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Airi LampinenSenior lecturer

About me

I am an Associate Professor (Docent) in Human-Computer Interaction and a co-leader of the Stockholm Technology and Intearction Research group. I am also a Docent in Social Psychology at the University of Helsinki and serve on the steering committee of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.

Teaching

I teach in the Design & Information Society course that is offered as a parft of the Masters program on Designing Creative and Immersive Technologies.

I also supervise Bachelor and Masters theses, primarily in the domains of Human–Computer Interaction and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and especially projects that are empirically oriented and apply qualitative research methods.

Research

My research interests include interpersonal and economic aspects of networked platforms and algorithmic systems. I have published extensively in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.

Currently, I am PI of the Swedish Research Council (VR) project Shared Uses of Intimate Technology and co-PI of the WASP-HS project Ethics as Enacted through Movement – Shaping and Being Shaped by Autonomous Systems. I am also part of the Digital Futures faculty and co-lead a consolidator project within the centre: Layering Trust in Intimate Digital Health Technologies: Learning from Challenging Experiences.

Research projects

Shared Uses of Intimate Technology

Intimate technologies, such as insulin pumps, smart vibrators, and digital contraceptives, are typically designed for use at an individual level. However, their use and its consequences are often shared and social. This project examines how emerging intimate technologies within reproductive health come to be shared.

Thermometer, smart phone, glass of water and lamp on a bedside table.
Digital Futures Drone Arena

How can humans and drones interact? The Digital Futures Drone Arena is a demonstrator project that develops a novel aerial drone testbed, arranging annual drone competitions.

A sketch of multiple people interacting with drones. Illustration: Rachael Garrett, KTH
Human–Computer Interaction for Economic Encounters

There is an increasing trend towards organizing economic and social exchange with the help of online platforms. The transportation service Uber and the short-term rental service Airbnb are two examples. This project focuses on economic encounters in relation to these new marketplaces.

Human–Computer Interaction for Economic Encounters. Illustration: Riyaz Sheikh.
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