On May 29, I’ll be sitting on the jury for the GovTech Hackathon 2026 in Bern, and I’m genuinely curious about what happens when you bring together developers, government experts, and civil society advocates around a single question: what can we build with public data? The hackathon theme “Exploiting data, generating impact” sounds straightforward, but…

Academia can be deeply rewarding, frustrating, uncertain, exciting, and exhausting, sometimes all in the same week. On May 13, I’ll join the next FINE tea at HEC Lausanne for an open conversation on academic careers and the realities of being a woman in academia. I’ll share a few pleasant and unpleasant truths I’ve learned along…

Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a guest lecture at the University of Derby, kindly invited by Dr Chinthaka Jayananda Aluthgama-Baduge. Rather than focusing on AI as a standalone technology, the session explored the following question: How do we use AI to enhance design thinking without replacing human creativity? We explored how AI…

I’m happy to share that I’ve joined the ACM SwissCHI Board for the 2026-2028 term. It was great to meet so many HCI researchers and practitioners from across Switzerland at the recent SwissCHI Winter Meeting in Lausanne. Thanks for organising it, Mauro Cherubini & Thiemo Wambsganß! Looking forward to supporting the community together with the…

On Jan 26, I shared insights from my research at WAIVE 2026 conference in Geneva on the theme “Who holds the truth of information?” along with a great group of speakers. Thanks for the invitation. One key idea I tried to transmit: manipulation today doesn’t look like obvious lies – it looks like speed. Platforms…