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 Welcome to our research.

Welcome to CAII - Centre for Artificial Intelligence Interactions where psychology, philosophy, ethics, and neuroscience converge to revolutionise AI interactions. 

Our Research Innitiatives

At CAII, our research explores the intersection of mind and machine, integrating psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and ethics. We aim to expand perspectives and develop more human-aligned AI, challenging narrow algorithmic thinking through interdisciplinary insight.

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Psychology helps inform user modelling, emotion recognition, and any human-computer interactions. Cognitive architectures are inspired by psychological theories of human thought and behaviour, and are used in AI.

Psychology

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Neuroscience drives the development of brain-inspired  AI models (e.g. neural networks). It contributes to explainable AI, neuro-symbolic computing, and understanding how to replicate attention, learning, and memory in machines.

Neuroscience

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Ethics guides the development and deployment of responsible AI. It addresses concerns about bias, privacy, and the impact of AI decisions, especially in high-stakes domains like healthcare or law enforcement.

Ethics

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Philosophy underpins debates in AI ethics (e.g., machine rights, consciousness), epistemology (how AI systems “know”), and logic (reasoning systems). It helps frame questions like: Can machines think?

Philosophy

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 Meet Our Founders. 

Meet the team behind CAII—an interdisciplinary group driven by curiosity and a shared commitment to rethinking how humans and intelligent systems connect. With diverse expertise spanning the cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence, we collaborate to push boundaries and shape more human-aligned technologies.

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Prof. Vanessa Webb

Forensic physician bringing real-world experience of risk, ethics, and human judgement to AI interaction research.

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Gary Green

Experienced healthcare manager with over 20 years’ leadership in delivering high-quality patient and customer services.

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Dr. Steve Suckling

Steve uses a background in philosophy to explore the limits and possibilities of Human-AI interactions.

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Stefania-Arriana Vararu

PhD researcher and neuroscientist specialising in human–AI interaction and computational cognitive neuroscience.

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 Meet Our Founder Team. 

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Dr. Steve Suckling
Research Centre Director
 

Steve uses a background in philosophy to explore the limits and possibilities of Human-AI interactions.

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Stefania-Arriana Vararu
Doctoral Researcher
 

Arriana is a researcher specialising in Human–AI interaction and computational cognitive neuroscience.

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Prof. Marc Jones
Associate Director of Psychology

Marc explores the affective impact of Human-AI interaction on

stress, emotion and

performance.

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Dr. Alexander Carter
Associate Director of Creativity

 

Alex leads the research on the (im)possibility of creative AI.

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