Reem Talhouk
Digital Civics Doctoral Trainee
My research focuses on designing technologies in humanitarian contexts. With a background in Human Computer Interaction and Public Health I have worked with refugee and asylum seeking communities and third sector organizations in the Middle East, Europe and Australia.
I am interested in designing with refugees and asylum seekers technologies food security, access to healthcare, mental health and speech and language development. My research also considers the use of social media in humanitarian contexts and the socio-political contexts in which humanitarian technologies are deployed. I also use experience-centered design and other design methods to reconfigure existing humanitarian technologies and work towards inclusive humanitarian innovation processes.
Ongoing projects:
- Codesigning technologies and processes for speech and language development in the Arab region
- Redesigning blockchain technologies for collective purchasing & refugee food security
- Developing an Intersectional Conceptual Framework for Designing Technologies for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia
- Designing mental health apps to support young refugees and asylum seekers
When the civic turn turns digital: Designing safe and secure refugee resettlement
Involving Syrian refugees in design research: Lessons learnt from the field
2023
Gender & Racism: Considerations for Digital Learning Among Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers
2023 – Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023
2022
Refugee Food Insecurity & Technology: Surfacing Experiences of Adaptation, Navigation, Negotiation and Sharing
2022 – Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal
2020
When the Civic Turn turns Digital: Designing Safe and Secure Refugee Resettlement
2020 – CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2019
Involving Syrian Refugees in Design Research: Lessons Learnt from the Field
2019 – Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '19)
A Call For Embedding Dignity In Humanitarian Technologies
2019 – The 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies
Refugee Food (in)Security: Surfacing Experiences of Adaptation, Navigation & Negotiation
2019 –
What is participation? Emerging challenges for participatory design in globalized conditions
2019 – Interactions
2018
In a new land: Mobile phones, amplified pressures and reduced capabilities
2018 – Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18)
Human computer interaction & health activism
2018 – CHI '18 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
HCI for blockchain: Studying, designing, critiquing and envisioning distributed ledger technologies
2018 – CHI '18 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Decorating public and private spaces: Identity and pride in a refugee camp
2018 – CHI EA '18 Human Factors in Computing Systems
2017
Za'atari Refugee Cookbook: Relevance, Challenges and Design Considerations
2017 – ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
Implications of Synchronous IVR Radio on Syrian Refugee Health and Community Dynamics
2017 – 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
2016
Syrian Refugees and Digital Health in Lebanon: Opportunities for Improving Antenatal Health
2016 – ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16)
Refugees and HCI SIG: The Role of HCI in Responding to the Refugee Crisis
2016 – ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2016
The impact of digital technology on health of populations affected by humanitarian crises: Recent innovations and current gaps
2016 – Journal of Public Health Policy