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TRAINCREASE - From social interaction to abstract concepts and words

1.01.2021 - 30.06.2025

Cognitive Science MA Student. Konrad’s scientific interests concern human communication, speech, and the application of newest technologies to counter disabilities. He is a leader of Uhura project aimed at the restoration of natural interaction after laryngectomy and a leader and co-creator of MedTech Students UW, which is a learned student society for scientific collaboration between Warsaw University and Warsaw Medical University on specific health challenges.

The grant partners will jointly develop the field, providing the following expertise:

University of Manchester: provides expertise in computational modeling of abstract concepts and words in the context of developmental robotics [1] and in development of early interaction [2].
Sapienza University of Rome: provides strong theoretical background and expertise in experimental research, including neuroimaging studies [3].
Aarhus University provides a complementary anthropological perspective and expertise in naturalistic research on the social dimension of abstraction [4].
University of Warsaw provides expertise in ecological approach to abstraction and in dynamical systems theory and methods, which has integratory potential for the field [5].

The grant partners will jointly develop the field, providing the following expertise:

symposia and workshops focused on theory building and exchange of complementary methods
staff, administration and early-stage researchers (ESRs) project-targeted exchanges, including a novel scheme for hands-on training (microtwinning)
joint publications and joint grant applications
development plans and novel curricula at the University of Warsaw.

The project is aimed to result in the staff’s and ESRs’ increased research skills in the field, which is envisioned as one of the most crucial for the cognitive sciences and its exchanges with education and AI, stabilization of the improvements through structural and curriculum changes at University of Warsaw, transfer of skills to the grant-managing staff and through development of stable connection within European Research Area and with non-academic stakeholder.