Positive Technology Lab
About Our Lab
The Positive Technology Lab is an interdisciplinary research space dedicated to designing, building, and studying how technology can foster well-being, mental health, social connectedness, and human flourishing.
Grounded in the principles of Human-Centred Design, Interaction Design, and Human-Computer Interaction, our lab brings together faculty, students, and collaborators from academia and industry to explore how technology can support personal, collective, and organizational flourishing. We are especially interested in how digital experiences, rooted in personal informatics, data physicalization, and experience design, can empower individuals and communities to reflect, grow, and connect.
We believe that technology must be designed with care: grounded in human experience, ethical responsibility, and social relevance. The lab serves as a collaborative space that bridges design, HCI, and the social sciences to address complex social challenges through thoughtful and inclusive innovation.
Research Areas
Designing for Wellbeing in Learning and Organizational Contexts
Core Methods: Human-centered informatics, wellbeing metrics, experience-centered learning, capability theory, reflective pedagogy
Human-Centered Data Interaction and Physicalization
Core Methods: Data humanism, physicalization, embodied interaction, critical data studies, speculative prototyping
Positive Design for Social and Relational Flourishing
Core Methods: Participatory design, tangible computing, health equity, intercorporeality, empathy-driven design
Technologies for Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
Core methods: Personal informatics, emotion-centered design, tangible interfaces, data physicalization, narrative design