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Dr Tshering Dema
Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science
Biography
Dr. Tshering Dema is an early career researcher in Sustainable HCI and environmental conservation design studies. She is interested in codesign of new technologies with communities and children for better nature engagement and environmental sustainability. Her research work draws upon qualitative methods from Human-Computer Interaction to understand context of technology use and design of digital technologies with young children in early childhood centres for nurturing love and care for nature.Currently, Tshering works at QUT node research team project titled ‘Engaging the Digital Child with the Wonders of Nature, e-Science and the Outdoors’.
Area of research: Human-Computer Interaction, Participatory Design, Interaction Design, Co-Design, Ubiquitous Computing, Socio-technical Systems.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Publications
- Vella, K., Dobson, M., Rodgers, S., Om, C., Bircanin, F., Dema, T., Pillai, J., Murcia, K. & Brereton, M. (2023). Wired, wild, wonderful: A scoping review of early childhood nature connections fostered by digital technologies. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 38. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/244254
- Om, C., Brereton, M., Vella, K., Ploderer, B., Dema, T., Dobson, M. & Murcia, K. (2023). Rethinking the Development of Computational Thinking Skills in Young Children through Nature Play. OzCHI '23: Proceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, 536–549. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245291
- Brereton, M., Dema, T., Ploderer, B. & Om, C. (2021). Design Opportunities to Enhance Children's Engagement with Nature in Bhutan: A Working Field Theory. OzCHI '21: Proceedings of the 33rd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 51–61. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235296
- Vella, K., Dema, T., Soro, A. & Brereton, M. (2021). Fostering Children's Stewardship of Local Nature Through Game Co-design. OzCHI '21: Proceedings of the 33rd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227854
- Dema, T., Towsey, M., Sherub, S., Sonam, J., Kinley, K., Truskinger, A., Brereton, M. & Roe, P. (2020). Acoustic detection and acoustic habitat characterisation of the critically endangered white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) in Bhutan. Freshwater Biology, 65(1), 153–164. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212060
- Dema, T., Brereton, M., Esteban, M., Soro, A., Sherub, S. & Roe, P. (2020). Designing in the Network of Relations for Species Conservation: The Playful Tingtibi Community Birdhouse. CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212071
- Dema, T., Brereton, M. & Roe, P. (2019). Designing participatory sensing with remote communities to conserve endangered species. CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212062
- Brereton, M., Soro, A., Sitbon, L., Roe, P., Wyeth, P., Ploderer, B., Vyas, D., Zhang, J., Ambe, A., Wilson, C., Dema, T., Taylor, J., Oliver, J., Munoz Saez, D., Bayor, A., Bircanin, F., Anggarendra, R., Capel, T., Kapuire, G. & Wheeler, H. (2018). Design participation lab. Interactions, 25(2), 14–17. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223672
- Soro, A., Brereton, M., Dema, T., Oliver, J., Chai, M. & Ambe, A. (2018). The ambient birdhouse: An IoT device to discover birds and engage with nature. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126516
- Dema, T., Brereton, M., Cappadonna, J., Roe, P., Truskinger, A. & Zhang, J. (2017). Collaborative exploration and sensemaking of big environmental sound data. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 26(4 - 6), 693–731. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/113943
QUT ePrints
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