Mikael Wiberg: Design Informatics

Lecturer: Mikael Wiberg, professor i informatik, Umeå universitet

Title: Design Informatics - A research initiative, and a point of reference for our educations

Abstract: In this seminar prof. Wiberg will present an initiative called ’Design Informatics’. He will describe how we have initiated this as a research environment at the department of informatics at Umeå university, and I will present how it is related to design-oriented studies in informatics (including e.g. participatory design, design research, action design research, interaction design research, design science, etc). For sure, design is part of the history of informatics, and it is a central dimension in several of our educational programs, not only in Umeå but in most informatics departments - on a national and international level. I will discuss ways of moving from an initiative towards a research program on design informatics, and I will open up for a discussion on possible ways forward in terms of research efforts and opportunities for long-term collaborations. Welcome!

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Short Bio: Mikael Wiberg is a full professor in informatics at Umeå university, Sweden. He has held positions as Chaired Professor in HCI at Uppsala university (2010-2012), as Head of department, informatics, Umeå university (2013-2016), as Associate Dean for the social sciences faculty (2016-2017), and as Guest professor in HCI (human-computer interaction) at Södertörn university, Sweden (2018-2020). He has a PhD in informatics from 2001, Umeå university. Wiberg’s main work is within the areas of interactivity, mobility, materiality, and interactive architecture. He has published his research in a number of top HCI and design journals including Design Issues, Design Studies, International journal of design, ToCHI - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, the Human- Computer Interaction journal and ACM Interactions. His most recently published book is ‘The Materiality of Interaction’ (MIT press, 2018), and he was most recently appointed co-EIC (Editor-in-chief) for ACM Interactions (2019).