Wald, R., Piotrowski, J. T., Araujo, T., & Van Oosten, J. M. F. (in press). The Google Family Home. Smart Speaker Use in Dutch Families and the Impact of Parents' Individual and Contextual Characteristics. Journal of Children and Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2025.2513470

van Hummels, N. & Wald, R. (2025). Bijdrage aan rondetafelgesprek 'Jongeren en sociale media'. Commissie voor Digitale Zaken van de Tweede Kamer

Schwinges, A., Resendez Gómez, V., Zhang, D.. & Wald, R. (2025). r/Big Tech: Big Tech Legitimacy as an Echo of Public Values in the Digital Society. Paper presentation at the AlgoSoc conference, Amsterdam, Apr 10-11, 2025.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J. T., & Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J. M. F. (2025). The Google Family Home. How do Families Use Their Smart Speaker at Home? Paper presentation at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Brugge, Feb 3-4, 2025.

Starke, C., Ventura, A., Bersch, C. […] Wald, R. et al. (2024). Risks and protective measures for synthetic relationships. Nat Hum Behav 8, 1834–1836. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02005-4

Schwinges, A., Wald, R., Zhong, D., & Resendez, V. (2024). Reddit's Take on Big Tech: A Stakeholder Perspective on Corporate Legitimacy. Accepted paper to be presented at the European Communication Research and Education Association Conference, Ljubljana, September 23-27, 2024.

Wald, R., van Oosten, J. M. F., Piotrowski, J. T., & Araujo, T. (2024). Voices of Resignation. Explaining Differences in Families’ Smart Speaker Usage and Privacy Cynicism. Accepted paper to be presented at the European Communication Research and Education Association Conference, Ljubljana, September 23-27, 2024.

Wald, R., Araujo, T., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Piotrowski, J. (2024). The Hot Topic of Virtual Assistants. A Topic Model Network Analysis of Dutch News Media Messages About Virtual Assistants Between 2011 and 2022. Presentation at the European Communication Science Event, Nijmegen, June 20-21, 2024.

Wald, R., van Oosten, J. M. F., Piotrowski, J. T., & Araujo, T. (2024). Smart Speaker Data Donations in Families: The Project Rosie Perspective. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’24), June 17–20, 2024, Delft, Netherlands. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628516.3659374

Wald, R., Araujo, T., van Oosten, J. M. F., & Piotrowski, J. T. (2024). The Hot Topic of Virtual Assistants. A Topic Model Network Analysis of Dutch News Media Messages About Virtual Assistants Between 2011 and 2022. Paper presentation at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Rotterdam, Feb 8-9, 2024.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J. T., Van Oosten, J. M. F., & Araujo, T. (2024). Who are the (Non-)Adopters of Smart Speakers? A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Dutch Families. Tijdschrift Voor Communicatiewetenschap, 52(1), 4–28. https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2023.X.001.WALD

Wald, R., Piotrowski, Araujo, T., & J., van Oosten, J.M.F. (2023). “Hey Google, We Need Help!” The Need for Regulatory Frameworks to Safeguard the Implementation of Smart Speakers in Families. Presentation at the International Communication Association Pre-Conference ‘Building the conditions for responsible human-centric AI systems’, Toronto, May 24, 2023.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2023). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Computers in Human Behavior , 139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107526.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Araujo, T. (2022). Who are the (Non)Adopters of Smart Speakers? A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Dutch Families. Paper presentation at the European Communication Research and Education Association Conference, Aarhus, October 19-22, 2022.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., van Oosten, J.M.F., & Araujo, T. (2022). “Hey Google, Come In!” The Domestication of Google Assistant in Dutch Family Homes. Poster presentation at the European Communication Research and Education Association CYM Pre-Conference ‘The Datafied Child’, October 12, 2022.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2022). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Paper presentation at the International Communication Association Conference, Paris, May 26-30, 2022.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2022). Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Understanding Parents’ Motivations to Use Virtual Assistants With Their Child(ren). Paper presentation at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Brussels, Feb 10-11, 2022.

Wald, R., Piotrowski, J., Araujo, T., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2021). Virtual Assistants in Families. A Cross-Sectional Survey Study to Understand Families’ Decisions to Use Virtual Assistants in the Family Home. Presentation of a preregistration plan at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Feb 4-5, 2021.

Følstad, A., Araujo, T., Law, E.LC. […] Wald, R. et al. (2021). Future directions for chatbot research: an interdisciplinary research agenda. Computing, 103, 2915–2942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-021-01016-7

Wald, R., Heijselaar, E., & Bosse, T. (2021). Make your own: The Potential of Chatbot Customization for the Development of User Trust. Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 382–387. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450614.3463600

Wald, R., Heijselaar, E., & Bosse, T. (2020). Custom-Made Chatbots. About the Potential of active User-Chatbot-Customization for the User Experience Design. CONVERSATIONS 2020 – the 4th International Workshop, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 23-24.