Hello there!

I’m a research scientist, roboticist and ethical designer.

Currently, I’m a PhD student in human-robot interaction at the University of Cambridge. Previously, I was a visiting student at MIT Media Lab, got my engineering degrees from Aalto University, and worked professionally as a designer. I’m a Co-Founder and Artist at Ekho Collective, and I write sci-fi as M. W. Axelsson.

Recent Updates

Mar 15, 2025

Robots and me on the Beeb!

What an amazing honour… BBC Click’s episode featuring my PhD research is out. With other cool work from the Computer Lab!

Mar 14, 2025

Award for best 3-minute thesis research pitch at CHIA early career conference

Lovely to be recognised with the award for the best pitch by the Centre of Human-Inspired AI!

Mar 10, 2025

Shooting robots with BBC Click at the Computer Lab

Our robots to be featured on Spencer Kelly’s 1000th and final episode of BBC Click!

Recent Projects

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Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches

My PhD research investigates how robots could be ethically designed and deployed to be accessible tools to promote users’ mental well-being.
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Design Workshops for Social Robots

I lead design workshops for social robots with companies and academics. These workshops teach teams how to (ethically) co-design of social robots, and how to use the Social Robot Co-Design Canvases.