How do people work together—and how can technology help? This research cluster focuses on the systems, tools, and relationships that support collaboration at every level—from families and teams to institutions and global communities.
We study how individuals and organizations coordinate their actions, share information, and respond to change. Our work investigates the complex sociotechnical systems that shape and are shaped by collaboration, including physical, digital, and social infrastructures.
This research brings together systems thinking, theoretical grounding, and interdisciplinary methods to understand, design, and strengthen the infrastructures that support a thriving and resilient society.
HCDE researchers
Recent publications
- Julie Kientz - SAVEstate: A Method for Documenting Player Reflection in Digital Games presented at the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY ‘26) (November 2026)
- Sean Munson - A Scoping Review of Queer Health & Well-Being Technology Research presented at the 29th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’26) (October 2026)
- David Ribes and Charlotte P. Lee - Moving Targets in Collaborative Science: Boundary Spanning in Transdisciplinary Iterative Problem Formation presented at the 29th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’26) (October 2026)
- Kate Starbird - Experts on Call: Infrastructuring Temporary Collaboration Spaces to Support Journalists presented at the 29th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’26) (October 2026)
- Sean Munson - “It’s Always in the Back of My Mind”: Navigating sensitive health data amid reduced abortion rights in the United States at the 2026 ACM Interactive Health Conference (IH) (July 2026). Received a Best Paper Recognition.
- Sean Munson - Bayesian Analysis of Self-Tracked Health Data: A Technology Probe Study Examining Opportunities in Integration and Reflection at the 2026 ACM Interactive Health Conference (IH) (July 2026)
- Sean Munson - Taking Mental Health Technology Kits from Concept to Practice: Considering a Community Approach at the 2026 ACM Interactive Health Conference (IH) (July 2026)
- Daniela Rosner and Sucheta Ghoshal - Data as Landed Property in Leonardo (July 2026)
- Mark Zachry - PostChat: Supporting Reflective Practice and Well-Being Among Live Streamers Through AI-Mediated Post-Broadcast Analyticsin Social Computing and Social Media. HCII 2026. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16716. (July 2026)
- Mark Zachry - Streamfeed: AI-Mediated Feedback Reflection for Live Streamers in Social Computing and Social Media. HCII 2026. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16716. (July 2026)
- Gary Hsieh - Group Conversational Agents: A Review of Designs that Support and Shape Group Interaction in Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) (June 2026). Received Best Paper Honorable Mention at DIS '26.
- Gary Hsieh - ReFinE: Streamlining UI Mockup Iteration with Research Findings in Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) (June 2026)
- Daniela Rosner - Hopeful Failure: How Collaborative Design Fiction Reimagines AI in Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) (June 2026)
- Mark Zachry - How Designers Envision Value-Oriented AI Concepts with Generative AI in Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) (June 2026)
- Mark Zachry - Developing an AI Concept Envisioning Toolkit to Support Reflective Juxtaposition of Values and Harms in Proceedings of the 2026 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) (June 2026)
- David Ribes - Machineries of Similarity and Difference: AIDS from Its Research Infrastructures. MIT Press (April 2026)
- Gary Hsieh - PaperTok: Exploring the Use of Generative AI for Creating Short-form Videos for Research Communication in Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26) (April 2026)
- Emily Tseng - Reimagining Participatory Agile Development in Community-Industry Partnerships in Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26) (April 2026)