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Nicola J. Bidwell

Nicola J. Bidwell is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of ICT at International University of Management in Namibia. Her research focuses on interaction design for rural communities, mostly in Africa and with indigenous people. She was an invited panelist at the Auto-UI 2019 conference. [email protected]


There is no plan(et) B: On sustainability and HCI

Posted: Mon, December 23, 2024 - 12:04:00

There is no question that the impacts of climate change are being felt around the world: extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, record heat waves, forest fires, failing crops, the thinnest level of winter ice in the Antarctic. Yet, despite legally binding commitments to cut emissions and not meeting them being business-as-usual, global change has been disappointingly slow. The 1.5-degree goal,…