Funded PhD studentship in CS/HCI
We are having an open call (till the position is filled) for a fully funded PhD studentship in Human-Computer Interaction and…
Mobile HCI workshop on Quantified Self. Submit!
We will be co-organizing a workshop on New Directions for Self-Quantification for Behavior Change as part of Mobile HCI 2017 in Vienna. Submit…
Best Paper & Best Poster award at Persuasive’17
We received two awards at the 12th International conference on Persuasive Technology. The best paper award went to Ana’s work on…
Subly: A Google Chrome Plugin for Subliminal Priming
With 50% of people spending over 6 h per day surfing the web, web browsers offer a promising platform for…
Does Beauty Matter in Behavior Change?
The use of motivational textual messages is a popular strategy for encouraging behavior change. Social media platforms, such as Instagram,…
Invited talk for the World Usability Day
We gave a talk in the WUD’16 Tallinn and WUD@ITMO events. The slides of the presentation are attached below.
Exploring the Design Space of Glanceable Feedback for Physical Activity Trackers
Recent research reveals over 70% of the usage of physical activity trackers to be driven by glances – brief, 5-second…
Designing behaviour
I intentionally chose a provocative title. Can we really design behaviour? Can technologies have such an influence on individuals’ behaviour that…
Does activity tracking make us happier?
In her recently published work, Jordan Etkin asked individuals to count their steps over the course of a day. Not surprisingly, she found…
Designing for different Stages in Behaviour Change
With multiple studies highlighting high abandonment rates of physical activity trackers, a question is raised as to how well they…