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
• 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
• Understanding digital wellbeing within complex technological contexts, Roffarello, A., De Russis, L., Lottridge, D., Cecchinato, M. 1 Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Human Computer Studies
• Understanding Platform-Mediated Work-Life: A Diary Study with Gig Economy Freelancers, Alvarez De La Vega, J., Cecchinato, M., Rooksby, J., Newbold, J. 16 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
• Close but Not Too Close: Distance and Relevance in Designing Games for Reflection, Iacovides, I., Cutting, J., Beeston, J., Cecchinato, M., Mekler, E., Cairns, P. 31 Oct 2022, In: The Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Design Opportunities for Freelancing Platforms: Online Freelancers’ Views on a Worker-Centred Design Fiction, Alvarez De La Vega, J., Cecchinato, M., Rooksby, J. 8 Jun 2022, CHIWORK 2022 , New York, US, ACM
• The end of the active work break? Remote work, sedentariness and the role of technology in creating active break-taking norms, Rudnicka, A., Cook, D., Cecchinato, M., Gould, S., Newbold, J., Cox, A. Jun 2022, CHIWORK 2022 , New York, US, ACM
• The new normals of work: a framework for understanding responses to disruptions created by new futures of work, Newbold, J., Rudnicka, A., Cook, D., Cecchinato, M., Gould, S., Cox, A. 2 Nov 2022, In: Human-Computer Interaction

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

• PhD
• MSc
• BSc