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The Non-Identity Problem: thought experiments in the ethics of designing for future people (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P., & Sinclair, M. (2024, June). The Non-Identity Problem: thought experiments in the ethics of designing for future people. Presented at DRS 2024 Boston: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, Reimagination, Boston, MA, US

The Non-Identity Problem (NIP) is a philosophical puzzle which challenges our intuitive assumptions and reasoning around the question of our moral obligations towards 'future people'. This paper explores the significance of the NIP for design, an act... Read More about The Non-Identity Problem: thought experiments in the ethics of designing for future people.

Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carelli, A., Sinclair, M., & Southee, D. (2019, September). Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones. Presented at IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Paphos, Cyprus

The continuing rise in the popularity of smartphones has led to an accompanying rise in the exposure of users to privacy threats as in the case of unintended leakage of personal information from apps. To improve transparency and the ability of users... Read More about Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones.

Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dewberry, E., Sheldrick, L., Sinclair, M., Moreno, M., & Matkatsoris, H. (2017). Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency. In PLATE: Product Lifetimes And The Environment (108-113). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-820-4-108

This paper explores the narrative of peoples' relationships with products as a window on understanding the types of innovation that may inform a culture of sufficiency. The work forms part of the ‘Business as Unusual: Designing Products with Consumer... Read More about Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency.

A classification of consumer involvement in new product development (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sinclair, M., & Campbell, R. I. (2014). A classification of consumer involvement in new product development. In Design's Big Debates - DRS International Conference 2014 (1582-1598)

Processes such as co-design, crowdsourcing and open design are challenging previously held notions about the role of the consumer within New Product Development. The degree and validity of consumer involvement in product creation varies according to... Read More about A classification of consumer involvement in new product development.