Student supervision

I am open to supervising master’s and PhD students working on Interaction Design and HCI aligned with the following themes:

Somaesthetic Design, the use of first and second-person research methods, and how these articulate knowledge for design use. This involves a strong commitment to rigorously documenting first-persin experiences, as well as performing self-experiments.

I have a particular interest in the application of the Focusing technique, Micro phenomenology and other introspective practices as methods for interaction design. Through my doctoral dissertation, I was the first researcher to generate a methodology around Focusing involving design ideation, prototyping and evaluation. You can find more information here.

Topics dealing with design methods, user-centred design and artistic research are also part of my interests.

PhD review

• Arife Dila Demir – Extended Textile Soma: Somaesthetics of Bodily Discomfort. EKA Estonian Academy of Arts. Thesis reviewer (2022 and 2023) and Examiner (upcoming).

Master’s students
Current

• Alice Berg – Better Sleep with Soma Design. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
• Christoffer Eriksson – Encouraging being in correspondence in soma design through touch-based interaction aesthetics: The case of soma bits. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
• Tieng-Ying Lu – Designing for moments of micro-meditations. Uppsala University, 2023
• Eduardo Alvarez Nowak – Designing a Learning Analytics Dashboard for boot camp students. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
• Rebeca Blanco – Reflections on one’s own body: A study on the understanding of body image in HCI. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023.

Awarded

• Leonardo Rignanese – Exploring different experience modalities of electronic tennis line calling. KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Aalto University, 2022.
• María Campo Wojtuk – Design of Smart Wearable Button Interactions for Women’s Street Safety in Stockholm. Awarded 2022. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Awarded 2022.
• Lin Liu – Applying Focusing to Design Somaesthetic Translations for interpreting Chu Ci. Technische Universität Berlin, 2022.
• Betzabe Salinas Tovar – Share my Meal: A Social Catalyst for Interactions around Food. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Awarded 2021.
• Karolin Valaszkai – Seeing feelingly through the Feet: A Design Space for Micro Opportunities. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Awarded 2021.
• Pepi Nedkova – Friendship & Collaboration: Girls Partnering in a Storytelling- Motivated Programming Experience. KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Awarded 2021.

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