Who We Are
Vision
Human Matters Lab is a transdisciplinary research collective exploring what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence.
It embraces human-centered approaches to AI and robotics, conducting research that contributes to humanity through technology, art, literature, and philosophy.
Our vision is to ensure that artificial intelligence serves the human journey of meaning and to elevate the values that belong to humanity.
Because in the age of AI, meaning still matters.
Research & Collaboration
Academia & Research
→ interdisciplinary research collaboration across AI, philosophy, education, ethics, policy, science, engineering, arts, and literature
→ collaboration on national and international research networks and policy-oriented projects
→ co-organization of conferences, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, and research events
Education
→ AI literacy and human-centered AI education programs
→ interdisciplinary teacher training workshops
NGOs, Policymakers & Institutions
→ collaboration on events, awareness programs, and dissemination activities
→ research-based contributions to human rights, well-being, democratic values, and responsible AI governance
Researchers
She is an educator and researcher working in the fields of educational technologies and the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Her interdisciplinary work brings together AI literacy, AI policy, governance, and philosophy. Her research explores what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, focusing on extended and expanding conceptions of reality and mind, as well as a human-centered approach to AI grounded in human rights, ethical values, and human well-being.
She completed the Artificial Intelligence Policy program at the Center for AI and Digital Policy in Spring 2026 with distinction, with a focus on research, writing, and policy analysis.
Celale Esra Algan PhD(c)
Publications &
Presentations
IGSIS 2026 - International Graduate Students Interdisciplinary Symposium
→ The Ontological Status of Reality Today and Artificial Intelligence As An Agent, Accepted paper
ETZ 26 - Educational Technology Summit
→Artificial Intelligence Ethical Literacy: Instructional Design with Philosophical Approaches, Presentation
1st National Symposium on Teacher Well-Being in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 2025
→ Teaching Artificial Intelligence Ethics through Gamification, Accepted paper
IETC 23 - International Educational Technology Conference
→Reality Perception According to David Chalmers' View of Virtual Reality, Accepted paper
→Evaluation of David Chalmers' Extended Theory of Mind in the Context of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality, Accepted paper
GESS Turkiye 2023
→Reality Perception According to David Chalmers' View of Virtual Reality, Presentation
