Paper presented at NordiCHI 2026 in Finland

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The research project PIONEER was featured at NordiCHI 2026, the Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, held in Vaasa, Finland. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss the latest developments in areas such as user experience, artificial intelligence and digital inclusion.

During the event, Sara Hahn presented the paper “Mr. Robot to the Rescue”. The talk explored how accurate depictions of cyber security in entertainment media, as portrayed in Mr. Robot, shape people’s beliefs about cyber security. The discussion with the international audience provided valuable feedback and new perspectives for the ongoing research.

The PIONEER project is part of ATHENE’s mission to advance cyber security and privacy research with practical solutions that can be transferred into real-world applications.

Image ©: Sara Hahn

Four Contributions at SOUPS 2026

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In the paper “From Why to How: Negotiating Inquiry and Design in Human-Centered Security,” Sara Hahn, research associate at UCS, discusses points of friction in interdisciplinary collaboration between psychology, computer science, and human-centered security. She argues for recognizing a fundamental understanding of human behavior and motivations as a valuable research contribution in its own right.

In “One Root of the Frictions,” Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann and Nina Gerber describe the inherently interdisciplinary nature of Usable Privacy and Security research while pointing out that interdisciplinary elements have not yet been sufficiently incorporated into academic disciplines.

The two posters, “The PIONEER Project: A PrIvacy companion for mOtivatioN and knowlEdge transfER” by Althaus et al. and “Understanding the ‘Why’: Investigating the Design of Privacy Support Tools (PSTs) through the Lens of Psychological Needs” by Hahn et al., present work conducted within the PIONEER project. They focus on the development of a privacy support tool aimed at increasing users’ privacy awareness and motivation, and on the question of how Privacy Support Tools should be designed.

SOUPS (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security) is an international scientific conference focusing on usable IT security and privacy at the intersection of computer science, psychology, and HCI. It will take place this year from August 23–26, 2026, in Hannover, Germany and the two position papers will be presented as part of the workshop “Human-Centred Security Meets Social Sciences: Mapping the Frictions”.

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Paper presented at NordiCHI 2026 in Finland

Four Contributions at SOUPS 2026