Anna Martín Bylund

Associate Professor, Docent

Publications

2026

Linnéa Stenliden, Anna Martín Bylund, Emma Mainza Chilufya, Susanne Severinsson, Mattias Arvola, Tom Ziemke (2026)

Social Robot Agency and Fiction: Co-designing a Conversational Robot for Reading with Children Chatbots and Human-Centered AI: CONVERSATIONS 2025, p. 226-244 (Chapter in book)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-26717-7_12

Mattias Arvola, Linda Söderqvist, Emma Mainza Chilufya, Anna Martín Bylund, Susanne Severinsson, Linnéa Stenliden, Tom Ziemke (2026)

Evaluating the Usability of a Social Robot for Book Talks in Primary School Chatbots and Human-Centered AI: CONVERSATIONS 2025, p. 20-39 (Chapter in book)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-26717-7_2

Anna Martín Bylund, Linnéa Stenliden, Mattias Arvola, Eva Reimers (2026)

Classroom Reading as a Battle of the Sensory. Bodily Dimensions of Unshared Reading in Primary Education Children & society (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.70070

Eva Reimers, Anna Martín Bylund, Linnéa Stenliden (2026)

Constructions of a reading crisis - representation of PIRLS 2021 in public discourses Discourse. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Vol. 47, p. 265-273 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2025.2546889

2025

Anna Martín Bylund, Linnéa Stenliden, Mattias Arvola (2025)

Slow Torture, Magic Books or Potentially Worth Further Exploring: Mapping Young Students' Thoughts About Reading and Creative Alternatives The Paris Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings, p. 813-828 (Conference paper)

https://dx.doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.62

Research

Innovative Collaboration - Developing Intercultural Competence in Early Childhood Teacher Education

Through research and innovative courses. INCO-ECTE strengthens the international network in Early Childhood Teacher Education. The focus is on cultural sensitivity as a core competence at all levels of education.

A book that is open, one of the pages has been shaped into a heart.

At the Heart of Reading

The aim of this study is to produce knowledge on the bodily dimensions - the sensuousness - of students' reading practices in primary education.

Covid-19: Closer to the senses – The (es)sense of presence in online education

This project investigates qualitative aspects of digital teaching in teacher education in the distance and hybrid mode caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The joy in reading – a co-design project around students’ interaction with social robots

A study investigating the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to students' reading. It examines how key reading activities and situations in school can be designed for interaction between a social robot and 10-year-old students.

News

Researchers interact with a reading robot.

Studying whether a robot can awaken children’s interest in reading

Researchers at Linköping University are studying whether a reading robot can increase fourth graders’ interest in reading. The interdisciplinary project brings together researchers in technology, cognition and pedagogy.

High five! It’s possible to create proximity online

Despite physical distance, it’s possible to create proximity between family members located in different places. This is according to a study from Linköping University that has investigated how video calls bring family members together.

Organisation

Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.