1. Evermann, E., Bäcker, N., Buchem, I., Balaban, I., & Ružić, I. (2025). Integrating humanoid robots into school education: A preliminary evaluation of outcomes from a teacher training program. In EATEL / EduRobotX 2025. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
  2. Buchem, I., Olteanu, Y., & Bonga, G. A. K. (2025). Pitch training with Furhat: Effects of a social robot in entrepreneurship education. In International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2025). Springer.
  3. Buchem, I., Kuehne, K., Mauch, M., & Baecker, N. (2025). Breathe with me: A breathing exercise guided by the robot NAO reduces stress. In International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2025). Springer.
  4. Buchem, I., Schmid, F., & Ermel, A. (2025). Competency recognition in AI education: Investigating higher education students’ perceptions of open educational badges using Technology Acceptance Model. In EDEN 2025 Annual Conference.
  5. Bonga, G. A. K., Buchem, I., & Pinkwart, N. (2025). Empowering academic exploration with LLM-powered robots: Supporting students in topic and research question development. In Robotics in Education (RiE 2025). Springer.
  6. Tutul, R., Buchem, I., Jakob, A., & Pinkwart, N. (2025). Millisecond-level sound order classification via amplitude-filtered random forest for human-robot interaction. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications (ACDSA 2025). IEEE.
  7. Buchem, I., Fanchamps, N., & Perifanou, M. (2025). Editorial for the Special Issue: EduRobotX 2025 – Innovations and Applications of Educational Robots and Robotics. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3997.
  8. Bruch, H. E., & Buchem, I. (2025). Exploring the influence of group size and interaction rate on students’ perceptions of humanoid robots in higher education. In EduRobotX 2024 (ECTEL 2024 Workshop). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3741.
  9. Buchem, I., Bäcker, N., & Bruch, H. (2025). Escape room with the NAO robot for AI education: Comparing cooperative and competitive play. In Robotics in Education (RiE 2025). Springer.
  10. Buchem, I., Bedemann, R., & Gers, F. (2025). Job interview training with RAG-LLM: An experimental study with the Furhat robot. In Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025). Springer.
  11. Buchem, I., Balaban, I., Badari, J., Ružić, I., & Bäcker, N. (2025). NAO robot in school education: Insights from the European survey and design of teacher training. In Robotics in Education (RiE 2025). Springer.
  12. Thomas, Emily; Dincel, Kerim; Buchem, Ilona (2025). NEFFY – A Social Robot for Multimodal Support
    of Slow-Paced Breathing Exercises. In: HRI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Pages 1800 - 1802, IEEE Press
  13. Buchem, Ilona; Tutul, Rezaul; Bäcker, Niklas (2024). Same Task, Different Robot. Comparing Perceptions of Humanoid Robots Nao and Pepper as Facilitators of Empathy Mapping. In: Biele, C., et al. (eds) Digital Interaction and Machine Intelligence. MIDI 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Cham. Best Paper Award of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in the Category "Digital Interaction"
  14. Tutul, Rezaul Kabir; Buchem, Ilona; Jakob, Andre, Pinkwart, Nils (2024). Enhancing Learner Motivation, Engagement, and Enjoyment through Sound-Recognizing Humanoid Robots in Quiz-Based Educational Games. In: Biele, C., et al. (eds) Digital Interaction and Machine Intelligence. MIDI 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Cham
  15. Buchem, I., Brömmling, L., Bäcker, N. (2023). “NAO Says”: Designing and Evaluating Multimodal Playful Interactions with the Humanoid Robot NAO. In: Biele, C., Kacprzyk, J., Kopeć, W., Owsiński, J.W., Romanowski, A., Sikorski, M. (eds) Digital Interaction and Machine Intelligence. MIDI 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 710. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37649-8_14
  16. Buchem, I., Christiansen, L., Glißmann-Hochstein, S. (2023). Planning Poker Simulation with the Humanoid Robot NAO in Project Management Courses. In: Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D., Christoforou, E. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 747. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38454-7_34 Print ISBN978-3-031-38453-0
  17. Buchem, I., Tutul, R., Jakob, A., Pinkwart, N. (2023). Non-verbal Sound Detection by Humanoid Educational Robots in Game-Based Learning. Multiple-Talker Tracking in a Buzzer Quiz Game with the Pepper Robot. In: Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D., Christoforou, E. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 747. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38454-7_16. Print ISBN978-3-031-38453-0
  18. Buchem, I., Christiansen, L., Glissmann-Hochstein, S., Sostak, S. (2023). Learning Agile Estimation in Diverse Student Teams by Playing Planning Poker with the Humanoid Robot NAO. Results from Two Pilot Studies in Higher Education. In: Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14041. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34550-0_20
  19. Buchem I. (2023). Scaling-Up Social Learning in Small Groups with Robot Supported Collaborative Learning (RSCL): Effects of Learners’ Prior Experience in the Case Study of Planning Poker with the Robot NAO. Applied Sciences. 13(7):4106. doi.org/10.3390/app13074106
  20. Tutul, R., Jakob, A., Buchem, I., Pinkwart, N (2023). Sound Recognition with a Humanoid Robot for a Quiz Game in an Educational Environment, Tagungsband DAGA 2023 - 49. Jahrestagung für Akustik 06. - 09. März 2023, Hamburg, Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2023, pp. 938-941. ISBN: 978-3-939296-21-8
  21. Buchem, I.; Leiba, M. (2023) How do design learning experiences with social robots? Results from a joint education project on learning designs with social robots with an example of "Training for First Voters", INTED2023 Proceedings, pp. 5140-5149. ISBN: 978-84-09-49026-4, doi: 10.21125/inted.2023.1332
  22. Buchem, Ilona, Mc Elroy, Alan, Tutul, Rezaul (2022) Designing and programming game-based learning with humanoid robots: A case study of the multimodal "Make or Do" English grammar game with the Pepper robot. In ICERI2022 Proceedings, 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation ISBN: 978-84-09-45476-1, ISSN: 2340-1095, doi: 10.21125/iceri.2022 Read on ResearchGate 
  23. Buchem, Ilona, Emily Thomas (2022) A breathing exercise with the humanoid robot NAO designed to reduce student stress during class: results from a pilot study with students in higher education. In ICERI2022 Proceedings, 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation ISBN: 978-84-09-45476-1, ISSN: 2340-1095, doi: 10.21125/iceri.2022 Read on ResearchGate 
  24. Buchem, I., Baecker, N. (2022). NAO Robot as Scrum Master: Results from a scenario-based study on building rapport with a humanoid robot in hybrid higher education settings. In: Salman Nazir (eds) Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 59. AHFE International, USA, doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002385, ISBN: 978-1-958651-35-3. DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1002385. Best Paper Award in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences Read on ResearchGate 
  25. Buchem I. & Bäcker, N. (2022). Humanoid robots in higher education: An exploratory study on applying the NAO robot as an educational technology in business studies in hybrid settings. Proceedings of the 16th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, pp 8707-8714, ISBN: 978-84-09-37758-9, ISSN: 2340-1079, doi: 10.21125/inted.2022.2264 Read on ResearchGate