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Francesco
Pompedda
Senior Researcher, INVEST Research Flagship Centre
PhD in Psychology, Licensed Psychologist, CPsychol, FHEA

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Areas of expertise

Training in Investigative Interviews of Children
Investigative Psychology
HCI
Deep Learning Algorithms
VR
Serious Gaming;

Biography

I am a Senior Researcher at the INVEST Research Flagship Center of the University of Turku, Finland.

Before joining the University of Turku, I was Academic Coourse Leader for the BSc Forensic Psychology and Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire (UK), Visiting Researcher at the Gothenburg University (Sweden), and I recevied my PhD from Åbo Akademi (Finland) in 2018. I am a Licensed Psychologist (state exam). 

Research

I am a psychologist specialised in forensic psychology. I like facts (data) over words. My research interests are in the area of investigative interviews of children, and I have developed a simulator for investigative interviews of children that employs avatars and response algorithms.

I am involved in several projects in relation to the utlisation of video games for training purpouses (serious gaming) both in a forensic context (Investigative interviews of children) and clinical (Rorschach), Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive and Social mechanisms that influence training and learning, and legal/forensic psychological topics.I am also involved in other projectes related to the implementation of Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations. I have conducted research with the Police and extensive experince in training police offcers and other professionals on investigative interviews, including consultacy for the United Nations. 

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White paper on forensic child interviewing: research-based recommendations by the European Association of Psychology and Law (2024)

Psychology, Crime and Law
Korkman J.; Otgaar H.; Geven L.M.; Bull R.; Cyr M.; Hershkowitz I.; Mäkelä J.-M.; Mattison M.; Milne R.; Santtila P.; van Koppen P.; Memon A.; Danby M.; Filipovic L.; Garcia F.J.; Gewehr E.; Gomes Bell O.; Järvilehto L.; Kask K.; Körner A.; Lacey E.; Lavoie J.; Magnusson M.; Miller Q.C.; Pakkanen T.; Peixoto C.E.; Perez C.O.; Pompedda F.; Su I.A.; Sumampouw N.E.J.; van Golde Celine; Waterhouse G.F.; Zappalà A.; Volbert R.
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