DIJ researcher Celia Spoden will present latest results from her research project Cyber-physical spaces and avatar technologies: new opportunities for an inclusive society? at the International Symposium ‚Participation (Un)plugged: Exploring Dignity and Disability through Human-Robot Interaction‘ at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto on May 19. Her paper „An alter ego in the classroom: Potential and limitations of avatar robots for hospitalized children or children with disabilities“ is one of four presentations at the symposium that will explore how the digital space — where people, objects, and information intersect — can reshape notions of ‚personhood‘ and ‚dignity‘. Participation is possible online and onsite. Details and registration here