Hello there!

I’m a research scientist, roboticist and designer/ethicist.

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 M.Sc. (Tech.) from Aalto University, and worked professionally as a designer. I’m a Co-Founder and Artist at Ekho Collective, I write sci-fi as M. W. Axelsson, and I’m from Finland.

Recent Projects

image from Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches

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.