Affective Interactions Lab

Affective Interactions lab is a space for research on design and technology #HCI #affect #reflection #future_of_work #care #ethics

[Sydney Design Lab @syd_designlab]

Design Lab’s very own @NaseemAhmadpour is SUPRA’s “Supervisor of the Year” for 2022! 🏆This award recognises her invaluable contribution to HDR supervision over the years at University of Sydney and is nominated & judged by research postgraduates. Amazing win! Congratulations! 👏

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

Congratulations to our very own @ajplai for winning the 3min thesis competition at @Sydney_Arch ! Ajit is researching the experience of ethical tensions at workplace, and ways of mediating difficult conversations around ethical design through community building.

[Sydney Design Lab @syd_designlab]

Ajit's talk on “Experiencing Ethical Tensions at Work” won 1st place in the 3-Minute Thesis Competition of the School of Architecture Design and Planning (ADP) 🏆 Ajit will represent ADP for the University final next year. Congrats @ajplai for this amazing win & best of luck! 🎉

[Ajit G. Pillai @ajplai]

It’s lab bonding day at @AffectIX and we are making a collage!

[Sydney Design Lab @syd_designlab]

Wonder how UX practitioners can be supported in handling ethical tensions that arise in design work❓@ajplai & team's paper from @NordiCHI2022 talks about different ethical tensions designers experience & the community’s role in mediating them. Link to paper below⬇️

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

@ajplai Well done @ajplai presenting this important paper on how ethical tensions are experienced in design/HCI work!

[Ajit G. Pillai @ajplai]

My paper makes a quick appearance during the ethics panel @NordiCHI #NordiCHI22

[StepUp for Research @StepUp4Research]

A recent Australian survey looked at the experiences of people who had signed up to StepUp for Dementia Research to investigate motivations and meaning behind volunteering online for science-based research. To read more: https://t.co/Wfhb645FQe
@YunHeeJeon1

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

New week @ajplai will present a paper at @NordiCHI "Exploring the experience of ethical tensions and the role of community in UX practice" examining distress caused by ethical tensions at work, and the role of communities as sites of care https://t.co/rKrt4eAL8Q

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

New paper in IJHCI by @KhushnoodZN @NaseemAhmadpour and @YunHeeJeon1 explores identity and meaning-making of digital volunteer in science-based programs and platforms https://t.co/2t74B97ZAu

[Kristina Mah @kristina_mah]

Thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration that sparked spacious discussions and openness to our different views on faith, religion and spirituality with @KhushnoodZN and @NaseemAhmadpour. Very pleased to be contribute to this conversation in HCI.

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

New article in @interactionsMag "Making Space for Faith, Religion, and Spirituality (FRS) in Prosocial HCI" by @KhushnoodZN @kristina_mah @NaseemAhmadpour advocating for people who value FRS in prosocial system design and HCI research https://t.co/SHH1AHm7tt

[kiranijaz @_kiranIjaz]

[New Paper] Design Considerations for Immersive Virtual Reality Applications for Older Adults: A Scoping Review
@minh_tramtran @NaseemAhmadpour
@abakik @Rafael_A_Calvo @slavaxx
@AIHI_MQ @AffectIX @MDPIOpenAccess
https://t.co/pKP9ExMDCp

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

How great is this pictorial by @Yidan_Cao1994 @k_cochrane and @lianloke! "Computationally augmenting traditional embroidery practices: an autobiographical design process with first-person patient experience for amblyopia follow up treatment activity" https://t.co/bGCwj1DkUN

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

Check out this fantastic short film made by lab member @lianloke (with Dagmar Reinhardt) exploring a feminist approach to investigating how robots can collaborate with humans in personal grooming and bodily care rituals.
https://t.co/ZAeacqOLhA @syd_designlab @ISEA2022Bcn

[Sydney Design Lab @syd_designlab]

Join us for a rare public lecture by the founder of the Key Centre of Design Computing & Cognition which later became the Design Lab. In this talk, Prof John Gero will explore what happens in your brain when you design.
Fri 8 Apr 6-7pm @Sydney_Arch
RSVP: https://t.co/Osy2Oj16zI

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

Happy International Women's Day! Today, we celebrated exceptional women in our school and organized a pop-up engagement to speculate how we might #breakthebias

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

New paper presents work by @NaseemAhmadpour
@nnajanssen and @DrMelKeep and reports on the experiences of patients in chemotherapy using VR apps picked from a set of 10 pre-selected apps https://t.co/oZwhz3BQu3
@syd_designlab @COBLH

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

@dr_pjgough wrote about our recent lab project on designing for reflection while acknowledging our positionalities as assets. The paper reporting this project won the best paper award at OzCHI2021
https://t.co/i80X6qiqME

[Affective Interactions Lab @AffectIX]

Our lab member @KhushnoodZN has been researching how we can improve wellbeing and experiences of online volunteers. She is now contributing to a national strategy in collaboration with @VolunteeringAus - well done Khushi! @syd_designlab @Sydney_Arch @Sydney_ADP_Res

[Khushnood Naqshbandi @KhushnoodZN]

Thrilled to be in the advisory body for the National Strategy for Volunteering. Look forward to working with the other distinguished members of this group and reimagining a better and more inclusive future of volunteering in Australia.