Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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Professor or Political Science, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Musculoskeletal Postgraduate Lecturer, University of Essex
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Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Economics, University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of International Law and Policy, Euclid University | Pôle Universitaire Euclide ; University of Essex
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Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor in Management, University of Essex
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PhD Candidate, impact and influence of the Grateful Dead, University of Essex
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Research Officer, University of Essex
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Postgraduate MSK Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex