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Sonia Sousa is an Associate Professor of Interaction Design at the School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Estonia. She holds two PhDs (2006 & 2023) and two postdoc projects (2010 & 2013) in Software Design, Distance Education and Human-Computer Interaction. Her research explores the interplay between trust, performance, and technology adoption. She leads the Trustworthy HCI lab and has been an active researcher and teacher since 2003. her portfolio includes participation and coordination of more than 20 funded projects (H2020, CHIST-ERA, and AFOSR). Sonia was nominated by the Estonian Research Foundation (ETAG) as Honorary female academics (AcademiaNet) in 2022. She is also a member of expert panels in Finland (AKA), the European Commission, the USA (AFOSR) & Swiss (SNSF).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sonia Claudia Da Costa Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Sónia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1E14-629D-B557
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5865-1389
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=GkPKPtEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
Researcher Id
ABG-2287-2020
Scopus Author Id
54883324200

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/01 - 2023/07/24
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Ciências e Tecnologias Web (Doutoramento)
Major in Engenharia Informática (Human Computer Interaction)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade Aberta, Portugal
"Trust in Computing: trust as a facilitator on the uptake (or appropriation) of technology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/01 - 2015/08/31
Concluded
 Activity patterns in informal virtual learning communities (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Technology enhanced Learning, Human Computer Interaction
Õigusakadeemia Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2008/01/01 - 2013/12/31
Concluded
 Confiança comunidades de aprendizagem electrónicas (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Online Learning, Distance education
Universidade Aberta, Portugal

Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2007
Concluded
 Educação (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Online Distance Learning: Exploring the Interaction Between Trust and Performance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/01/01 - 2006
Concluded
 Distance Education (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Online Learning
Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
"Online Distance Learning - Exploring the Interaction Between Trust and Performance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2001
Concluded
 Engenharia da Comunicação (Licenciatura)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
"Web 3D — Modelos 3D na World Wide Web" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/11/01 - 2029/04/30 Invited Coordinator Researcher (Research) Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool, Estonia
TalTech Virumaa kolledžis, Estonia
2013/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2007/08/01 - 2009/12/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Piaget, Portugal
Instituto Piaget, Portugal
2001/07/01 - 2006/12/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Instituto Piaget, Portugal
Instituto Piaget, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/01 - 2027/12/31 Scientific Member of NATO RTG-373 Kaitseväe Akadeemia, Estonia
1996/01/01 - 2001/07/31 Internship at Centro de Estudos e Recursos Multimédia Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Universidade Fernando Pessoa Centro de Estudos e Recursos Multimédia, Portugal
2000/01/01 - 2000/12/31 Intership at Media Interface & Network Design Laboratory Michigan State University, United States
Michigan State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/03 - 2026/02 Ai-Mind
964220
 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
2020/03 - 2020/09 TrustedUX
825618
 European Research Council
2016/01 - 2016/12 Experimental Interaction Design Training School
MÕA16023
 Education Information Technology Foundation
2010/01/01 - 2015/12/31 COMUNIDADES VIRTUAIS DE APRENDIZAGEM - CONFIO E DESCONFIO DE TI
SFRH/BPD/46460/2008
Universidade Aberta, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Confiança comunidades de aprendizagem electrónicas
SFRH/BPD/46460/2008
Post-doc Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2010/01 - 2013/12 Activity patterns in informal virtual learning communities
MJD28
 Eesti Teadusagentuur

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current MARTINI: Malicious actors profiling and detection in Online Social Networks through Artificial Intelligence
PCI2022-135008-2
Research Fellow
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
 CHIST-ERA
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - 2026/03/31 AI-Mind Intelligent digital tools for screening of brain connectivity and dementia risk estimation in people affected by mild cognitive impairment.
H2020-SC1-BHC-06-2020
Principal investigator
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
 Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation
Ongoing
2021/11 - 2024/12 Factors influencing trust in technology
21IOE051
Principal investigator
European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, United Kingdom
 European Office of Aerospace Research and Development
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2024/01/31 Stakeholder-Based Environmentally-Sustainable and Economically Doable Scenarios for the Energy Transition
ERA-net
Post-doc
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2021/03/31 Goprosocial: Neurocinematic System for assessing and training Prosocial Behaviors
PUT1518
Post-doc
Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus
Concluded
2020/03/01 - 2020/12/31 Quantification of user experience in complex systems
NGI-Trust 825618
Principal investigator
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
 Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation
Concluded
2016/06/15 - 2017/10/01 COLLECTIVE DREAMING: Experimental Interaction Design course for non-ICT audiences
TÕA16110
Post-doc
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2015/12/31 COMUNIDADES VIRTUAIS DE APRENDIZAGEM - CONFIO E DESCONFIO DE TI
SFRH/BPD/46460/2008
Universidade Aberta, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2015/08/31 LEARNMIX, The re-conceptualization of the e-Textbook as aggregations of both professionally developed and user-contributed content accessible through a wide range of devices
TRU3013
Researcher
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Gulati, S.; Sousa, S.; Lamas, D.. Modelling trust: An empirical assessment. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_3
  2. Kingsley, G.O.; Sousa, S.; Ogunyemi, A.. The influence of trust on user interactions in e-transaction platforms: The context of a developing country. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-58515-4_32
  3. Ots, K.; Loizides, F.; Sousa, S.. Information seeking behaviour of scholars using resource discovery systems. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1_41
  4. Sousa, S.; Lamas, D.; Toming, K.. Trust for supporting learning creativity in online learning communities. 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-662-43454-3_35
  5. Arakelyan, A.; Shmorgun, I.; Sousa, S.. Incorporating values into the design process: The case of E-textbook development for estonia. 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-13296-9_30
  6. Sousa, S.; Lamas, D.; Dias, P.. A model for human-computer trust: Contributions towards leveraging user engagement. 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_13
  7. Lamas, David; Sousa, Sonia. Trustful Online Learning Communities. 2011.
  8. Lamas, David Ribeiro; Shmorgun, Ilya; Sousa, Sonia; de Vasconcelos, Jose Braga. A Framework for Understanding Online Learning Communities. 2011.
Book chapter
  1. Iuliia Paramonova; David Lamas; Sónia Sousa. "Socio-Technical Trustworthiness (SoTechTrust): A Framework to Ensure the Trustworthiness of Socio-Technical Systems". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-65735-1_21
  2. Gabriela Beltrão; Sonia Sousa; David Lamas. "Towards Cross-Cultural Assessment of Trust in High-Risk AI". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_74
  3. Gabriela Beltrão; Sonia Sousa; David Lamas. "Trust in Facial Recognition Systems: A Perspective from the Users". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-42280-5_24
  4. Triin Oper; Sonia Sousa; Pinto, Ana; Sousa, Sonia; Silva, Cristóvão; Coelho, Pedro. "Adaptation and validation of the HCTM Scale into Human-robot interaction Portuguese context". In Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society. ACM, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-50732-9_30
  5. Fimberg, Kairi; Sousa, Sonia. "The Impact of Website Design on Users’ Trust Perceptions". In Advances in Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Communication of Design, 267-274. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-51626-0_34
  6. Bates, Neil; Sousa, Sonia C.. "Investigating Users’ Perceived Credibility of Real and Fake News Posts in Facebook’s News Feed: UK Case Study". In Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering, 174-180. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-51328-3_25
Conference paper
  1. Gabriela Beltrão; Sonia Sousa; David Lamas. "Unmasking Trust: Examining Users' Perspectives of Facial Recognition Systems in Mozambique". 2023.
    10.1145/3628096.3628746
  2. Beltrao, Gabriela; Paramonova, Iuliia; Sousa, Sonia. "User Interface Design for AI-Based Clinical Decision-Support System Preliminary Study". 2022.
  3. Ben. Ajenaghughrure, Ighoyota; Da Costa Sousa, Sonia Claudia; Lamas, David. "Psychophysiological modelling of trust in technology: Comparative analysis of algorithm ensemble methods". 2021.
    10.1109/SAMI50585.2021.9378655
  4. Sousa, Sónia. "Risk and Trust in artificial intelligence technologies: A case study of Autonomous Vehicles". 2020.
    10.1109/hsi49210.2020.9142686
  5. "Towards an empirically developed scale for measuring trust". 2019.
    10.1145/3335082.3335116
  6. Gulati, S.; Sousa, S.; Lamas, D.; Ana Pinto; Sonia Sousa; Cristóvão Silva; Pedro Coelho. "Modelling trust in human-like technologies". Paper presented in NordiCHI 20, 2018.
    Published • 10.1145/3297121.3297124
  7. Baheer, B.A.; Lamas, D.; Sousa, S.. "Towards development of a reference architecture for E-government". 2018.
    10.1145/3209415.3209463
  8. "The interplay between emotion and trust in technology". 2018.
    10.1145/3283458.3283494
  9. Crego, Alberto; López-Caneda, Eduardo; Sousa, Sónia; Sampaio, Adriana. "Volumetric Alterations in the Nucleus Accumbens of Young Binge Drinkers: A Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study". 2018.
    10.1111/acer.13833
  10. Sousa, Sónia. "Readiness of Afghan government for the deployment of e-government solutions". 2014.
    10.1145/2691195.2691252
  11. Sousa, S.; Shmorgun, I.; Lamas, D.; Arakelyan, A.. "A design space for trust-enabling interaction design". 2014.
    10.1145/2643572.2643578
  12. Sousa, S.; Dias, P.; Lamas, D.. "A model for Human-computer trust: A key contribution for leveraging trustful interactions". 2014.
    10.1109/CISTI.2014.6876935
  13. Lamas, D.; Välyataga, T.; Laanpere, M.; Rogalevich, V.; Arakelyan, A.; Sousa, S.; Shmorgun, I.. "Foundations for the reconceptualization of the e-textbook". 2013.
  14. Sousa, S.; Lamas, D.. "Leveraging engagement and participation in e-learning with trust". 2013.
  15. Sousa, S.C.; Lamas, D.; Dias, P.. "The implications of trust on moderating learner's online interactions: A socio-technical model of trust". 2012.
  16. Sousa, S.C.; Lamas, D.. "Emerging trust patterns in online communities". 2011.
    10.1109/iThings/CPSCom.2011.88
  17. Sousa, S.; Väljataga, T.; Laanpere, M.. "Cultural awareness in vocational eLearning". 2010.
Conference poster
  1. Silva-Fernandes, Anabela; Cruz, Sara; Sousa, Sónia; FERREIRA, MARISA M.; Gomes, Mariana; Pereira, Diana; Marques, Luís; Carvalho, Joana; Sampaio, Adriana. Corresponding author: Silva-Fernandes, Anabela. "Physical activity differentiates attention, processing speed and memory performance in elderly adults". Paper presented in INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS "PROMOTING BRAIN HEALTH THROUGH EXERCISE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN', 2021.
  2. "The Impact of Website Design on Users’ Trust". 2020.
    10.1145/3419249.3420086
Journal article
  1. Tita Alissa Bach; Amna Khan; Harry Hallock; Gabriela Beltrão; Sonia Sousa. "A Systematic Literature Review of User Trust in AI-Enabled Systems: An HCI Perspective". International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2138826.
    10.1080/10447318.2022.2138826
  2. Haraldsen, Ira H.; Hatlestad-Hall, Christoffer; Marra, Camillo; Renvall, Hanna; Maestu, Fernando; Acosta-Hernandez, Jorge; Alfonsin, Soraya; et al. "Intelligent digital tools for screening of brain connectivity and dementia risk estimation in people affected by mild cognitive impairment: the AI-Mind clinical study protocol". Frontiers in Neurorobotics (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/65531849/.
    10.3389/FNBOT.2023.1289406
  3. Agafonov, Oleg; Babic, Aleksandar; Sousa, Sonia; Alagaratnam, Sharmini. "Editorial: Trustworthy AI for healthcare". Frontiers in Digital Health (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/69962486/.
    10.3389/FDGTH.2024.1427233
  4. Sonia Sousa; José Cravino; Paulo Martins. "Challenges and Trends in User Trust Discourse in AI Popularity". Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/mti7020013.
    10.3390/mti7020013
  5. Paramonova, Iuliia; Sousa, Sonia; Lamas, David. "Exploring Factors Affecting User Perception of Trustworthiness in Advanced Technology: Preliminary Results". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/66917385/.
    10.1007/978-3-031-34411-4_25
  6. Paramonova, Iuliia; Sousa, Sonia; Lamas, David. "Heuristics to Design Trustworthy Technologies: Study Design and Current Progress". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/66917378/.
    10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_60
  7. Sousa, Sonia; Cravino, Jose; Martins, Paulo; Lamas, David. "Human-centered trust framework: An HCI perspective". ArXiv (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/69962485/.
  8. Pilacinski, Artur; Pinto, Ana; Oliveira, Soraia; Araujo, Eduardo; Carvalho, Carla; Silva, Paula Alexandra; Matias, Ricardo; Menezes, Paulo; Sousa, Sonia. "The robot eyes don't have it. The presence of eyes on collaborative robots yields marginally higher user trust but lower performance". Heliyon (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/61883150/.
    10.1016/J.HELIYON.2023.E18164
  9. Perkis, Andrew; Bellini, Mattia; Nisi, Valentina; Irshad, Shafaq; Reyes, Maria Cecilia; Sylla, Cristina; Santa, Mijalche; et al. "INDCOR white paper on Complexity IDNs". ArXiv (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/62373798/.
  10. Pinto, Ana; Sousa, Sónia; Simões, Ana; Santos, Joana. "A Trust Scale for Human-Robot Interaction: Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of a Human Computer Trust Scale". Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 2022 (2022): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6437441.
    10.1155/2022/6437441
  11. Sonia Sousa; Tiina Kalju. "Modeling Trust in COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps Using the Human-Computer Trust Scale: Online Survey Study". JMIR Human Factors (2022): https://doi.org/10.2196/33951.
    10.2196/33951
  12. Sonia Sousa; Neil Bates. "Factors influencing content credibility in Facebook’s news feed". Human-Intelligent Systems Integration (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42454-021-00029-z.
    10.1007/s42454-021-00029-z
  13. Sousa, Sonia; Beltrao, Gabriela. "Factors Influencing Trust Assessment in Technology". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52389765/.
    10.1007/978-3-030-85607-6_49
  14. Schmager, Stefan; Sousa, Sonia. "A Toolkit to Enable the Design of Trustworthy AI". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52389766/.
    10.1007/978-3-030-90963-5_41
  15. Sales, Celia M. D.; Martins, Filipa; Alves, Marisa M.; Carletto, Sara; Conejo-Ceron, Sonia; da Silva, Luis Costa; Cus, Anja; et al. "Patient and Public Involvement in Youth Mental Health Research: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Practices and Impact". Frontiers in Psychology (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54913167/.
    10.3389/FPSYG.2021.703624
  16. Ighoyota Ben. Ajenaghughrure; Sonia Da Costa Sousa; David Lamas. "Measuring Trust with Psychophysiological Signals: A Systematic Mapping Study of Approaches Used". Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 4 3 (2020): 63-63. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmti4030063.
    10.3390/mti4030063
  17. Sousa, Sónia. "Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers". Journal of Medical Internet Research 22 6 (2020): e16317-e16317. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16317.
    10.2196/16317
  18. Baseer Ahmad Baheer; David Lamas; Sónia Sousa. "A Systematic Literature Review on Existing Digital Government Architectures: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Prospects". Administrative Sciences 10 2 (2020): 25-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci10020025.
    10.3390/admsci10020025
  19. Siddharth Gulati; Sonia Sousa; David Lamas. "Design, development and evaluation of a human-computer trust scale". Behaviour & Information Technology 38 10 (2019): 1004-1015. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F0144929x.2019.1656779.
    10.1080/0144929x.2019.1656779
  20. Dariusz Dabrowski; Beata A. Basinska; Marcin Sikorski. "Impact of Usability Website Attributes on Users’ Trust, Satisfaction and Loyalty". Social Sciences 85 3 (2014): https://doi.org/10.5755%2Fj01.ss.85.3.8409.
    10.5755/j01.ss.85.3.8409
  21. Lorenz, B.; Sousa, S.; Tomberg, V.. "Privacy awareness of students and its impact on online learning participation - a case study". IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 395 (2013): 189-192.
    10.1007/978-3-642-37285-8_21
  22. Da Rosa, I.B.; Shmorgun, I.; Sousa, S.; Rogalevits, V.; Lamas, D.. "Bringing DSpace-based digital libraries into mobile devices". Proceeding of the 15th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2012 (2012): 551-556.
    10.1109/ICCITechn.2012.6509810
  23. Sousa, S.C.; Tomberg, V.; Lamas, D.R.; Laanpere, M.. "Interrelation between trust and sharing attitudes in distributed personal learning environments: The case study of LePress PLE". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 7048 LNCS (2011): 72-81.
    10.1007/978-3-642-25813-8_8
  24. Laanpere, M.; Tammsaar, K.; Sousa, S.. "A case study on using social media for e-participation: Design of Initiative Mapper Web service". ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (2011): 289-292.
    10.1145/2072069.2072119
  25. Sousa, Sónia Costa; Lamas, David; Gouveia, Feliz Ribeiro. "WEB3D: modelos 3D na world wide web". (2001): http://hdl.handle.net/10284/11450.
Online resource
  1. Sousa, Sónia. TrustedUX. 2020. https://www.trustux.org/.
  2. Sousa, Sónia. Trust in Technology. 2018. https://humancomputertrust.wordpress.com/.
Preprint
  1. Sonia Sousa; Tiina Kalju. "Modeling Trust in COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps Using the Human-Computer Trust Scale: Online Survey Study (Preprint)". 2021. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.33951.
    10.2196/preprints.33951

Other

Other output
  1. Human-Computer Trust Scale. 2020. Siddharth Gulati; Sonia Sousa; David Lamas. https://doi.org/10.1037%2Ft75524-000.
    10.1037/t75524-000
  2. Predictive model to assess user trust. a psycho-physiological approach. 2019. Ighoyota Ben. Ajenaghughrure; Sonia C. Sousa; Ilkka Johannes Kosunen; David Lamas.
    10.1145/3364183.3364195
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - Current The Interplay Between Trust and Emotions
Supervisor
 Information Society Technologies (PhD)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2015/09/01 - Current A Reference Model for the Deployment of e-Governance in Developing Countries
Co-supervisor
 Information Society Technologies (PhD)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2021/01/09 Cross-Cultural Comparison of Users Trust Predisposition to Interact with Complex Systems
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction (Master)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2021/01/06 Understanding How Risk Influences Trust Perception in the Use of Autonomous Vehicle
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction (Master)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2019/01/01 - 2021/01/01 Perceived Trust of Developer Documentation Sites
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2014/09/01 - 2020/12/14 Developing a Scale to Measure Human-Computer Trust
Co-supervisor
 Information Society Technologies (PhD)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/26 Trust in Computing in Intercultural Contexts
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction (Master)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/26 User attitudes towards Facebook: perception and Reassurance of trust
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction (Master)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/25 The Impact of Personalization on the SaaS User Adoption Rate - A Case Study on Scoro Software Product Experience
Supervisor
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/22 The impact of website design on users’ trust perceptions: Building customers’ trust in a website and, consequently, the brand/company
Supervisor
 Human Computer Interaction (Master)
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/20 The privacy paradox: investigating time spent on facebook with privacy concerns
Supervisor
 Interaction Design (Master)
Technologiko Panepistemio Kyprou, Cyprus
2019/01/01 - 2020/01/06 Investigating Users’ Perceived Credibility Of Real And Fake News Posts In Facebook’s News Feed: UK Case Study
Supervisor
 Interaction Design (Master)
Technologiko Panepistemio Kyprou, Cyprus
2019/01/01 - 2020/01/06 The effectiveness of universal design guidelines: In practice with regards to elderly users in Singapore.,
Supervisor
 Interaction Design
Technologiko Panepistemio Kyprou, Cyprus

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/01/01 - Current Review board member. Big data and Cognitive Computing. MDP Journals
Member
 Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/01/01 - Current Trust in Computing Human Computer Interaction (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2017/01/01 - Current Master Thesis Interaction design (Master)
2014/01/01 - Current Human Centered Computer Human Computer Interaction (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2013/01/01 - Current Evaluating User Experience Interaction design, Human Computer Interaction, Digital Learning Games (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2017/01/01 - 2019/07/31 Sustainability in Interaction Design Interaction Design (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2016/01/01 - 2019/06/30 Developing Interactive Systems Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 End-User Computing Human Computer Interaction (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Web Workshop Human Computer Interaction, digital Learning Games (Master) Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
Distinctions

Award

2024 Certificate of recognition for promoting the research topic of trust in information technology.
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2024 Certificate of recognition for curating the Interaction design curriculum.
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
2022 Certificate of recognition for the top scientific appreciation
Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia

Title

2022 Honorary female academics (AcademiaNet)

Other distinction

2024 Human factors and technology design review panel
Suomen Akatemia, Finland