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Steve Joordens

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ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Toronto

Steve Joordens

Professor

Department of Psychology

University of Toronto Scarborough

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (7 NSERC, 1 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence Digital Mental Health Human-Computer Interaction Large Language Models Loneliness Psychosocial Wellbeing Social Connection Social Support

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Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Connected Conversations: The Stories and Science Describing The Impacts of Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Disconnection and What We Can Do To Build a More Connected Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$5,990
Harnessing Wikipedia to maximize dissemination
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$15,000

All 10 grants and awards

Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Aknin, Lara; Benoit, Cecilia M; Chen, Frances; Cosco, Theodore D; Joordens, Steve; Kim, Lawrence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Digital Mental Health; Human-Computer Interaction; Large Language Models; Loneliness; Psychosocial Wellbeing; Social Connection; Social Support; Technology And Society

$100,000

Connected Conversations: The Stories and Science Describing The Impacts of Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Disconnection and What We Can Do To Build a More Connected Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Open Pool

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Bombaci, J. P; Chen, Frances

Keywords: Health Promotion; Loneliness; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Disconnection; Social Isolation

$5,990