
Dan Bennett
Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction.
My work is associated with BIG::Diverse, BIG::Everyday & BIG::Health. My research themes and interests include ux, user experience, behavioural regulation, complexity, embodiment, human-centred data science, identity and the self, psychology, reflective interaction & well-being.
My research connects the three strands of my academic background — philosophy, computer science, and cognitive science. I have two main lines of interest:
- How technologies impact human autonomy, for example how the technologies of the attention economy undermine behavioural regulation. I am interested in how technologies can be used to foster user competencies to help navigate these challenges. I am also interested in understanding how data can be used to drive more sustainable, reflective patterns of engagement, grounded in psychosocial needs.
- How temporal patterns in interaction behaviour can help us understand peoples' experiences with games and everyday technologies. How we could use these patterns to adapt interfaces to user needs.
If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher then please get in touch. It's also nice to hear from people who are interested in my research or want to share their own interesting research.
Get in touch with via bluesky or email, and see more of my work on google scholar, and my website
Collaborators
Doctoral Students
Faculty
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Anne Roudaut
Professor of Human Computer Interaction and the director of BIG -
Oussama Metatla
Associate Professor of HCI and co-director of BIG -
Chris Bevan
Lecturer in Immersive Technologies
Visiting & Honorary
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Feng Feng
Visiting Researcher
Recent Publications
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Beyond Intrinsic Motivation: The Role of Autonomous Motivation in User Experience
Dan Bennett & Elisa Mekler
Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2024. -
Smiles Summon the Warmth of Spring: A Design Framework for Thermal-Affective Interaction based in Chinese Cí Poetry
Feng Feng, Dan Bennett & Elisa D Mekler
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2024. -
How does HCI Understand Human Agency and Autonomy?
Dan Bennett, Oussama Metatla, Anne Roudaut & Elisa Mekler
CHI, 2023. -
Jank Accounts: We Should Study Broken Games
Dan Bennett & Elisa D Mekler
CHI Play, 2023. -
Multifractal mice: Operationalising dimensions of readiness-to-hand via a feature of hand movement
Dan Bennett, Anne Roudaut & Oussama Metatla
Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2022.