Titre / Title: Psephos: Artifact ecologies & Participatory Design of Physical Data Representations for Deliberation

Projet Ciblé (PC) / Targeted Project (PC): PC4 CONGRATS – Collectives for knowledge production management that scales / Large-scale collaboration

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Etat du sujet / State of the subject: Disponible / Available

Date de publication / Publication date: 08/04/2025

Institution de rattachement / Institutional affiliation: Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) – Collaboration between IMT (Télécom Paris, DIVA group) and Inria (Aviz team)

Résumé / Abstract: In this PhD project, we aim to explore novel ways to organize deliberation processes. Deliberation is an important mechanism for decision-making, particularly on divisive issues. Physical computer-supported data representations have the potential to support such processes by providing a common external representation of the discussion including participants’ opinions and arguments.
We will investigate the current artifact ecologies of deliberation organizers and explore the use of computer-supported physical data representations to facilitate deliberation through a participatory design approach. This work will provide a new understanding of the role of physicalization in deliberation, novel tools for deliberation organizers and a toolkit accessible to the public.

Détails du sujet / Subject details: PDF

Directeur / directrice de thèse / Main advisor: Nathalie Bressa (nathalie.bressa@telecom-paris.fr) – Télécom Paris, Institut Mines-Télécom

Encadrant(e) de thèse / Secondary advisor: Samuel Huron (samuel.huron@telecom-paris.fr) – Télécom Paris, Institut Mines-Télécom

Autre Encadrant(e) de thèse / Additional advisor: Petra Isenberg (petra.isenberg@inria.fr) – Inria

Pour faire acte de candidature sur ce sujet, veuillez écrire aux auteurs directement / To apply on this subject, please write directly to the authors.