Sabrina Hauser

Sabrina Hauser is a German-Canadian design, research, and education professional with more than a decade of experience in interaction design, human-computer interaction, UX research, and teaching. Her areas of expertise include user research, design ethnography, ethics of technology design, human-technology relations, postphenomenology, research through design, and speculative design, as listed on her portfolio. She earned a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction and Design Research from the School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University, an MA in Design from HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, and a Diplom in Information Science and Engineering from Hochschule Darmstadt. Her thesis record shows the PhD was awarded in 2018. Thesis record

As of 2026-09-24, her LinkedIn profile describes her as an Associate Director at UBC Sauder. A March 18, 2026 event page specifies the role as Associate Director of the Scale Up program with the Founders Lab. LinkedIn profile Event listing Previously, she worked in digital technology innovation partnerships at UBC's Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, and held postdoctoral research roles at Umeå Institute of Design and UBC's Department of Computer Science. Her biography Her co-authored paper “Designing and Evaluating Calmer” received the 2020 ACM CHI Best Paper Award. ACM SIGCHI award list

• As of 2026-09-24·UBC Sauder School of Business / Founders Lab·Associate Director, Scale Up
  • Her LinkedIn headline lists her as an Associate Director at UBC Sauder; the March 2026 event page specifies Scale Up with the Founders Lab. No start date is given.
• From January 2021; end date not confirmed·Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, University of British Columbia·Innovation Partnerships Manager, Digital Technology
  • Connected industry, not-for-profit, and community partners with UBC researchers to support research partnerships and translation. Her CV gives the start month; its “Present” wording is outdated and does not establish that this role overlapped with her later Sauder role.
• January 2019–December 2020·Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University·Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Worked with Heather Wiltse and Johan Redström on “Design Philosophy for Things that Change.” Her CV Her biography
• November 2018–August 2019·Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia·Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Worked with Joanna McGrenere and Karon MacLean on the Design for People research cluster and graduate training program. Her CV UBC eDAPT people page

• 2011–2018·School of Interactive Arts + Technology, Simon Fraser University·PhD
  • Human-Computer Interaction and Design Research; dissertation: Design-oriented HCI through Postphenomenology. Her CV Thesis record
• 2008–2009·HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany·MA in Strategic Design
  • Her CV ORCID
• 2004–2007·Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Germany·Diplom in Information Science
  • Her CV ORCID
  • Hauser describes this German qualification as comparable to a four-year BSc (Hons.); the original degree name is retained here.

• 2020 | ACM CHI | Best Paper Award — “Designing and Evaluating Calmer” (ACM SIGCHI)
• 2018 | ACM DIS | Best Paper Award — “An Annotated Portfolio on Doing Postphenomenology Through Research Products” (Her CV)
• 2018 | ACM CHI | Honourable Mention — “Philosophers Living with the Tilting Bowl” (Her CV)
• 2017 | ACM DIS | Honourable Mention — “Morse Things: A Design Inquiry into the Gap Between Things and Us” (Her CV)

Sources: personal portfolio, biography, CV, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ORCID, PhD thesis record, 2026 event listing, and ACM SIGCHI award list. Reviewed 2026-09-24.