Dr Marta Cecchinato

Dr Marta E. Cecchinato's work focuses on equity, digital resilience, and the future of work, investigating how digital tools can both challenge and support diverse working experiences.

Rooted in a person-centred philosophy and interdisciplinarity, Marta takes a pragmatic, exploratory approach, often conducting deep dives into systemic issues around contemporary work environments, social justice, and digital inclusion. Her research primarily employs qualitative, (auto)ethnographic, and design methods, but she have also used logging tools, rapid prototyping, and statistical analysis to evaluate interventions and uncover broader insights.

Marta's research spans a range of topics, including:

• Work-life balance, digital wellbeing, and mental wellbeing across different user groups, including students, knowledge workers, junior doctors, gig economy workers, and new parents.
• New ways of working, exploring how hybrid practices, AI and platform work are changing the work landscape.
• Digital tracking and data use in work environments, exploring its impact on employee wellbeing and fairness.
• Neurodiversity and inclusion in the workplace, designing interventions that support diverse needs.
• Misinformation and communication practices, particularly within families and social networks.
• Gender disparities in work and care responsibilities, including experiences of rejection in digital spaces (e.g., dating apps).

• Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
• Accidental spreaders: How Different Roles Interact During Misinformation Discussions, Scott, L., Warner, M., Coventry, L., Cecchinato, M. 18 Jun 2025, Proceedings of the 23rd EUSSET Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
• Affective interaction and affective computing-past, present and future, Ahmadpour, N., Lotteridge, D., Fritsch, J., Sas, C., Cecchinato, M., Harrison, D., Höök, K., Foong, P., Ijaz, K., Gough, P., Cao, Y., Li, X., Lazem, S., Sachathep, T. 25 Apr 2025, CHI EA '25: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, US, ACM
• Between Promise and Practice: How the UK VCSE Sector Adopts Generative AI, Clark, D., Cecchinato, M., Dow, A. 23 Jun 2025, CHIWORK '25 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, New York, NY, United States, ACM
• Designing for Neurodiversity in Academia: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Human-Computer Interaction, Tcherdakoff, N., Stangroome, G., Milton, A., Holloway, C., Cecchinato, M., Nonnis, A., Eagle, T., Al-Thani, D., Hong, H., Williams, R. 25 Apr 2025, CHI EA '25: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, United States, ACM
• ‘Now you’re home’: Awareness cues, rejection and post-digital safety on mobile dating apps, Campaioli, G., Zamperini, A., Cecchinato, M. 19 May 2025, In: New Media and Society
• Rethinking Family Informatics through a Data Feminist Lens: A Duoethnography of Shared Data, (In)visible Labor, and Everyday Tracking: Rethinking Family Informatics through a Data Feminist Lens, Cecchinato, M., Harrison, D. 19 Dec 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare
• ADHD and Knowledge Work: Exploring Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities for AI, Campbell, J., Çerçi, S., Cecchinato, M. 9 Jul 2024, Design for Equality and Justice, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• Evaluating the Effects of Culture and Relationship Strength on Misinformation Challenging Behaviours Within the UK, Scott, L., Cecchinato, M., Coventry, L., Warner, M. 25 Aug 2023, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• “I figured her feeling a little bit bad was worth it to not spread that kind of hate”: Exploring how UK families discuss and challenge misinformation, Scott, L., Coventry, L., Cecchinato, M., Warner, M. 19 Apr 2023, CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, ACM
• Remote Work, Work Measurement and the State of Work Research in Human-Centred Computing, Gould, S., Rudnicka, A., Cook, D., Cecchinato, M., Newbold, J., Cox, A. 1 Sep 2023, In: Interacting with Computers

Lauren Scott Misinformation, communication, and challenges: how technology can be used to support misinformation correction within UK family networks Start Date: 25/08/2022 End Date: 28/02/2025

• PhD
• MSc
• BSc