Please see Google Scholar for a full list of my publications, listed from most recent.
Recent representative publications
Sakib, A. S., Hurst, A., & Safayeni, F. (2026). Evaluating the performance of Large Language Models in taxonomic classification of questions in verbal protocols of design. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AI EDAM), 40(e6). [GitHub Repository]
Johnson, J., Hurst, A., & Safayeni, F. (2025). Bridging theory and practice in software design management: insights from practitioners. Proceedings of the Design Society, 5, 811-820.
Graham, J., Drewery, D., Fannon, A. M., Hurst, A., Rennick, C., & McKay, K. (2025) Location matters: Differences in students’ self-reported social interactions and graduate capital between in-person and remote placement-based work-integrated learning experiences. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 26(4), 785-799
Litster, G., Cardoso, C., & Hurst, A. (2024) Analyzing problem framing in design teams: a systems mapping approach. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. 38:e15.
Nickel, J. Hurst, A., & Duimering, R. (2024) Contextual influences on trade-offs in engineering design: A qualitative study. Design Science, 10, e21.
Sakib, A.S., Hurst, A., & Safayeni, F. (2024) Towards AI-assisted protocol analysis in design research: Automating question labelling with GPT-4 according to Eris' (2004) taxonomy. In: Gero, J.S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition’24. DCC 2024. Springer, Cham [GitHub Repository]
Rennick, C., Litster, G., Hulls, C.C., & Hurst, A. (2023) Curricular hackathons for engineering design learning: The case of Engineering Design Days. IEEE Transactions on Education, 66(6), 654-664.
Johnson, J., Hurst, A. & Safayeni, F. (2023) Managing data-driven design: A survey of the literature and future directions. ICED'23, July, 2023.
Hurst, A., Lin, S., Treacy, C., Nespoli, O.G. & Gero, J.S. (2023) Comparing academics and practitioners Q & A tutoring in the engineering design studio. ICED'23, July, 2023. [Reviewers' Favourite award]
Nickel, J., Rennick, C., Litster, G., Hulls, C.C.W., & Hurst, A. (2023) A qualitative investigation of students’ design experiences in a work-integrated learning setting. ICED'23, July, 2023.
Litster, G., Hurst, A., & Cardoso, C. (2023) A systems thinking inspired approach to understanding design activity. In: Gero, J.S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition'22. DCC 2022. Springer, Cham., pp. 183-201. (PDF)
Nickel, J., Duimering, P. R. & Hurst, A. (2022) Manipulating the design space to resolve trade-offs: Theory and evidence, Design Studies, 79, 101095.
Lin, B., Ghaddar, B., & Hurst, A. (2022) Text mining undergraduate engineering programs' applications: The role of gender, nationality, and socio-economic status. (preprint)
Lister, G., Hurst, A. & Pretti, T. J. (2021) Surveying design skill development in work-integrated learning experiences: A review of the literature. Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'21), Gothenberg, Sweden, pp. 2851-2860. [Reviewers' Favourite award]
Nespoli, O., Hurst, A. & Gero, J. S. (2021) Exploring tutor–student interactions in a novel virtual design studio. Design Studies, 75.
Bayley, T., Wheatley, D. & Hurst, A (2021) Assessing a novel problem-based learning approach with game elements in a business analytics course. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 19(3), 185-196. [Best research paper in DSJIE in 2021; DSJIE top-cited article in 2021-2022 ]
Flus, M. & Hurst, A. (2021) Design at hackathons: New opportunities for design research. Design Science, 7, E4.
Litster, G. , & Hurst, A. (2021). Protocol analysis in engineering design education research: observations, limitations, and opportunities. Studies in Engineering Education, 1(2), pp. 14–30.
Cardoso, C., Hurst, A., & Nespoli, O., (2020). Reflective Inquiry in Design Reviews: The Role of Question-Asking During Exchanges of Peer Feedback. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(2), pp. 614-622.
Hurst, A., Nespoli, O. G., Abdellahi, S., & Gero, J. S., (2019). A Comparison of Design Activity of Academics and Practitioners Using the FBS Ontology: A Case Study, in Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 August 2019.