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How do we live in the omnipresence of voice assistants?

The VA-PEPR research project looks into how voice assistants (VAs) change our practices and routines in everyday life within the context of Switzerland.

This interdisciplinary research project is conducted by Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule and Northumbria University under the lead of HSLU School of Art & Design. It is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

About the Project

VA-PEPR stands for Voice Assistants – People, Experiences, Practices, Routines. We conduct research into how people experience voice assistants in their homes and private lives and how they develop new practices and routines around their use of VAs. By focusing on the home environment, user experience and ethical issues, the project aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of this new technology.

Latest from us

Analysing the Use of Voice Assistants in Domestic Settings Through the Lens of Activity Theory

Analysing the Use of Voice Assistants in Domestic Settings Through the Lens of Activity Theory

Paper accepted for the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

VA-PEPR goes to Hong Kong!

VA-PEPR goes to Hong Kong!

Giving Form to the Invisible: Can we make in-home network data traffic tangible to users?

VA-PEPR Project Retreat in Scotland

VA-PEPR Project Retreat in Scotland

Northumbria University hosted the 5th project retreat in Anstruther, Scotland

VA-PEPR presented at a CHI'23 Workshop

VA-PEPR presented at a CHI’23 Workshop

Short paper accepted for the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshop

User Perceptions and Attitudes in the Data Economy and their Contradictions

User Perceptions and Attitudes in the Data Economy and their Contradictions

Study presented at the 16th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, in Venice, Italy

Co-organized Workshop for CHI 2023 Hamburg

Co-organized Workshop for CHI 2023 Hamburg

Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously: Towards A Research Agenda and New Practice