Ida Larsen-Ledet

Researching the way
technology's implementation and appearance influence practices and impression management at work

I'm a qualitative researcher with a background in computer science, with a bit of cognitive semiotics and information studies sprinkled into the mix.

I work in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), which studies the role of technology in people's lives and activities. My research focuses on the way technology mediates coordination and relationships in workplaces, which places it primarily in the area of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). I have so far studied this in the context of collaborative academic writing, knowledge sharing in enterprise settings, and task management in a small organization.

My research is driven by an interest in the subtle ways that our practices and behavior towards each other are formed by how technology is designed, and the ways we adapt our use of technology to make it suit different situations at work.

For the past two years I've been working on the TRACE-WORK project as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the School of Applied Psychology in University College Cork, Ireland, where I have studied how people use digital traces to keep track of their work.




Like many people these days, I also occasionally ponder about generative AI. Especially what it will mean for how we share and consume information and how the output of generative AI can be more situationally relevant.



Is my website boring? That's (partly) because I try to follow the Web Sustainability Guidelines. My attempt at this is a work in progress and I'm still learning, so for now I mainly follow the guidelines by having a website without fancy animations or decorative images.

UPDATES

I recently joined the Human-Centered Computing Section in the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University as an assistant professor!

I will continue the research that I have laid the foundation for with the TRACE-WORK project, among other things through more co-research with the public and an extensive review of how the concept of traces is defined and used in the HCI literature.

I'll be looking for a Ph.D. student to start working with me soon. If you're interested in doing research on activity traces and work practices in different settings and the role computers and digital technologies play or can play in this, and if you've got experience with qualitative empirical methods, reach out. You can contact me using my email address (see my profile) or via LinkedIn.