Dr. Alisa Maksimova

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Curriculum Vitae

Education:
• Academic Degrees:
  • Doctoral Degree (Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, PhD equivalent), thesis “The order of social interaction in a museum of science and technology: opportunities of microsociological approach”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • Graduate student in Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow
  • Master of Arts, in Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, 2013
  • Master of Arts, in Sociology (with distinction), The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, The University of Manchester (collaborative program), Moscow, 2012
  • Bachelor of Arts, equivalent in Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, 2011 
• Position: Postdoctoral Researcher

Focus of Research

• Museums as learning environments
• Interactional sociology
• Conversation analysis
• Narratives of AI
• Active role of technology in social interaction
• Artificial intelligence in education

Selected Publications and Conference Contributions

Maksimova, A. (2024, 29-30 January). (Re)shaping the narratives of Artificial Intelligence in museum exhibitions. Paper presented in the International conference Shifting AI Controversies: Prompts, Provocations, and Problematisations for Society-Centered AI, Berlin.

Maksimova, A. (2023, December 8). Communicative resources in phone conversations with a voice-based intelligent agent. Online Talks of the project INTERACT! New forms of social interaction with intelligent systems, Bochum, online. https://project-interact.jimdosite.com/news/

Maksimova, A. (2023, November 28). Learning about AI in museums: how exhibitions present new technology to the public [Poster presentation]. Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting – DigiMeet 2023: Diversity in digital transformation, Online. https://www.cais-research.de/event/digimeet-2023/

Maksimova, A. (2023, Oktober 24). Machinic wonders: AI imaginaries in museum exhibitions. Paper presented at the international symposium “AI cultures: Communications between humans and machines in a plural world” at the University of Turin, Italy.

Maksimova, A. (2023, Mai). Becoming a Conversational Agent User: Interaction with an “Automated Operator” in Phone Information Service. Paper presented at the conference 'Technolinguistics in Practice: Socially Situating Language in AI Systems', organised by the Special Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1187 “Media of Cooperation” at the University of Siegen.