| 2025 | COLING | Decompose-ToM: Enhancing Theory of Mind Reasoning in Large Language Models through Simulation and Task Decomposition. | Sneheel Sarangi, Maha Elgarf, Hanan Salam |
| 2022 | HRI | "And then what happens?": Promoting Children's Verbal Creativity Using a Robot. | Maha Elgarf, Natalia Calvo-Barajas, Patrcia Alves-Oliveira, Giulia Perugia, Ginevra Castellano, Christopher Peters, Ana Paiva |
| 2022 | ICMI | CreativeBot: a Creative Storyteller robot to stimulate creativity in children. | Maha Elgarf, Sahba Zojaji, Gabriel Skantze, Christopher Peters |
| 2022 | IROS | CreativeBot: a Creative Storyteller Agent Developed by Leveraging Pre-trained Language Models. | Maha Elgarf, Christopher Peters |
| 2021 | CHI | Reward Seeking or Loss Aversion?: Impact of Regulatory Focus Theory on Emotional Induction in Children and Their Behavior Towards a Social Robot. | Maha Elgarf, Natalia Calvo-Barajas, Ana Paiva, Ginevra Castellano, Christopher Peters |
| 2021 | IVA | Once Upon a Story: Can a Creative Storyteller Robot Stimulate Creativity in Children? | Maha Elgarf, Gabriel Skantze, Christopher Peters |
| 2020 | HRI | Can a Social Robot Be Persuasive Without Losing Children's Trust? | Natalia Calvo, Maha Elgarf, Giulia Perugia, Christopher Peters, Ginevra Castellano |
| 2019 | HAI | Rock Your Story: Effects of Adapting Personality Behavior through Body Movement on Story Recall. | Maha Elgarf, Christopher Peters |