Speakers Dr. Ana María Bustamante Duarte is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Design (ArqDis) at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia. During her PhD, she developed inclusive approaches to support forced migrants’ participation in the design of interactive geotechnologies that helped them to navigate their new host cities in Germany….
Speaker Michael Muller (He/Him/His) is a Researcher in HCI at IBM Research AI. His research has spanned over several topics including the application of Participatory Design, Data Silences and ethics and values in applications of AI to human issues. Michael is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a member of the CHI Academy. Abstract Michael will…
Dr Anna R L Carter was invited to talk about how to empower citizens with and through digital technologies at the UCL Smell Above All: Where technology meets the nose. Anna was one of the demonstrators at the event talking with the 100+ international participants about citizen-led designs and improving quality of life for citizens….
The second civic engagement workshop of DCitizens brought together a diverse group of participants from academia, the public and 3rd sector, and industry to discuss the needs and opportunities in Civic and Inclusive Education. The workshop targeted institutions and people who work/live in the periphery of the City of Lisbon and featured round-table discussions to…
Speaker Anna Carter is an Innovation Fellow at Northumbria University she has extensive experience in designing technologies for local council regeneration programs, her work focuses on creating accessible digital experiences in a variety of contexts using human-centred methods and participatory design. She works on building Digital Civics research capacities of early career researchers as part of…
Speaker Clara Kliman-Silver is a Staff UX Researcher at Google, where she leads a research team focused on design tools, designer-developer collaboration, and the emergent role of artificial intelligence in the design process. Her research interests lie in computer-supported cooperative work, the role of AI in productivity tools, and enterprise technologies. Before Google, she worked as…
The DCitizens team will be getting together in Siegen for a Knowledge Exchange Event from the 19th to 20th of June 2024. The event will include seminar talks and group discussions. Wednesday 19th June Morning (10am – 12pm CET): Wednesday 19th June Afternoon (3PM – 4.30PM, CET): Seminar Talks: Pedro Ferreira Posthumanist Care and Ecologies…
Putting people at the heart of new developments in artificial intelligence and digital technology will be the focus of a Digital Civics Exchange taking place at Northumbria University from the 20th-30th of May. Digital Civics research seeks to explore the ways in which citizens and communities can be empowered in decision making processes and service provision – on…
The DCitizens project has participated in Instituto Superior Técnico’s Open Day, reaching 2000+ visitors on April 19th. The DCitizens team have joined the Interactive Technologies Institute’s stand sharing the project’s developments alongside European projects such as LoGaCulture and Bauhaus of the Sea Sails, also coordinated by the Interactive Technologies Institute. The project was represented by…
Speaker Débora is an activist, social designer, and Amazonian Decolonial thinker. She is currently a research associate at University of Siegen, where her research is about how communities experience and deal with economic and technological pressures in areas of post-conflict and social instability. Her PhD dissertation explored how peripheral communities in the Amazon rainforest make use…