What is Consumer Informatics?
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Stevens
“Consumer Informatics is the systematic, methodologically guided investigation and design of information and communication technologies to support the household economies and everyday practices of consumers as well as their appropriation and social embedding.“ – Stevens et al. 2019
Prof. Dr. Alexander Boden
“Digital services and products are increasingly affecting everyday consumer life and changing our consumption practices. A holistic understanding of these phenomena not only enables the design of innovative ICT solutions, but also the consideration of indirect effects on issues such as sustainability, inclusion and consumer protection.“
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Research meets everyday life: The Institut für Verbraucherinformatik presents itself at the ‘Research Day’ at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
How are digital technologies changing our everyday lives? What opportunities – but also risks – does the digital world bring for us as consumers? The Institut für Verbraucherinformatik (IVI) is[…]
Read morePresentation at the ACM CHI 2025 conference: “What makes XR Dark?”
We are thrilled to announce that our paper ‘What makes XR Dark?’ will be presented at ACM CHI 2025 in Yokohama! In the study, we analysed potential dark patterns in[…]
Read morePresentation at the ACM GROUP Conference: “Playing with Privacy”
At the beginning of the year, Jenny Berkholz had the opportunity to present the research paper “Playing with Privacy: Exploring the Social Construction of Privacy Norms Through a Card Game”[…]
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