About

Katie Seaborn is an Associate Fellow at CHIA and an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Critical Computing in the Department of Computer Science and Technology (CST) at the University of Cambridge. They also hold a Visiting Associate Professor position at Institute of Science Tokyo. They are Director of the Aspirational Computing Lab. They received their Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with a focus on Human Factors and a Collaborative Specialization in Knowledge Media Design from the University of Toronto in 2016.

Research

• Human-computer interaction and critical computing
• Human-robot interaction and social robotics
• Human-agent interaction, especially conversational user interfaces and voice-based agents
• Social justice in design, including bias and fairness, diversity and intersectional design, and transparency and (over)trust
• Deception in design, notably “dark patterns” and kawaii computing (cute theory applied to interactive technology)
• User experience
• Older adults and inclusive design
• Serious games and play