Tessa Beinema

Personalised intelligent interactions | AI | HCI | eHealth

Courses

Governance and Algorithms in Care and Welfare

2025-2026 (P4)

Role: Teacher. VU Amsterdam programme: Research Master Social Sciences for a Digital Society.

Robot Interaction

2025-2026 (P1)

Role: Course coordinator/Examiner/Teacher/Workgroup leader/Hackathon Organiser. VU Amsterdam programme: Bachelor Artificial Intelligence

Foundations of Interaction Technology

2023-2024 (Q3); 2024-2025 (Q1)

Role: Teacher/Examiner. University of Twente programme: Master Interaction Technology

Design of Persuasive Health Technology

2023-2024 (Q3)

Role: Project Coach/Examiner. University of Twente programmes: Bachelor Creative Technology, Master Psychology.

Human-Computer Interaction Design Project

2023-2024 (Q2)

Role: Tutorial leader/Examiner. University of Twente programmes: Bachelor Technical Computer Science, Bachelor Business Information Technology

Telemedicine and Data Analysis for Monitoring

2020-2021 (Q2)

Role: Supporting Lecturer. University of Twente programmes: Master Health Sciences, Master Biomedical Engineering, Master Technical Medicine.

Philosophy for Cognitive Sciences

2014-2015 (Q4)

Role: Discussion Group Leader. Radboud University programme: Bachelor Artificial Intelligence.

Mentor Programme First Year

2013-2014 (Q1-Q4)

Role: Mentor for 24 students. Radboud University programme: Bachelor Artificial Intelligence.

Supervision

PhD

Student: Roswita Vaseur
Topic: Technology supported shared decision-making for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and comorbidities.
Period: 2021 – ongoing
Role: Daily supervisor
Promotion team: Dr. Janine van Til (daily supervisor), Dr. ir. Wendy d’Hollosy (co-promotor),  and Prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak (promotor).

Master

Communication Science (VU) - Thesis
  • Isabel Verhelst (2026). Ontologische categorisatie en heuristische verwerking in mens-machine interactie. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Daniel Preciado Vanegas.
  • Las Bottelier (2026). Empowering academics to mitigate risks of GenAI usage. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Sofia Gil-Clavel.
  • Zümra Beltrán Smit (2026). Vertrouwen in medische besluitvorming door AI en medische deskundingen. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Daniel Preciado Vanegas.
  • Skylar Killian (2026). Exploring how AI embodiment and user input modality shape perception and connection. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Sofia Gil-Clavel.
  • Anouck de Blok (2025). Meer dan een machine? De rol van sociale robots in rouwverwerking. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk. 
  • Carmen van Hogezand (2025). Het effect van storytelling door sociale robot NAO op de taakprestatie van kinderen met ASS. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Danique Aerts (2025). De complexe balans: Personalisatie, anonimiteit en zelfonthulling bij sociale robots in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk. 
  • Ekaterine Petrova (2025). Search and evaluation strategies for medical information in AI chatbots: A qualitative study of user interaction with ChatGPT. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Doug Parry.
  • Floor Gijzen (2025). Sociale robots en non-verbale menselijke gedragskenmerken: Ondersteuning van kinderen met ASS in het speciaal onderwijs. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Jasmijn Tietema (2025). De rol van een sociale robot bij het stimuleren van vraaggedrag van kinderen met ASS in een leeromgeving. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Jolien Pittoors (2025). Welke non-verbale signalen van een humanoïde sociale robot worden door adolescenten met stemmingsstoornissen belangrijk geacht voor de acceptatie van deze technologie als therapeutisch hulpmiddel? As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Maureen Halbersma (2025). De invloed van uiterlijke kenmerken van sociale robots op de bereidheid tot zelfonthulling bij adolescenten met een stemmingsstoornis. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk. 
  • Yuke Witteveen (2025). Social robots in elementary education: Addressing the educational needs of children with ASD from an educator’s perspective. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Zhenya Bijsterbosch (2025). The detox effect: Exploring the role of attitudes, motivations, app usage, exposure and framing in Instagram use reduction. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Doug Parry.
Artificial Intelligence (VU) - Thesis
  • Alejandro Pascual Pintado (2026). Video-based attention detection in one-on-one human-robot tutoring. As first supervisor, second reader: dr. Mike Ligthart.
  • One student as second reader ongoing.
Clinical Psychology (VU) - Internship
  • Supervised 1 student (2024-2025).
Interaction Technology (UTwente) - Thesis
  • Sam Freriks (2024). The journey of developing an embodied virtual genetic counsellor: From concept to assessment. With Dr. ir. Randy Klaassen, assessment committee member: Dr. ir. Wendy d’Hollosy. 
  • Sandra Straková (2023). User–based tailoring with reinforcement learning for a mHealth, COPD-focused intervention for increasing physical activity. Assessment committee member. With Dr.  Mannes Poel, Dr. ir. Wendy d’Hollosy, Dr. Anouk Middelweerd and Prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak.
Interaction Technology (UTwente) - Research Topics
  • Hannah Ottenschot (2024). Adaptation of e-health applications for genetic counseling. With Dr. ir. Randy Klaassen.
  • Sam Freriks (2023). Digital genetic counselling. With Dr. ir. Randy Klaassen.
Interaction Technology (UTwente) - Advanced Project in Conversational Agents
  • Lina Strenström (2024). The use of reactive facial expressions in conversational agents for interaction with children. With Ella Velner, MSc.
  • Joan Zhao (2023). Designing an intuitive dialogue management interface for AI-collaborative content generation in eHealth conversational agents. Assessment committee member. With Dr. ir. Jan Kolkmeier.
Interaction Technology (UTwente) - Premaster - Academic Research Skills
  • Bas Abbink (2022). How can you measure the level of comprehension such that users can make informed decisions? With Jelte van Waterschoot
  • Stijn Kamp and Wout van Mensvoort (2022). How can eHealth applications be made more accessible for people with low health literacy? With Jelte van Waterschoot.
Health Sciences (UTwente) - Thesis
  • Kjell Lemmen (2024). How ‘shared’ is shared decision making from the healthcare professional’s perspective? The healthcare professional’s perception about the capability of COPD-patients with comorbidities to participate in shared decision-making: a cohort vignette study. Assessment committee member. With Roswita Vaseur, MSc., Dr. ir. Wendy d’Hollosy and Prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak.

Bachelor

Communication Science (VU) - Thesis
  • Akshita Manra (2025). From metal to mind: How robot human-likeness shapes human perception in human-robot interaciton. As supervisor. Second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Emily Barnett (2025). “I’ll be back.. to assist you with your task!”: A study into the effect of exterior features and the film industry on first impressions of social robots. As supervisor. Second reader: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Puck Kruize (2025). “De mens in de machine: Op welke manier antropomorfisme bij sociale robots zelfonthulling en interactie-intentie beïnvloedt. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
  • Ruweth Valpoort (2025). Menselijkheid in machines: De invloed van perceived humanness op de acceptatie van sociale robots. As second reader, first supervisor: dr. Marieke van Otterdijk.
Creative Technology (UTwente) - Graduation Project (Thesis)
  • Ishaan Ahmed (2026). Designing a learning-oriented AI academic assistant for university students. As critical observer, supervisor: dr. Dorothé Smit.
  • Anaisa van Dinter (2024). VR games for stimulating cognitive abilities and the well-being of elderly with dementia. As critical observer, supervisor: dr. Anis Hasliza Abu Hashim.
  • Ashley Braaksma (2024). Developing a tangible interactive game to improve reminiscence among people with Alzheimer’s disease. As critical observer, supervisor: dr. Anis Hasliza Abu Hashim.
  • Floor Lieverse (2022). Lifestyle Counselling for People with Type 2 Diabetes and Low Health Literacy. As supervisor with Eclaire Hietbrink, MSc., critical observer: prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak.
  • Anusha Autar (2022). The Diameter Project: Towards an understandable diabetes app for people with low health literacy. As supervisor with Eclaire Hietbrink, MSc., critical observer: prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak.
  • Noa Barneveld (2021). Designing communication and coaching content for people with low health literacy. As supervisor with Eclaire Hietbrink, MSc., and Dr. Anouk Middelweerd, critical observer: prof. dr. ir. Monique Tabak.
Business Information Technology (UTwente) - Research Project (Thesis)
  • Isa Welting (2024). A chatbot to inform about BRCA-gene mutations. With Dr. ir. Randy Klaassen.
  • Ali Ali (2024). Improving trust-building through more transparent conversational agent communication, in the context of medical decision support.
Technical Computer Science (UTwente) - Research Project (Thesis)
  • Jing-Siang Hsu (2024). Supporting Dutch dairy farmers in transitioning to ecological farming with an online platform.
  • Daniel Hernandez Garcia (2024). A scoping review on how precision farming technology affects farmers’ mental well-being.
Biomedical Engineering (UTwente) - Internship
  • Sneha Das (2018). Resulting paper: Das, K. S. J., Beinema, T., Op Den Akker, H., & Hermens, H. (2019, May). Generation of Multi-Party Dialogues among Embodied Conversational Agents to Promote Active Living and Healthy Diet for Subjects Suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. In Proceedings of the International Conference on ICT for Ageing Well (pp. 297-304).