Dr Marta E. Cecchinato

** Please note that I am currently on maternity leave until the end of January 2021 ** 

Research interests:

HCI, Work-Life Balance, Wellbeing, Productivity, Cross-Device Experience, Computer-Mediated Communication, Personal Information Management, Personal Informatics, Social Psychology.

Teaching (2019/20):

KV5003 Human-Computer Interaction (module leader)
KC6009 Information Technology and Data Science Undergraduate Project (module leader)

KF4009 Web Technologies
KC4005 The Business Environment, Organisations and Management Information Systems
KC7023 Research Methods and Professional Practice

Upcoming events & trips:

Pivoting to remote online working –Emerging digital technologies & insights (Sheffield Innovation Programme)
May 12, 2020 | online webinar

International Forum on Digital Wellbeing – postponed due to covid-19
May 27-28, 2020 | Bournemouth, UK 

GAMO Fellowship Writing Retreat to deliver Digital Wellbeing training
March 4-6, 2020 | Glasgow, UK

Latest news:

I will be giving a keynote talk at the International Forum on Digital Wellbeing, which is organised by Digital Mindfulness and Bournemouth University, and bring together researchers from academia and industry. [postponed due to covid-19]

I was invited to give a talk at Nokia Bell Labs’ Social Dynamics Seminar Series in Cambridge, UK on my work around Digital Wellbeing.

We are organising a workshop on Designing for Digital Wellbeing, in collaboration with researchers from University of Washington, University of Sheffield Hallam, UCL and Microsoft Research. Submissions due on 11th February 2019.