mark perry

user studies researcher and professor in CSCW, HCI and mobicomp. unpicking interactions around digital money, video, automedia and assorted shiny new things.

[mark perry @markperry]

PhD funding for exceptional candidates in digital money and payments, fintech or DeFi. Seeking applications from anthropology, sociology, psychology, or cog science grads, as well as UX, HCI or CSCW (deadline 30/4/26) DM me first! #PhD #fintech https://t.co/J122Py8us8

[mark perry @markperry]

We are delighted to announce the Call for Submissions for BCS BritCHI 2026! Home of British HCI in its 39th year, it is the place to share your research, network, collaborate, and learn from one another. Full Papers deadline: 21 May. https://t.co/fphnd1Ajfn #HCI #UXDesign #Brunel

[mark perry @markperry]

@PhilBeaman that's impressive! I think my longest paper from data collection to publication was 11 years - cutting edge science? Research was on how people throw their rubbish away ("Laying waste together"). Not mine: it gets hoarded and finally published ;-)

[mark perry @markperry]

More than a bit delayed by COVID-19, our paper on how users collaborate to scamper over walled gardens in China is finally in print! Wh00p! Genuinely great support from reviewers and AE at ToCHI 🙏
#moneywork #CSCW #digitalpayments #interoperability

[ACM TOCHI @acmtochi]

Studying Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, this paper shows how users navigate breakdowns, manage money across platforms, and create practical interoperability through social and everyday practices. Authors: @markperry , Christian Greiffenhagen, Rongyu Li

https://t.co/iiuqtZ9JMD

[mark perry @markperry]

@PhilBeaman :-) it's just my once-a-month checkup to see what the far right might be cooking up for the rest of us. Back here again to remember what my xtwitter username even is. Hope you and yours are well!

[mark perry @markperry]

Unusual and interesting use case for AI: mud, sweat, weeds and seeds. Submit!

[Dr. Regan Mandryk 🦋 @reganmandryk @reganmandryk]

The CHI Steering Committee wants your input on the future format and finances of CHI. Read our post (https://t.co/ytxH2NZYso), consider our proposals (https://t.co/66tspyHbFO), provide feedback (https://t.co/q57Jg7YqvS), and join us for two online sessions. @acm_chi @sigchi 1/6

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

I wanted to actually go in and see it with my own eyes. Sometimes twitter is uncharitable. I wanted to see it for myself. And it's really there. It really does talk about extending Metrolink to Manchester Airport. Metrolink to Manchester Airport opened in 2014.

[mark perry @markperry]

Senior Lecturer (Associate Prof. level) post at Computer Science, Brunel University London (UK). Esp. seeking applicants in blockchain or HCI (closing 23/10/2023): https://t.co/JME81mPFQ7 Happy to chat (DM me) #facultyjobs #HCI #fintech #blockchain

[mark perry @markperry]

Interesting point from Anikó Szombati (Central Bank of Hungary) for digital money, we must distinguish between "transaction-type cash" vs. "accumulation-type cash". Not quite sure if this is architectural or end-use, but highlights difficulties for *what kind of* CBDC design #DMI

[mark perry @markperry]

... alongside challenges to research methods from AI, journal publication finance models, and new approaches to ECR funding.

[mark perry @markperry]

Thoughtful UK Science, Innovation and Technology Cmte parliamentary report on 'Reproducibility and Research Integrity' https://t.co/ze4lVScaaw

[mark perry @markperry]

Recognition of "concerns about the academic publishing industry in—however unintentionally—giving rise to pressures that can undermine research integrity", and of how career progression incentives give rise to structurally unhelpful outcomes

[mark perry @markperry]

With common issues from these CBDCs around trust, risk, AML/KYC. Not yet a much of a settled view of *how* digital money users might actually practically use, or make sense of its functionality

[mark perry @markperry]

From #DMI panel. Quite diverse national perspectives on what a (mostly retail) #CBDC implementation might look like, with public/private integration, composability, programmability, and tokenisation in the mix

[mark perry @markperry]

sensing quite a heavy push from UK gov to progress CBDCs "we are getting closer to that point", with a surprisingly open attitude to private currencies/ crypto (opening keynote: Andrew Griffith, Economic Secretary, UK Treasury)

[mark perry @markperry]

Attending a 2 day conference on CBDCs (2023 DMI Symposium) with 2000+ registered attendees. Quite a lot of national central banks present - things seems to be moving fast in this space

[mark perry @markperry]

Great to see more shadow programme committee activities building future research community leaders. INTERACT conference https://t.co/pdSqpJO02Z looks a good opportunity for PhDs, PostDocs and early career researchers. Apply https://t.co/aNrIDwMZXB by 20 Feb'23. #HCI

[mark perry @markperry]

@barbro66 But I *think* that Brett's point here was that in the current situation, banks work with the state to offer credit (solution = bank loan), so building in narrow financial dependencies rather than an offering alternative approaches to reframe these problems differently

[mark perry @markperry]

Not heard it framed like this before, but I this is neat and guts a chunk of industry and academic rhetoric:
"‘financial inclusion’, a euphemistic phrase referring to efforts to onboard people into the commercial banking sector, and to make them dependent on bank credit"

[Brett Scott @Suitpossum]

For all of you who've been waiting, Part 1 of my Zen and the Art of CBDC Analysis has just dropped https://t.co/gh1YZ0xLlD

[mark perry @markperry]

@barbro66 Hi Barry! I don't see credit as necessarily 'bad' - what isn't so helpful is that for people with limited financial options (yep-I know we're almost all on a sliding scale here), only offering them a shitty stick to get out of trouble isn't a great solution