About
Anna-Stiina is an Experimental Cognitive Psychologist, currently working as a Research Fellow on the interdisciplinary AiTASHA project. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the project aims to improve the speed and confidence of intelligence analysts’ assessments by building new human-centred AI decision-making tools that can work alongside human analysts. The Turing Institute works on the project with four universities - Warwick, Southampton, Dundee, and Cardiff - along with UK government defence and national security partners.
Research
Research interests
- Distributed Cognition
- Human-AI Interaction
- Human-Centred AI
- Human-AI Teaming
- Technology Use and Wellbeing
Current research
Publications
Pagination
Teaching
Anna-Stiina is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching from the University of Surrey. Additionally, she supervises PhD students specialising in human-AI interaction.
Biography
Anna-Stiina is an Experimental Cognitive Psychologist who specialises in problem-solving from a distributed cognition perspective. Her research focuses specifically on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human-AI Interaction (HAII). By bridging cognitive psychology with technology, she provides valuable insights into how humans interact with AI and digital systems. She is currently a Research Fellow on the AiTASHA Project, which aims to develop a human-centred AI decision-making tool.
Anna-Stiina earned her PhD from the University of Surrey. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked as a Financial Analyst in investment banking and various other industries. This professional experience has given her valuable insights into human behaviour in high-pressure, technology-driven environments, which now informs her academic research.