Empathy is seen as essential for user-centered design and thus needs to be taken into
consideration in design education. Personas are a design method that is meant to promote …

Personas are valuable tools to help designers get to know their users and adopt their
perspectives. Yet people are complex and multiple identities have to be considered in their …

Empathy with users is seen as crucial in the design process. Empathising with users is not
trivial, especially if they are different from the design team, eg have a different gender or age …

Personas are considered a key method to induce empathy for users. However, they are also
said to trigger stereotyping, eg by using photographs that convey information about gender …

This thesis investigates the topic of sport and integration (SAI) and discusses the role that
sport plays in both uniting and dividing groups in lower and middle income settings. In …

The paucity of projects where persona is the research foci and a lack of consensus on this
artefact keep many reticent about its purpose and value. Besides crafting personas is …

Ensuring ethical value exchange is moving to the forefront of the global challenges that HCI
will have to address in the coming years. In this position paper, we argue that applying a …

In this chapter, I argue for a socio-technical approach to technology design for the common
good that addresses its ethical and political aspects. The background is that the life of …

Le Corbusier, in his 1923 book Vers une architecture, has referred to a building as a
machine to inhabit. This perspective is growing ever more relevant with the continued …

Post-modern history and literature focus on the impact of social, economic, and political
events, including wars, on our lives. Since politics have always exerted a direct and indirect …