User-centred Design

The research area is concerned with understanding and improving the way that individuals and communities design, use and evaluate software products. We work within both organizational and societal settings with a focus on engaged and impactful research alongside users. We are committed to principles of openness and empowerment. We have a particular focus on processes, data-intensive and intelligent systems. We have a strong portfolio of national and international research projects.

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Research areas

human-computer interaction
civic technology
open-source software communities
human-data interaction
data and security literacies
participatory and user-centred methods
more-than human design
wearable and sensor technologies

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Infrastructure

The research area is supported by the CODER Living Lab, which is a member of ENOLL. Coder exists both as a physical infrastructure within LUT in the form of a fully equipped usability lab, as well as our expertise in orchestrating research within communities using co-design approaches. We have good relationships to industrial and societal actors in our localities of Lappeenranta and Lahti.