Participatory Design (PD) is envisioned as an approach to democratizing innovation in the
design process by shifting the power dynamics between researcher and participant. Recent …

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the lives of everyone, but
in particular on the health and well-being of older people. It has also disrupted the way that …

In this paper, we introduce the themes addressed and the approaches used in this special
issue. We start by briefly discussing the state of the art in research and policy making related …

Community-based approaches to participatory design, such as the design workshop,
promise to engage underserved populations in collaborative dialog and provide a platform …

This paper addresses a number of challenges HCI designers and researchers deal with
when designing digital technologies for older people. We conducted a 5-year research …

Addressing the current unsustainability of socio-ecological-technological systems is urgently
required. Unsustainability has been associated with the anthropocentric cultures of human …

Background While community-level interventions for promoting active ageing have received
increasing attention and there is a trend to leverage technology to support traditional …

Identifying useful features of health and fitness technologies has the potential to lead to
more effective pervasive technology interventions. Through collaborative creative …

Highlights•People do not only purchase and use products; they design, appropriate and
innovate.•Research on active users in different fields highlight different characteristics.•We …

Abstract Science and Technology Studies understandings of technological change are at
odds with its own dominant research designs and methodological guidelines. A key insight …