Paul Dourish

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Total Citations

105

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About

Paul Dourish is a leading figure in human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), and science and technology studies (STS). His research bridges the social and technical, exploring how information systems shape—and are shaped by—human practice. Dourish is best known for foundational contributions to embodied interaction, ubiquitous computing, and the sociology of data practices. His work on "The Value of Data" (105 citations) draws on ethnographic studies of robotic space exploration teams to reveal how data-sharing norms emerge from the specific ways data is produced and acquired, challenging simplistic views of open science. With over 30,000 citations, Dourish’s influence spans HCI, CSCW, and STS. He is a Fellow of the ACM and the author of *Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction*, a seminal text that reoriented HCI toward phenomenological and sociological perspectives. His research continues to shape how we understand the entanglement of infrastructure, culture, and computation in scientific and everyday settings.