Interactive Technologies Institute

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CHI '26Health Self-Tracking +2

Design for Dis/Ability: A Crip Inquiry into Personal Energy Tracking

This study explores the phenomenon of energy and self-tracking technologies, moving beyond the context of managing chronic conditions. Our approach to designing from the experiences of people with disability is informed by crip theory, which challenges societal norms of health and ability. We analysed 50 survey respon…

CHI '26Game UX & Player Behavior +3

More Aware and More Curious to Understand": Emotionally Challenging Experiences in Psychological Horror Games

Emotionally challenging experiences are central to player experience in games, and psychological horror provides particularly intense and thought-provoking moments. However, HCI research has largely overlooked how these experiences might influence reflection and mental health awareness. To address this gap, we interv…

CHI '26Honorable MentionGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

EcoAssist: Embedding Sustainability into AI-Assisted Frontend Development

Frontend code, replicated across millions of page views, consumes significant energy and contributes directly to digital emissions. Yet current AI coding assistants, such as GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer, emphasize developer speed and convenience, with energy impact not yet a primary focus. At the same time,…

CSCW '25Technology's Impact on (Im)migration

Speculating Migrant Possible Worlds through Magic Machines

Migration and technology studies increasingly recognize the importance of incorporating migrant perspectives in design processes. Speculative design methods have emerged as powerful tools for imagining alternative futures, particularly when working with marginalized communities. However, there remains a gap in underst…

CC '25Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Making Sense of Our Data: Exploring Well-Being Self-Tracking Through Creative Collaboration

Mental health and well-being research increasingly recognizes the potential of data to support preventative care and foster meaningful sensemaking. However, traditional health data visualizations often overlook emotional depth, contextual relevance, and lived experiences. In response, four HCI researchers conducted a…

DIS '25Technology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Estrangement through Silence

How can we cultivate deeper attunement to one another, ourselves, and the environment that can, in turn, inform and enrich design? Over the course of four workshops conducted across 1.5 years – primarily outdoors – the authors engaged in prolonged periods of shared silence. This collective silence functioned as an est…

DIS '25Sustainable HCI +2

Designing Biotopia: A Transmedia Experience for Natureculture Heritage and More-than-Human Entanglements

In recent years, HCI research around post-anthropocene design has been gaining traction. Caring and inclusive stances towards more-than-humans, multispecies dialogues, and decentering the human in design are imbuing HCI and other disciplines. Similarly, critical heritage scholars have pointed to the need to re-frame h…

CHI '25Honorable MentionCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

Towards Neuroqueer Spatial Justice: A Critical Literature Review of Public Space Technologies for Neurodivergent Populations

Access to public spaces is of the utmost importance for social cohesion, inclusion, and civic engagement. Nevertheless, a large majority of public spaces remain incredibly uncomfortable environments for neurodivergent individuals due to, for instance, the unpredictability of such spaces and the sensory stimuli within…

CHI '25Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Support (Captions, Sign Language, Vibration) +2

Digital Technologies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: a Systematic Review, Critical Reflections, and Future Research Directions

Digital technologies in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) have the potential to support the development and well-being of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children. Yet, there has yet to be a systematic review of the field. A shared understanding of current research is needed to develop a future vision. In this review, w…

CHI '25Honorable MentionCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

The Centers and Margins of Modeling Humans in Well-being Technologies

This paper critically examines the machine learning (ML) modeling of humans in three case studies of well-being technologies. Through a critical technical approach, it examines how these apps were experienced in daily life (technology in use) to surface breakdowns and to identify the assumptions about the “human” body…

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Ethics, Fairness, Social Justice & Inclusion

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Environment, Sustainability & Ecological Design

Human-Nature Relationships (More-than-Human Design)

Culture, Art & Performance

Museum & Cultural Heritage Digitization

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Cognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia)

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Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities