Research groups
Research projects
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Professionals interviewing maltreated children supported via artificial avatars
The project proposes to develop a new digital interview-training program drawing on expertise in developmental psychology and artificial intelligence
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Powell, Martine B.; Riegler, Michael; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid
(2023).
A field assessment of child abuse investigators' engagement with a child-avatar to develop interviewing skills.
International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect.
Vol. 143.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106324
Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Hansen, Helle; Poulsen, Julie S.; S. Johnson, Miriam
(2023).
Evaluating Child Interviews Conducted by Child Protective Services Workers and Police Investigators.
19 p.
The British Journal of Social Work.
Vol. 53.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac245
Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; Zohaib Hassan, Syed; Shafiee Sabet, Saeed; Salehi, Pegah; Powell, Martine B.; Riegler, Michael Alexander; Halvorsen, Pål; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam
(2023).
Enhancing questioning skills through child avatar chatbot training with feedback.
15 p.
Frontiers in Psychology.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1198235
Drejer, Catharina Sofie Rodenburg; Riegler, Michael; Halvorsen, Pål; S. Johnson, Miriam; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid
(2023).
Livestreaming Technology and Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A Scoping Review.
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221147564
Zohaib Hassan, Syed; Shafiee Sabet, Saeed; Riegler, Michael Alexander; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; Ko, Hayley Manalang; Salehi, Pegah; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam; Halvorsen, Pål
(2023).
Enhancing investigative interview training using a child avatar system: a comparative study of interactive environments.
Scientific Reports.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47368-2
Slaatto, Ane; Kleppe, Lise Cecilie; Mellblom, Anneli; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid
(2022).
Youth in Residential Facilities: “Am I Safe?,” “Do I Matter?,” and “Do You Care?”.
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth.
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2022.2082628
Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Lammerse, Myrthe; Shafiee Sabet, Saeed; Riiser, Ingvild; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam; Hicks, Steven; Thambawita, Vajira; Powell, Martine; Lamb, Michael E.; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; Halvorsen, Pål; Riegler, Michael
(2022).
Synthesizing a Talking Child Avatar to Train Interviewers Working with Maltreated Children.
Big Data and Cognitive Computing.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc6020062
Powell, Martine B.; Brubacher, Sonja P; P. Brubacher, Sonja; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid
(2022).
An overview of mock interviews as a training tool for interviewers of children.
International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect.
Vol. 129.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105685
Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Salehi, Pegah; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Halvorsen, Pål; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; S. Johnson, Miriam; Lison, Pierre; Riegler, Michael; Lamb, Michael E.; Griwodz, Carsten; Sabet, Saeed
(2022).
Towards an AI-driven talking avatar in virtual reality for investigative interviews of children.
Claypool, Mark; Eg, Ragnhild (Ed.).
GameSys '22: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Games Systems. p. 9-15.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
https://doi.org/10.1145/3534085.3534340
Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Sabet, Saeed; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid; S. Johnson, Miriam; Halvorsen, Pål; Riegler, Michael
(2022).
Is More Realistic Better? A Comparison of Game Engine and GAN-based Avatars for Investigative Interviews of Children.
Dao, Minh-Son; Dang-Nguyen, Duc-Tien; Riegler, Michael (Ed.).
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Workshop on Intelligent Cross-Data Analysis and Retrieval (ICDAR). p. 41-49.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
https://doi.org/10.1145/3512731.3534209