About Us
Katharina Buckmayer
(katharina.buckmayer@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is an educator and a PhD candidate at Técnico-Lisbon, affiliated with Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS. Her work centers on CCI, multi-sensory smart toys, and learning environments to support positive childhood development.
Filipa Rocha
(fgrocha@fc.ul.pt) is a PhD student at the University of Lisbon, associated with LASIGE and the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS. Her research focuses on accessibility and inclusion for mixed-visual ability collaboration in Computational Thinking activities.
Elisa Rubegni
(e.rubegni@lancaster.ac.uk) is an Associate Professor, at Lancaster University. Elisa's research focuses on designing and evaluating children’s experiences and investigating research questions around the impact of technology-based experiences for supporting children’s narrative thinking, and emotional and cognitive skills development.
Reem Talhouk
(reem.talhouk@northumbria.ac.uk) is an Assistant Professor and interdisciplinary researcher in Design and Global Development at Northumbria University. Her research has focused on conducting participatory design centred on issues of community resilience, migration, and humanitarian technologies.
Hugo Nicolau
(hugo.nicolau@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) is an Assistant Professor at Técnico-Lisbon and a researcher at the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS. His research interests include HCI and Accessibility, focusing on designing, building, and studying computing technologies that enable positive social change.
Ana Cristina Pires
(ana.pires@iti.larsys.pt) is a psychologist specializing in HCI and a Research Fellow at the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS, University of Lisboa. Her research is focused on creating interactive and tangible technologies, through PD methodologies, to support educational or social community practices.