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Attending CHIWORK 2024 – By Qing (Nancy) Xia
The 2024 CHIWORK conference took place last week at Northumbria University, up in Newcastle, and offered a great selection of interesting papers and discussions regarding the future of work. This year, there were several papers which explored the topic of supporting workers not just in improving their productivity, but also considering factors such as ensuring […]
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My Work Experience at University College London Interaction Centre (UCLIC)
By Hywel Jenkins During my five-day work experience at the University College London Interaction Centre, I had the opportunity to engage deeply with the realms of science communication, research inclusivity, and the integration of artificial intelligence in academic and professional settings. My work experience supervisor was Prof. Anna Cox. This post discusses my daily experiences, […]
’Jumping Out from the Pressure of Work and into the Game: Curating Immersive Digital Game Experiences for Post-Work Recovery
Mella, J., Iacovides, I., & Cox, A. (2024). ’Jumping Out from the Pressure of Work and into the Game: Curating Immersive Digital Game Experiences for Post-Work Recovery. ACM Games: Research and Practice. In this paper we explore how digital games can be used for psychological recovery after work. We conducted a study involving eleven participants who […]
Every wondered how to get someone to reply to your email?
Me this week: why is this guy chasing me for a reply today when he only emailed me on Thursday? Also me this week: how come that person I emailed on Wednesday last week STILL hasn’t replied? We’ve all spent time hitting the refresh button on an inbox waiting for a reply to an email […]
How did people respond to the disruption to work caused by the pandemic?
Our paper “The new normals of work: a framework for understanding responses to disruptions created by new futures of work” has just come out in Human-Computer Interaction Journal. Open access to the paper is available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07370024.2021.1982391 In the paper, we explore how people adapted to work during the pandemic and how we might understand people’s response […]
The great remote work experiment – what happens next?
Ready to go back to the office? Sam Wordley via Shutterstock Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, four experts dissect the impact a year of working from home has had on employees and the companies they work for – and what a more hybrid future […]
Media interview: ‘If you switch off, people think you’re lazy’: demands grow for a right to disconnect from work
Prof Anna L Cox is quoted in The Guardian’s article ‘If you switch off, people think you’re lazy’: demands grow for a right to disconnect from work
How the pandemic will shape the workplace trends of 2021
Remote working became the new normal in 2020. Elenabsl/Shutterstock Dave Cook, UCL The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that the amount we work would gradually shrink to as little as 15 hours a week as technology made us more productive. Not only did this not happen, but we also began to spend extra […]
Remote-work visas will shape the future of work, travel and citizenship
Josh Spires/Unsplash, FAL Dave Cook, UCL During lockdown, travel was not only a distant dream, it was unlawful. Some even predicted that how we travel would change forever. Those in power that broke travel bans caused scandals. The empty skies and hopes that climate change could be tackled were a silver lining, of sorts. COVID-19 […]