[Infovis] 🎈Looking for PhD candidate 🌈on Participatory Design of Physical Data Representations for Deliberation

[Samuel Huron]

Dear Academic Friends,

Nathalie, Petra, and I seek a PhD candidate on "Artifact ecologies &
Participatory Design of Physical Data Representations for Deliberation.” If
you have brilliant master's students (in HCI, VIS, design, CS ), or you
know people who might be interested in this topic, please forward this
email.

We would like to have gathered all potential candidates before May 12th,
even though the formal deadline for this grant is the 15th. The PhD will be
based in Paris, France. International candidates are welcome !!!

Topic:
We aim to explore novel ways to organize deliberation processes.
Deliberation is an important mechanism for decision-making, particularly on
divisive issues. Physical computer-supported data representations have the
potential to support such processes by providing a common external
representation of the discussion including participants’ opinions and
arguments. We will investigate the current artifact ecologies of
deliberation organizers and explore the use of computer-supported physical
data representations to facilitate deliberation through a participatory
design approach. This work will provide a new understanding of the role of
physicalization in deliberation, novel tools for deliberation organizers
and a toolkit accessible to the public.

More info and official post here:
https://www.pepr-ensemble.fr/proposition-de-these-psephos-artifact-ecologies-participatory-design-of-physical-data-representations-for-deliberation/

All applications should be sent to the following :
Nathalie Bressa <nathalie.bressa at telecom-paris.fr>
Samuel Huron <samuel.huron at telecom-paris.fr>
Petra Isenberg <petra.isenberg at inria.fr>


Best regards,
Samuel