Rob Comber

schoolRISE Research Institutes of Swedenbar_chart#2071 Global Rank

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#2071

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Applying Computational Analysis to Textual Data from the Wild: a Feminist Perspective

With technologies that afford much larger-scale data collection than previously imagined, new ways of processing and interpreting qualitative textual data are required. HCI researchers use a range of methods for interpreting the `full range of human experience' from qualitative data, however, such approaches are not a…

CHI '18CorrespondingContext-Aware Computing +2

ThermoKiosk: Investigating Roles for Digital Surveys of Thermal Experience in Workplace Comfort Management

Thermal comfort in shared workplaces is often contested and impacts productivity, wellbeing, and energy use. Yet, subjective and situated comfort experiences are rarely captured and engaged with. In this paper, we explore roles for digital surveys in capturing and visualising subjective experiences of comfort in situ…

CHI '18CorrespondingSustainable HCI +1

Food Democracy in the Making: Designing with Local Food Networks

This paper introduces the concept of ‘food democracy’ as a theoretical framing for HCI to engage in human-food interaction. Extending existing foci of health and environmental sustainability, food democracy requires thinking through aspects of social and economic justice, and democratic governance as directions for th…

CHI '18CorrespondingOnline Harassment & Counter-Tools +1

“That Really Pushes My Buttons”: Designing Bullying and Harassment Training for the Workplace

Workplace bullying and harassment have been identified as two of the most concerning silent and unseen occupational hazards of the 21st century. The design of bespoke training addressing domain-specific job roles and relations presents a particular challenge. Using the concept of data-in-place where data is understood…

CHI '182nd AuthorCommunity Engagement & Civic Technology +1

Between Grassroots and the Hierarchy: Lessons Learned from the Design of a Public Services Directory

There is a growing interest in HCI research studying technology for citizen engagement in civic issues. We are now seeing issues around technologies for empowerment and participation, long discussed in HCI literature, appropriated and formalised in government legislation. In the UK, recent reforms stipulate that commu…

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