Volker Wulf
Biographic Data
| ID | 4689972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Volker Wulf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Volker |
| FAMILY NAME | Wulf |
| SIGNATURE | WULF V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Siegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1214-1551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Invisible work and unpredictable challenges in clinical practice: Results from a participatory design case study
The shortage of professional caregivers and an aging population in Western countries contribute to high workloads in hospitals, which can negatively affect patient care and increase nurse turnover. Robotic assistance has the potential to alleviate these workloads. We conducted a design case study to identify application scenarios to reduce nurses’ administrative challenges. We found that tasks such as patient admissions and escorting patients to …
AI authoring for VR-supported layout and process planning: Methodological concept for the turning shop of the future
This article introduces a new design concept for visually planning and optimising production layouts for the turning shop of the future. The planning process takes place within the Visual Components software in a virtual reality (VR) environment, combining Low-Code and Pro-Code approaches for implementation. Existing components can be imported into the 3D environment and edited flexibly via a central database. In addition, computer-aided design (…
Investigating enablers and barriers of health-related assistive technologies: Long-term results of sustained use by older adults in urban and rural regions
Information and communication technology (ICT) support for active and healthy aging (AHA) has risen in prominence over recent years with a goal of facilitating and promoting a self-sustaining lifestyle for older adults. Following a user-centered, participatory, ethnography-based approach, we established a basis for sustained long-term use of ICT for AHA support. Working with two groups of older participants in Germany (aged 61–76 at the outset) o…
Engaging in Sensitive Practices: Insights and Challenges from a long-term Participatory Design Project with People with Dementia
Over the past decade, a range of methodological approaches, user studies, and research results focused on technology for people with dementia has led to insights into the design of innovative solutions that can be embedded in the complex daily lives of people with dementia and their care-network. This paper recounts experiences and lessons learned over the course of a three-year participatory design project with and for people with dementia and t…
“Making Robots Usable”: Empowering Care Professionals to Customize Social Robots in Care
While robotic systems in eldercare contexts continue to be a popular research topic, they are still not widely used in these settings. We argue that this is partly due to the absence of control and configuration options for end-users. This study reflects on the design of a smartphone app to tailor the use of robots to local needs. We investigated how care workers used the smartphone app to configure and control a Pepper robot to meet the individu…
The Impact of Depression and Leisure Activities on E-Health Literacy Among Older Adults: A Cross-Cultural Study in the EU and Japan
Health services through digital technologies (e-health) offer a promising solution, but some older adults may encounter difficulties in utilizing these resources due to varying levels of e-health literacy. This study investigated the relationship between depression, leisure activities, and e-health literacy among older adults in the EU and Japan using cross-sectional data from the e-ViTA baseline survey. Findings revealed that depression was nega…
Gender and Technology at Work: From Workplace Studies to Social Justice in Design
This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to assist organizations as they work to develop work cultures that are supportive of women and marginalized genders and people. Drawing on empirical and analytical studies of women's work and technolog…
Crafting Home with E-Textiles: Accessing Concepts of the Home in a Socially and Culturally Diverse Setting
Crafting Home with E-Textiles: Accessing Concepts of the Home in a Socially and Culturally Diverse Setting
Article Crafting Home with E-Textiles: Accessing Concepts of the Home in a Socially and Culturally Diverse Setting was published on September 1, 2023 in the journal Digital Culture & Society (volume 9, issue 1)
Problems with surveillance capitalism and possible alternatives for IT infrastructure
Over the past two decades, the business model of surveillance capitalism has emerged in the IT industry. This model has turned out to be highly profitable, but, if left unchecked, will very likely undermine the foundations of liberal democracies and quality of life on this planet. It involves customized advertising and behavior manipulation, powered by intensive gathering and cross-correlation of personal information. There are significant indire…
Negotiating Priorities on the Shopfloor: A Design Case Study of Maintainers’ Practices
The coordination of maintenance work in manufacturing poses a crucial productivity factor in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) but often seems to be rather neglected in practice as well as in much of the literature on maintenance. We shed light upon maintenance coordination work by presenting a design case study conducted in an SME over approximately two years. We took a participatory design-oriented approach, involving all roles on the sho…
RetrofittAR: Supporting Hardware-Centered Expertise Sharing in Manufacturing Settings through Augmented Reality
Since almost the onset of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), the community has been concerned with how expertise sharing can be supported in different settings. Here, the complex handling of machines based on experience and knowledge is increasingly becoming a challenge. In our study, we investigated expertise sharing in a medium-sized manufacturing company in an effort to support the fostering of hardware-based expertise sharing by usin…
Future-proofing: Making Practice-Based IT Design Sustainable
Sustainability is crucial for the future of our societies. From a computing perspective, the challenge is to design IT artifacts that contribute to improving people’s work and everyday lives in a sustainable way, thereby also contributing to social and ecological sustainability. The book documents the experiences of several leading research groups in Europe, North America, and South Africa, describing their efforts to achieve sustainable design r…
Technology is Everywhere, we have the Opportunity to Learn it in the Valley’: The Appropriation of a Socio-Technical Enabling Infrastructure in the Moroccan High Atlas
This paper describes the appropriation processes involved in establishing a socio-technical enabling infrastructure in a valley in the High Atlas of Morocco. We focus on the challenges of co-establishing such an intervention in a rural/mountainous region that is already undergoing a process of continuous development and profound transformation. We reflect upon the changes and unforeseen appropriation by our local partners and inhabitants in the v…
The Personal is the Political: Internet Filtering and Counter Appropriation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Issues of trust, privacy and security at the intersection of state intervention and the use of the internet both by ‘publics’ and by individuals for—from the State’s point of view- dispreferred purposes have been of great recent interest to researchers. This has been accompanied by a slowly developing concern for the way in which these issues pan out for people in non-Western cultures. Based on a study of Iranians living in urban centers, we exam…
Understanding Nomadic Practices of Social Activist Networks Through the Lens of Infrastructuring: The Case of the European Social Forum
Within CSCW and HCI, an increasing body of literature has been demonstrating the essential relevance of infrastructures and infrastructuring to the work of people engaging in technologically mediated nomadicity. Tech Nomads – or T-Nomads, as they are sometimes called – not only rely on technological, human , and environmental infrastructural components – such as Wi-Fi, technical support, space, and basic resources such as light and power outlets …
E-Portfolio: Value tensions encountered in documenting design case studies
We present here the “e-Portfolio” concept, which aims to provide access to documented design case studies of design researchers’ practices. Our e-Portfolio has its origins in Grounded Design. We examine here how the e-Portfolio concept grew out of Grounded Design, the way it instantiates values, and how it contributes to our understanding of the ways in which shifting values in practice can have an impact beyond the individual
On technology-assisted energy saving: Challenges of digital plumbing in industrial settings
CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND RELATED WORK 2.1. Energy Management in Organizations: Drivers, Benefit and Research Directions 2.2. The work to make digital networks work 2.3. C
Otherware: How to Best Interact With Autonomous Systems
column Otherware: how to best interact with autonomous systems Share on Authors: Marc Hassenzahl University of Siegen University of SiegenView Profile , Jan Borchers RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen UniversityView Profile , Susanne Boll University of Oldenburg University of OldenburgView Profile , Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen UniversityView Profile , Volker Wulf University of Siegen University of SiegenView…
Notes of memories: Fostering social interaction, activity and reminiscence through an interactive music exergame developed for people with dementia and their caregivers
This paper presents the outcomes of an exploratory study focused on the evaluation of an interactive music exergame for People with Dementia (PwD) and their caregivers. PwD tend to isolate themselves from the outside world, therefore carers need to develop strategies to maintain communication with them. Studies indicate that music–based activities provide an effective way to achieve social interaction with PwD. At the same time, physical activity…
Cyber-Physical Systems for Knowledge and Expertise Sharing in Manufacturing Contexts: Towards a Model Enabling Design
Epilogue
The various investigations in this book can be characterized as putting forward an argument for a nondeterministic relationship between investigation and design for social practices in which IT artifacts have an acknowledged relevance or a potential. The term “practice,” it is clear, provides a focus for careful analysis of the ways in which people orient to the use of technology over time, the way in which technology mediates behaviors, and the …
Research into Design-Research Practices
The aim of this chapter is to outline a research agenda. Here, this agenda has been termed “meta-research into practice-based computing”; the chapter uses the authors’ own work to exemplify elements of it. Such an agenda requires coherent framing and needs to be conducted in sufficient breadth and depth and so is still evolving. The chapter first presents some of the driving forces behind “post-normal” interdisciplinary science carried out in res…
Social Capital and Information Technology
A multidisciplinary examination of the interplay between social capital—the value derived from social ties—and information technology. The concept of social capital, or the value that can be derived from social ties created by goodwill, mutual support, shared language, common beliefs, and a sense of mutual obligation, has been applied to a number of fields, from sociology to management. It is only lately, however, that researchers in information …
Socio-Informatics: A Practice-Based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT Artifacts
The book is an exploration of the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of human-centred design. Specifically, it critically examines the notion of 'practice' and argues for an understanding of the concept which emanates from engagement with design problems rather than simply from social scientific theory. The contributors to the book in their various ways all subscribe to a systematic account of how practice- oriented studies ca…
The Role of Information Technology in Building and Sustaining the Relational Base of Communities
The popularity of the concept of communities is growing and so are ideas on how to support these communities with technologies. We can find this particularly in the field of management and organization studies, in which communities are more and more seen as a solution for rigid, hierarchical and conservative bureaucratic structures. In fact, communties can be seen as the latest wave in an ongoing evolution of organizational structures (Wenger, 20…
Some research issues in the field of CSCW
article Some research issues in the field of CSCW Share on Author: Volker Wulf Institute for Computer Science III, University of Bonn, Roemerstr. 164, 53117 Bonn, Germany Institute for Computer Science III, University of Bonn, Roemerstr. 164, 53117 Bonn, GermanyView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGGROUP BulletinVolume 18Issue 2Aug. 1997 pp 14–16https://doi.org/10.1145/265665.265670Online:01 August 1997Publication History 0citation233Download…
The Politeam project: Groupware Introduction in a Government Environment
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Introducing groupware in organizations: What Leads to Successes and Failures
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Tailorable groupware: Issues, methods, and architectures report of a workshop held at GROUP'97, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 16th, 1997
article Free Access Share on Tailorable groupware: issues, methods, and architectures report of a workshop held at GROUP'97, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 16th, 1997 Authors: Anders Mørch Dept. of Information Science, University of Bergen, Herman Fossgt. 6, 5020 Bergen, Norway Dept. of Information Science, University of Bergen, Herman Fossgt. 6, 5020 Bergen, NorwayView Profile , Oliver Stiemerling Institute for Computer Science III, University of Bonn, ROmer…
TransIT - investing SME co-operation across borders in Europe
TRANSIT investigates the current challenges and potential of computer supported transnational cooperation of small and medium size engineering firms in Europe. The project is an international initiative supported by the European Social Fund's ADAPT program and involves Universities and private companies in the UK, Belgium, and Germany. The partners from each country are in turn involved in national ADAPT projects which benefit from the experience…
ProSEC: Research group on HCI and CSCW
For more than nine years "ProSEC -The Research Group on HCI and CSCW" is working in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Our mission is to develop concepts and tools for improved human cooperation and learning. The group works interdisciplinarily on the design and evaluation of computer supported systems which will enhance human creativity, efficiency and the quality of work live
Resolving function-based conflicts in groupware systems
Come_IN: Using Computers to Foster the Integration of Migrant Communities
Modern western societies are facing the challenges of immigration and integration. The main criterion for social participation and democratic collaboration is the successful integration of immigrants. A lack of social as well as cultural integration, especially among young immigrants, seems to be the consequence of a low level of education and unequal opportunities. Immigrant children who are enrolled at primary schools, for instance, show signif…
Supporting communities of practice in applied computer science studies
The authors discuss the experience of a longitudinal study of the course "High-tech Entrepreneurship and New Media." The course design is based on socio-cultural theories of learning and considers the role of social capital in entrepreneurial networks. By integrating student teams into the communities of practice of local start-ups, we offer learning opportunities to students, companies, and academia. The student teams are connected to each other…
Introduction to Special Issue on Evolving Use of Groupware
The Role of Information Technology in Building and Sustaining the Relational Base of Communities
The popularity of the concept of communities is growing and so are ideas on how to support these communities with technologies. We can find this particularly in the field of management and organization studies, in which communities are more and more seen as a solution for rigid, hierarchical and conservative bureaucratic structures. In fact, communties can be seen as the latest wave in an ongoing evolution of organizational structures (Wenger, 20…
Expert Recommender: Designing for a Network Organization
Analyzing Political Activists’ Organization Practices: Findings from a Long Term Case Study of the European Social Forum
HCI public policy activities in 2012: A 10-Country Discussion
Public policy increasingly plays a role in influencing the work that we do as HCI researchers, interaction designers, and practitioners. "Public policy" is a broad term that includes both government policy and policy within non-governmental organizations, such as standards bodies. The Interacting with Public Policy forum focuses on topics at the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. Jonathan Lazar, Editor
Knowledge Management in Practice: A Special Issue
Bridging Artifacts and Actors: Expertise Sharing in Organizational Ecosystems
Sharing Knowledge and Expertise: The CSCW View of Knowledge Management
Epilogue
The various investigations in this book can be characterized as putting forward an argument for a nondeterministic relationship between investigation and design for social practices in which IT artifacts have an acknowledged relevance or a potential. The term “practice,” it is clear, provides a focus for careful analysis of the ways in which people orient to the use of technology over time, the way in which technology mediates behaviors, and the …
Research into Design-Research Practices
The aim of this chapter is to outline a research agenda. Here, this agenda has been termed “meta-research into practice-based computing”; the chapter uses the authors’ own work to exemplify elements of it. Such an agenda requires coherent framing and needs to be conducted in sufficient breadth and depth and so is still evolving. The chapter first presents some of the driving forces behind “post-normal” interdisciplinary science carried out in res…
Social Capital and Information Technology
A multidisciplinary examination of the interplay between social capital—the value derived from social ties—and information technology. The concept of social capital, or the value that can be derived from social ties created by goodwill, mutual support, shared language, common beliefs, and a sense of mutual obligation, has been applied to a number of fields, from sociology to management. It is only lately, however, that researchers in information …
Socio-Informatics: A Practice-Based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT Artifacts
The book is an exploration of the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of human-centred design. Specifically, it critically examines the notion of 'practice' and argues for an understanding of the concept which emanates from engagement with design problems rather than simply from social scientific theory. The contributors to the book in their various ways all subscribe to a systematic account of how practice- oriented studies ca…
Grounded Design
This chapter presents grounded design as a suggestion for a praxeological turn in the field of computing. It argues that, given the high societal relevance of computing to all aspects of life, the academic field of (applied) computer science needs to develop its epistemological paradigm and research methods accordingly. Computer science arguably needs to define itself as a sociotechnical discipline that contributes to the solution of social probl…
Designing for Sustainability: Key Issues of ICT Projects for Ageing at Home
Of Embodied Action and Sensors: Knowledge and Expertise Sharing in Industrial Set-Up
Cyber-Physical Systems for Knowledge and Expertise Sharing in Manufacturing Contexts: Towards a Model Enabling Design
Computer Science (32 works) · Knowledge management (20 works) · Engineering (19 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · Business (11 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Engineering ethics (8 works) · Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 works) · Psychology (8 works)