CHI Workshop | Motivation and Goals | Organisers | Plans | Activities | Call for Participation | Accessibility
Workshop Organisers
All of the organizers have a strong track record of HCI and Aging research. Each has their own particular interest in different facets of this topic, as represented by the questions motivating this workshop. Though not all of the organizers have worked with each other in the past, the majority were involved, either as an organizer or participant, in the successful 2019 CHI workshop which this workshop builds from.
Bran Knowles is Professor of Sociotechnical Systems in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. Her research explores the ethics and impacts of socio-technical systems and people’s attitudes to these systems, with a particular focus on dis/trust. She is currently leading the DigiAge project, which explores what it means to design for digital equity across the age spectrum.
Aneesha Singh is Associate Professor at the UCL Interaction Centre. She has a particular interest in adoption and use of personal health and wellbeing technologies; but more generally, her research focuses on making technology inclusive and ethical ways of conducting research with people, especially in sensitive contexts and with heightened vulnerabilities. She co-leads the DigiAge project with Bran Knowles.
Aloha Hufana Ambe is a research fellow at the School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Her research explores how to enhance human-machine relations, specifically, through older people’s perspectives, exploring how they might reimagine new forms of technologies in their life and future.
Robin Brewer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information. Her research explores how to center older adults when designing non-visual experiences, supporting care relationships across living environments, and understanding online and offline engagement. She takes a cautious approach to technology design and research with older adults, being mindful of accessibility, diverse perspectives, power dynamics in care work, and non-use or critical refusal.
Amanda Lazar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland in the College of Information Studies. She studies the design of technology for older adults and people with dementia, with a focus on everyday and meaningful activities. This work is infused with critical perspectives from other fields, activists, and HCI.
Helen Petrie is Professor Emerita of Human-Computer Interaction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York. She has degrees in both psychology and computer science. Her research focuses on the design and evaluation of new technologies, particularly for people with disabilities and older people. She is particularly interested in research methods for working with older adults and how to break down the monolithic category of “older adults”.
John Vines is Chair of Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. His interests are broadly at the intersection of research through design, participatory design and data-driven technologies. He has specific expertise on the design of systems to support care and health in later life, and bringing together the sociology and critical study of ageing and health with the field of human-computer interaction.
Jenny Waycott is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne, where she leads the “design for ageing” research theme in the Human-Computer Interaction research group. Her research uses qualitative and participatory methods to understand how older adults and aged care providers use technology to foster social and emotional connectedness in later life in order to improve how we design and deploy technologies for social benefit in complex settings such as aged care, where an empathetic approach is critical to ensure new technologies add value without causing harm.