Reem Talhouk
Biography
Reem Talhouk is an Assistant Professor in Design and Global Development at Northumbria University, where she also co-leads the ‘Design Feminisims’ and ‘MARGINALITIES’ research groups.
Reem contributes to teaching in Interaction Design, Communication Design and Multi-Disciplinary Innovation. She has also delivered teaching on the DCitizens Summer School and the Participatory Design Summer School. She has contributed chapters to several educational handbooks, including the Handbook on Humanitarian Inequality and the Handbook of Contemporary Participatory Design.
Reem has led research at the intersection of design, technologies, and global development. She has conducted research with refugees, activists and humanitarians, and focused on the interplay between sociotechnical systems, digital civics, ontological security and mechanisms of oppression and resistance.
Publications
2018
HCI for blockchain: Studying, designing, critiquing and envisioning distributed ledger technologies Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1–8, 2018.
Human computer interaction & health activism Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1–4, 2018.
HCI and Refugees Journal Article
In: Interactions Magazine, 2018.
2017
Za'atari refugee cookbook: Relevance, challenges and design considerations Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2017 chi conference extended abstracts on human factors in computing systems, pp. 2576–2583, 2017.
Refugees & HCI Workshop: The role of HCI in responding to the refugee crisis Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 558–565, 2017.
Improving the Implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Enhancing Access to Healthcare by Syrian Refugees Through Community Health Shows Journal Article
In: The European Health Psychologist, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 405–408, 2017.
Lebanon:“You Don’t Have to be Superman to Save Lives. Give Blood”: Improving the Health System through Social Innovation—The Case of Donner Sang Compter Book Section
In: Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe, pp. 325–330, CRC Press, 2017.
2016
Syrian refugees and digital health in Lebanon: Opportunities for improving antenatal health Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems, pp. 331–342, 2016.
Refugees and HCI SIG: The role of HCI in responding to the refugee crisis Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1073–1076, 2016.
Potential role of killer immunoglobulin receptor genes among individuals vaccinated against hepatitis B virus in Lebanon Journal Article
In: World Journal of Hepatology, vol. 8, no. 29, pp. 1212, 2016.