CSE conducts digital wellbeing and inclusivity workshop for AppLab

CSE conducts digital wellbeing and inclusivity workshop for AppLab

Doha: – Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Science and Engineering (CSE) conducted a workshop on February 18, 2023, for staff at AppLab, a local online platforms development company, that focused on digital wellbeing and inclusivity.

The two-part workshop had a theoretical component that outlined the theory of digital wellbeing, including the basic human needs for flourishing, motivation, and satisfaction, and a co-design session, which saw the participants tackle design challenges focused on users’ wellbeing as part of multidisciplinary teams. The participants included user experience and user interface designers working at AppLab along with human-computer interaction and psychology experts.

Dr. Reem Al-Mansoori, post-doctoral fellow and member of the i-Solouk research group at CSE, designed and conducted the workshop in order to enhance digital designers’ awareness in topics related to inclusivity and digital wellbeing. This initiative was part of a project funded by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) under a grant that Dr. Al-Mansoori won during the 6th cycle of the QNRF’s Postdoctoral Research Award.

“This project is aligned with Qatar’s efforts to achieve sustainable development through preserving wellbeing and ensuring inclusivity and leaving no one behind, whether in the physical or digital world,” said Dr. Al-Mansoori.

“We are proud to support this