Research group Stockholm Technology & Interaction Research (STIR)

The STIR group brings together a mix of technologists and social scientists. Together, we research and build new digital technologies. Our work is situated within the Human–Computer Interaction field.
Genre photo of traffic in Stockholm with humans, bikes, cars and trams.

The city traffic is a social environment where humans interact with new and older technology. Photo: Anna Chaplygina/Mostphotos.

The Stockholm Technology & Interaction Research (STIR) group is led by three faculty members: Professor Barry Brown, Associate Professor Airi Lampinen and Assistant Professor Donald McMillan.

Our research engages with technology use as it unfolds in social settings. Recently, we have worked in domains such as digital health, mobility, feminist cybersecurity, economic encounters, speech agents, and video-mediated interactions.

Read more about our work, ongoing projects, and publications on the STIR website
 

Timing challenge for self-driving cars

How do we actually know who should go first in a roundabout? Often, it’s not about traffic signs or formal rules, but about eye contact, small movements, and timing. Humans handle this intuitively, but for self-driving cars it is a major challenge.

Driverless cars can cause chaos on roads

Stopping dead seems to be a default setting when driverless cars encounter a problem. This can cause chaos on roads, writes professor Barry Brown in The Conversation.

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Dancing with drones

How can humans and flying drones interact in aesthetic ways? The topic was explored in the Second Drone Arena Challenge. A DSV student team won third prize and was the favourite of the audience.

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

DSV success at CHI 2023

One best paper award and three honorable mentions. DSV proved its strong position in the Human–Computer Interaction research field at this year’s CHI conference in Germany.

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Sharing is (not always) caring

Would you like to share a car with your neighbors, or have a total stranger sleeping in your spare room? If your answer is yes – does your family agree? DSV researcher Airi Lampinen studies interpersonal aspects of the hyped sharing economy.

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