for De Universiteit van Nederland
Video presentation made by U-Talent Talks
An item on crossmedia news platform NOS op 3
An article in the New York Times
One of Inspiring Fifty The Netherlands
An interview on Dutch national radio ‘De Wakkere Wetenschapper’ on Radio 1
An article on BBC UK
An article on CNET
One of 25 Women in Robotics to watch by Robuhub
An interview by Turkish online news portal Medyascope
An article on Media Corporation
An article in Twente University news magazine U-today
An article in Dutch popular scientific magazine KIJK
Bagchi, C., & de Graaf, M.M.A. (in press). Task context matters: Gender dynamics and robot abuse in task-based interactions. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans.
Brito, J., Neerincx, A., Soares, A., Dong, H., Antunes, A.T., Paiva, A., de Graaf, M.M.A., & Campos, J. (2026). Unlocking emotions: The impact of robot question-asking and reciprocal sharing on self-disclosure during emotion learning. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Edinburgh, UK.
Jonker, L., Geraets, C., Nijland, M., de Graaf, M. M. A., Brey, P., & Veling, W. (2025). Integrating Conversational Artificial Intelligence into Mental Healthcare: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Ethical Challenges.
Neerincx, A., Plat, J., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2025). Socially assistive robots in child healthcare: Evaluating internal and external emotion regulation interventions. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, volume 12.
Nagy, T.M., Khavas, Z.R., Kotturu, M.R., Liefooghe, B., Robinette, P., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2025). A robot should compensate for its mistakes: An exploration of the dynamics of trust violation and repair strategies in human-robot collaboration. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 15(1), 1-34.
Pan, S., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2025). Developing a social support framework: Understanding the reciprocity in human-chatbot relationship. ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan. *Best Paper Award Nomination*
Mélot-Chesnel, J., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2025). Would you trust me now?: A study on trust repair strategies in human-robot collaboration. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Neerincx, A., Brito, J., Couto, M., Campos, J., De Graaf, M.M.A., Masthoff, J., & Paiva, A. (2024). Social robotics in psychological interventions for children. In: Costescu, C. (eds.) Digital Technologies for Learning and Psychological Interventions. Integrated Science, vol 33. Springer, Cham.
Thellman, S., Koenders, K., Neerincx, A., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2024). Does the robot know it is being distracted?: Attitudinal and behavioral consequences of second-order mental state attribution in HRI. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication, Pasadena, CA, USA. *Best Paper Award Winner*
Kapteijns, A., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2024). Gender-emotion stereotypes in HRI: The effects of robot gender and speech act on evaluations of a robot. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Yadollahi, E., Romeo, M., Dogan, F.I., Johal, W., De Graaf, M.M.A., Levy-Tzedek, S., & Leite, I. (2024). Explainability for human-robot collaboration. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA.
Rossi, S., Staffa, M.C., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Gena, C. (2023). Preface to the special issue on personalization and adaptation in human–robot interactive communication. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 33, 189-194.
Neerincx, A. Veldhuis, D., Masthoff, J.M.F. & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2023). Co-designing a social robot for child health care. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 38, 100615.
Neerincx, A., Li, Y. Van de Sande, K., Broz, F., Neerincx, M., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2023). Child’s personality and self-disclosures to a robot persona “in-the-wild”. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication, Busan, South Korea. *Best Paper Award Nominee*
Neerincx, A., Leven, J., Wolfert, P., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2023). The effect of simple emotional gesturing in a socially assistive robot on child's engagement at a group vaccination day. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden.
Thellman, S., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2023). The challenges of first-and second-order belief reasoning in explainable human-robot interaction. Workshop "Explainable Robotics" at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, London, UK.
De Graaf, M.M.A. & Liefooghe, B. (2023). Communicative strategies to repair trust after failure. Workshop “Imperfectly relatable robots” at the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden.
De Graaf, M.M.A. & Peter, J. (2023). Human social relationships with robots. In Guzman, A.L., McEwen, R., & Jones, S. (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication (pp. 435-442). SAGE Publications.
Thellman, S., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ziemke, T. (2022). Mental state attribution to robots: A systematic review of conceptions, methods, and findings. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 11(4), 1-51.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Hindriks, F.A., & Hindriks, K.V. (2022). Who wants to grant robots rights?. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, volume 8.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Perugia, G., Fosch-Villaronga, E., Lim, A., Broz, F., Short, E.S., & Neerincx, M. (2022). Inclusive HRI: Equity and diversity in design, application, methods, and community. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Sapporo, Japan.
Wegstapel, J.W.G. & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2022). People’s moral judgments and social responses to norm violating robots. Workshop “BAILAR” at the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Naples, Italy.
De Graaf, M.M.A. & Perugia, G. (2022). Human misconduct with marginalized robots. Workshop “Gen-R” at the International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Naples, Italy.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Dragan, A., Malle, B.F., & Ziemke, T. (2021). Introduction to the Special Issue on Explainable Robotic Systems. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 10(3), 1-4.
Neerincx, A., Hiwat, T., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2021). Social robot for health check and entertainment in waiting room: Child’s engagement and parent’s involvement. Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Neuteboom, S.Y. & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2021). People’s perceptions of gendered robots performing gender stereotypical tasks. International Conference on Social Robotics, Singapore, Singapore.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Hindriks, F.A., & Hindriks, K.V. (2021). Who wants to grant robots right? International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA.
Van der Hoorn, D.P.M., Neerincx, A., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2021). “I think you are doing a bad job!”: The effect of blame attribution by a robot in human-robot collaboration. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA.
Neerincx, A., Rodenburg, D.L., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Masthoff, J.F.M. (2021). Social robots to support child and family care: A Dutch case study. Companion of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, USA.
Neuteboom, S.V. & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2021). People’s perceptions of gendered robots performing gender stereotypical tasks. HRI 2021 Workshop The Road to a Successful HRI: AI, Trust, and Ethics (TRAITS), Boulder, CO, USA.
Ben Allouch, S., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Sabanovic, S. (2020). Introduction to the special issue on the mutual shaping of human-robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics, 12(4), 843-845.
Banks, J., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2020). Towards an agent-agnostic transmission model: Integrating anthropocentric and technocentric paradigms in communication. Human Machine Communication, 1, 19-36.
Woźniak, P.W., Kucharski, P.P., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Niess, J. (2020). Exploring understandable algorithms to suggest fitness tracker goals that foster commitment. Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordicCHI), Tallinn, Estonia.
Velner, P.C., Boersma, P.P.G., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2020). Intonation in robot speech: Does it work the same as with people? International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge, UK. *Best Paper Award Nominee*
Rueben, M., Nikolaidis, S., De Graaf, M.M.A., Phillips, E., Robert, L., Sirkin, D., … & Thellman, S. (2020). Mental Models of Robots. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Cambridge, UK.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Janssen, S. (2019). A robot as your colleague? Tijdschrift voor Human Factors, 44(3), 12-15.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Dijk, J.A.G.M. van (2019). Why would I use this in my home?: A model of domestic social robot acceptance. Human-Computer Interaction, 34(2), 115-173.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Malle, B.F. (2019). People’s explanations of robot behavior subtly reveal mental state inferences. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Daegu, Korea.
Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Kim, J., Spence, P.R., De Graaf, M.M.A., Nah, S., & Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A. (2019). Human-machine communication: What does/could communication science contribute to HRI?. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Daegu, South Korea.
Lee, H.R., Cheon, E., De Graaf, M.M.A., Alves-Oliveira, P., Zaga, C., & Young, J. (2019). Robots for social good: Exploring critical design for HRI. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Daegu, South Korea.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Dijk, J.A.G.M. van (2018). A phased framework for long-term user acceptance of socially interactive technology in domestic environments. New Media & Society, 20(7), 2582-2603.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Malle, B.F. (2018). People’s judgments of human and robot behaviors: A robust set of behaviors and some discrepancies. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dijk, J.A.G.M. van, De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Jaschinski, C. (2018). Toward a process model for selection of theories of technology acceptance. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2017). The influence of prior expectations of a robot’s lifelikeness on companionship with a zoomorphic robot. International Journal of Social Robotics, 9(1), 17-32.
Phillips, E., Ullman, D., De Graaf, M.M.A., & Malle, B.F. (2017). What does a robot look like?: A multi-site examination of user expectations about robot appearance. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Dijk, J.A.G.M. van (2017). Why do they refuse to use my robot?: Reasons for non-use derived from a long-term home study. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Vienna, Austria. *Best Paper Award Winner*
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Malle, B.F. (2017). How people explain action (and autonomous intelligent systems should too). AAAI 2017 Fall Symposium on “AI-HRI”, Arlington, VA, USA.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Dijk, J.A.G.M. van (2016). Long-term evaluation of a social robot in real homes. Interaction Studies, 17(3), 462-491.
De Graaf, M.M.A. (2016). An ethical evaluation of human-robot relationships. International Journal of Social Robotics, 8(4), 589-598.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & Lutfi, S. (2016). What are people’s associations of robots?: Comparing implicit and explicit measures. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication (RO-MAN), New York, USA.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2016). Anticipating our future robotic society: The evaluation of future robot applications from a user’s perspective. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication, New York, USA.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2016). Long-term acceptance of social robots in domestic environments: Insights from a user’s perspective. AAAI 2016 Spring Symposium on “Enabling Computing Research in Socially Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction: A Community-Driven Modular Research Platform”, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2015). Sharing a Life with Harvey: Exploring the acceptance of and relationship building with a social robot. Computers in Human Behavior, 43, 1-14.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2015). What makes robots social?: A user’s perspective on characteristics for social human-robot interaction. International conference on Social Robotics, Paris, France.
De Graaf, M.M.A. (2015). The ethics of human-robot relationships. New Friends Conference, Almere, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2015). The evaluation of different roles for domestic social robots. International Symposium on Robot and Human Communication, Kobe, Japan.
De Graaf, M.M.A. (2015). Living with robots: Investigating the user acceptance of social robots in domestic environments (doctoral thesis). Gildeprint: Enschede, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2014). Expectation setting and personality attribution in HRI. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Bielefeld, Germany.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2014). Users’ preferences of robots for domestic use. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Bielefeld, Germany.
De Graaf, M.M.A. (2014). Towards a new model for long-term acceptance of domestic social robots. International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Companion, Bielefeld, Germany.
De Graaf, M.M.A., Ben Allouch, S., & van Dijk, J.A.G.M. (2014). Long-term evaluation of a social robot in real homes. AISB Workshop on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, London, UK.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2014). Evaluation of a socially assistive robot in eldercare. HRI 2014 Workshop on Socially assistive robots for the aging population, Bielefeld, Germany.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2014). People’s implicit and explicit associations with and attitudes towards robots. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap (24-hours of Communication Science), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2013). Exploring influencing variables for the acceptance of social robots. Robots and Autonomous Systems, 16, 1476–1486.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2013). The relation between people’s attitude and anxiety towards robots in human-robot interaction. International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Gyeongju, Korea.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2012). User acceptance, long-term use and relationship-building with social robots. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap (24 Hours of Communication Science), Leuven, Belgium.
De Graaf, M.M.A., & Ben Allouch, S. (2012), Harvey’s last appearance: Long-term use and acceptance of social robots. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Ben Allouch, S., Klamer, T., & De Graaf, M.M.A. (2011). Return of Harvey: Acceptance and use of social robots. International Conference on Social Robotics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.