In episode 29 of HUMANS:CONNECTING, host Phil McAuliffe talks with Judith Merkies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, policy lead of LONELY-EU) and Dr Hans Rocha IJzerman (Annecy Behavioral Science Lab, work package leader) about the start of LONELY-EU.
They discuss how the project came about, how it connects policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and people with lived experience of loneliness across Europe, and what artificial intelligence may mean for human connection. The episode is 92 minutes long and was released on 13 April 2025.
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