University College Cork

schoolSchoolbar_chart#231 Global Rank

Total Papers

HCI Rank

#231

Research Areas

Years Active

Recent Publications

Latest papers from University College Cork

CHI '26Museum & Cultural Heritage Digitization +1

Digitizing the Dead: Understanding ‘Data Hauntings’ to Support Equitable Data Work with Human Remains

Thousands of human remains are stored in museums and collections worldwide. But while their collection, handling and display are increasingly subjected to ethical guidelines and regulations, institutional guidelines and research on their digitization are scarce. This study explores the challenges and opportunities of…

CHI '26Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +3

Technology in Abortion Care: a Scoping Review on Contexts of Use, Research Methods, Ethical Considerations and Impact

Globally, about 40% of women and people assigned female at birth live under laws that restrict or prohibit access to safe abortion care. Even where abortion is legal, socio-cultural stigma and health inequities hinder timely, equitable access. Technologies have been developed to support abortion seekers and providers…

CSCW '25Content Creation & Creators

Encountering Deepfakes: A thematic analysis of comments on a music video featuring deepfake content

Much early research on deepfakes has focused on speculating about potential future harms of the technology. Everyday uses and experiences of existing deepfake content are, surprisingly, comparatively understudied. For example, there is little research that seeks to understand how people encounter and respond to deepfa…

CSCW '25Women & Gender

‘Take Everything With a Pinch of Salt’: Learning to Navigate Fitness on Social Media

Emerging evidence from other disciplines indicates that women’s engagement with fitness content and communities on social media can have both positive and negative impacts, with particular concerns arising around misinformation, body image and privacy. To investigate this further, we conducted a three-step data collec…

CSCW '25Facilitating Support and Belonging

Sharing, Support-Seeking, and Managing Safety: A Qualitative Study of Online Platform Engagement After Pregnancy Loss

Online social platforms can provide important benefits to users following pregnancy loss. However, while research to date has provided insights into the opportunities and challenges of online platform use after pregnancy loss, we have a limited understanding of how users actively work to navigate these environments in…

CHI '25Cognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +1

Involvement of Autistic Adults in the Participatory Design of Technology: A Scoping Review

Research in HCI and autism has become more focused on involving autistic adults in technological design. In this paper, we present the results of a scoping review analysis of 11 projects across 18 papers that focused on including autistic adults in the design of technology that impacts their lives. This paper contribu…

DIS '24Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

Between Rhetoric and Reality: Real-world Barriers to Uptake and Early Engagement in Digital Mental Health Interventions

Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have potential to provide effective and accessible care to entire populations, but low client uptake and engagement are significant problems. Few prior studies explore the lived experiences of non-engagers, because reaching this population is inherently difficult. We present…

DIS '24Empowerment of Marginalized Groups +2

Designing for Dissensus: Socially Engaged Art to access experience and support participation.

For social justice-oriented design, pluralistic participatory practices are recognised as important. This paper explores Socially Engaged Art (SEA) as one such practice, which uses dialogical inquiry to address social justice issues. We describe a case study of SEA-informed digital storytelling workshops in a rurban c…

CHI '22Honorable MentionMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +1

Understanding How eHealth Coaches Tailor Support For Weight Loss: Towards the Design of Person-Centered Coaching Systems

eHealth coaching is a promising approach for delivering effective, person-centered, digital health interventions. Yet, the way eHealth coaches ‘tailor’ interventions using technology is currently unclear. This study aims to understand how eHealth coaches tailor support to clients seeking to lose weight. Nine in-depth…

CHI '22Context-Aware Computing +2

Navigating Imaginaries of DNA-Based Digital Data Storage

DNA-based digital data storage technology is hailed as a potential solution for the issues around exponential global data production. However, while the technology continues to strive towards its full commercialization, there is a lack of discourse on how it could be applied to facilitate interactions that are meaning…

View all 25 papers →

Quick Actions

Share this page

ios_share

X in mail

https://hci.top/en/institutions/University%20College%20Cork?source=all

At a Glance

Institution Snapshot

analytics

tag

Display Name

University College Cork

public

Location

Ireland · Europe

leaderboard

Overall Rank

#231

article

Total Papers

calendar_month

Active Years

2018-2026

groups

Network

16 researchers · 1 collaborators

Research Profile

Top Research Directions

query_stats

Ethics, Fairness, Social Justice & Inclusion

Developing Countries & HCI for Development (HCI4D)

Health, Healthcare & Wellbeing

Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

Research Methods & Design Practice

Participatory Design

Environment, Sustainability & Ecological Design

Sustainable HCI

Culture, Art & Performance

Museum & Cultural Heritage Digitization