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16. Feb 2024
Everyone is talking AI – but do you actually know what it is capable of? How do virtual assistants and…
![Policy, Design & AI Workshop](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/02/Untitled_1.25.4-1024x576.jpg)
16. Jan 2024
Research by the VA-PEPR team points to an ever-closer interrelation of the design of policies and services for everyday use…
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15. Jan 2024
“Vision Emmen 2033” – Together with the people from the municipality of Emmen, we are looking to a possible future
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11. Jan 2024
The new “Überblick” prototype developed by the project team led by Michael Shorter and Melanie Rickenmann can do so much…
![Victoria and Albert Museum featured VA-PEPR Project](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/10/01-1024x683.jpg)
02. Oct 2023
As part of the London Design Festival, VA-PEPR participated in the Digital Design Weekend 23
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05. Sep 2023
Exploring the potential and challenges of voice interfaces
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30. Aug 2023
Workshop sull’utilizzo di assistenti vocali in casa propria. Ti invitiamo a partecipare!
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24. Jun 2023
Money Talks is an installation that surfaces our power and financial relationships with voice driven AI services.
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16. May 2023
Northumbria University hosted the 5th project retreat in Anstruther, Scotland
![Co-organized Workshop for CHI 2023 Hamburg](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/05/chi23-1024x1024.jpg)
26. Apr 2023
Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously: Towards A Research Agenda and New Practice
![Using Voice Assistants in the Home Office: Friend or Foe?](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/10/csm_virtuelle-assistenten-neu_be42aa1993-1024x482.jpg)
03. Apr 2023
VA-PEPR featured in the HR-Profi magazine: Virtuelle Assistenten: Freund oder Feind im Homeoffice?
![Speculating Voice Assistant Futures - Workshop at IxD23 Zurich](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/03/Aysun-Aytac-03-1024x1024.jpg)
06. Mar 2023
What would a possible de-centralised future of voice assistants look like?
![VA-PEPR Science Café at SUPSI](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/03/supsi-kare-copy-1024x1024.jpg)
02. Mar 2023
The first Science Café took place at SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland) in Mendrisio
![Our in-home study results](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/02/summary-preview-1024x1024.jpg)
15. Dec 2022
A brief summary of the results of ethnographic phase can be found here
![Speak up! Exploring Decentralised Voice Assistant Futures through Speculative Design](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/06/republica-square-1024x1024.jpg)
09. Jun 2022
VA-PEPR contributed to the re:publica 22 with a Speculative Design Workshop
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27. Apr 2022
VA-PEPR participates in the Ethical Dilemma Café
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12. Apr 2022
Aurelio Todisco presented the VA-PEPR at the HSLU Learning Safari ‘Onboarding’, a 1-day programme for the new employees.
![Are voice assistants cool or creepy? Useful or annoying? Make up your own mind!](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/01/VA-PEPR-Teilnahme-Aufruf-Final_-e1611062536669-1024x601.png)
27. Jan 2021
Take part in our study!
![How Siri, Alexa and Co. are transforming our everyday lives: HSLU leads project on voice assistants](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/09/sebastian-scholz-nuki-1-1024x986.jpg)
17. Jan 2021
Article on Innerschweiz Online
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28. Oct 2020
Article in the “Tagesanzeiger” about our research project
![Voice assistants in the family can have their pitfalls](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/12/grafik-7.png)
26. Oct 2020
Article in the St. Galler Tagblatt about the VA-PEPR research project
![LUASA investigates the effects of voice assistants on social life](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/10/KhPu3Fnw_400x400.jpg)
11. Oct 2020
Article in the “Luzerner Zeitung”
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![How Siri, Alexa and Co. are transforming our everyday lives: HSLU leads project on voice assistants](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/09/Fon-Times-copy.png)
29. Sep 2020
Fon times reports about our research project
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28. Sep 2020
Ein Beitrag von zentralplus
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25. Sep 2020
Medienmitteilung der Hochschule Luzern zu unserem Forschungsprojekt
![«We may soon be treating voice assistants like pets»](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/09/Cat_original-1024x1024.jpg)
10. Sep 2020
The HSLU University Magazine interview with project leader Prof. Dr. Sabine Junginger
![Why do we want Alexa in the living room? A large-scale, interdisciplinary study finds answers.](https://sites.hslu.ch/va-pepr/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/01/Crealab-Logo-Smallsize-Mobile.png)
17. Jan 2020
Article by the future lab CreaLab of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts about our research project.