In this video interview, we speak with Prof. Azzurra Ruggeri, Principal Investigator at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Associate Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at TUM. She introduces herself and her research on how children actively seek information and develop effective learning strategies, and presents her doctoral candidate and their research.

She explains what motivated her to become involved with alignAI and the unique perspective her research group brings to the project. She also reflects on supervising PhD researchers working on complex interdisciplinary topics, discusses how the use cases in education, mental health and news can contribute to practical outcomes, and shares her vision for the long term impact of her work.