The book of proceedings collecting papers presented to the “Magic Is Might 2012” conference and edited by me and Gráinne O’Brien is now available to download freely. The conference explored the cultural impact of the Harry Potter books and films and included participants with backgrounds in (among others) sociology, media design, gender studies, e-commerce. You…… Continue reading “Magic is Might 2012” Book of Proceedings is now available!

I will be co-hosting a workshop at CHI 2013 in Paris in April on “Explorations in Social Interaction Design”. As computing moves into the background and social media pervade everyday life, we need in HCI a broader vocabulary and additional resources for designing with socially generated data in ways that are rich, meaningful and sustainable.…… Continue reading Upcoming workshop at CHI 2013

It is quite hard to believe but I have already been working at Sheffield Hallam University and living in Sheffield for over one month. It has been a very exciting time, both with the discovery of the city and surrounding area and with getting to know my colleagues and new academic home. Everyone is very…… Continue reading Of New Things

I am delighted to announce that on December 1st I will take on a new position as Reader of Communications at Sheffield Hallam University (UK). I will be based at C3RI, the Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute, in the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Science. Within the Institute, I will be a member…… Continue reading A New Chapter

Now that the hype has died down and I had some time to recover, it’s about time I write something about the mind-blowing experience that has been “Magic Is Might 2012”, the conference that Gráinne O’Brien of the Department of Sociology and myself organised here at UL a couple of weeks ago. I say mind-blowing…… Continue reading The Might of Magic