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Giulia Barbareschi
Former: Research Fellow
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Brief biography
Currently Honorary Lecturer in Disability Innovation, Department of Computer Science, UCL.
From the 1st of November 2021 I will be starting my appointment at the Keio School of Media Design under the title JSPS Research Fellow.
Formerly a Research Fellow in Disability Innovation at UCLIC and the GDI Hub working on the £20 million programme "AT2030 - Life Changing Assistive Technology for All". My work focuses on understating to leverage technology to support people with disabilities.
With a background in physiotheraphy and medical device science and a PhD in Disability and Assistive technology, throughout my career I have worked in hospitals, universities and UN agencies in several countries around the world. My research lies at the intersection of technology, disability and design with strong influences from disability studies and international development. As part of my work I design and implement studies with other universities, private institutions and NGOs to evaluate the impact of using different types of technologies, from mobile phones to prosthetics sockets, for people with disabilities who live in low-and-middle income countries. I am also a BSA Media Fellow and a STEM ambassador and I have an interest in science communication and education.
Research Publications
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| Maryam Bandukda, Giulia Barbareschi, Aneesha Singh, D Jain, M Das, T Motahar, J Wiese, L Cockburn, A Prakash, D Frohlich | A Workshop on Disability Inclusive Remote Co-Design | 2022 | ASSETS '22, Conference paper (text), Athens, Greece |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Z Wu | Accessing Intimate Interactions: Investigating the need for More Inclusive Sex Education Resources | 2022 | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, M Inakage | Assistive or Artistic Technologies Exploring the Connections between Art, Disability and Wheelchair Use | 2022 | ASSETS 2022 - Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Conference paper (text) |
| S Mishra, A Laplante-Levesque, Giulia Barbareschi, Witte L De, Sarah Abdi, A Spann, C Khasnabis, M Allen | Assistive technology needs, access and coverage, and related barriers and facilitators in the WHO European region: a scoping review | 2022 | DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, Journal article |
| Temitayo Olugbade, M Bieńkiewicz, Giulia Barbareschi, V D'Amato, L Oneto, A Camurri, Catherine Holloway, M Björkman, P Keller, M Clayton | Human Movement Datasets: An Interdisciplinary Scoping Review | 2022 | ACM Computing Surveys, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, W Teerlink, JG Njuguna, P Musungu, MD Kirino, Catherine Holloway | Evaluating the use of a thermoplastic socket in Kenya: A pilot study | 2022 | Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Journal article |
| B Zhang, Giulia Barbareschi, Herrera R Ramirez, T Carlson, Catherine Holloway | Understanding Interactions for Smart Wheelchair Navigation in Crowds | 2022 | ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text), New Orleans, LA |
| Q Zhang, Giulia Barbareschi, Y Huang, J Li, YS Pai, J Ward, K Kunze | Seeing our Blind Spots: Smart Glasses-based Simulation to Increase Design Students' Awareness of Visual Impairment | 2022 | UIST 2022 - Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Conference paper (text) |
| T Lukava, Ramirez DZ Morgado, Giulia Barbareschi | Two sides of the same coin: accessibility practices and neurodivergent users' experience of extended reality | 2022 | Journal of Enabling Technologies, Journal article |
| Catherine Holloway, Ramirez DZ Morgado, Tigmanshu Bhatnagar, Ben Oldfrey, P Morjaria, SG Moulic, ID Ebuenyi, Giulia Barbareschi, F Meeks, J Massie | A review of innovation strategies and processes to improve access to AT: Looking ahead to open innovation ecosystems | 2021 | Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, T Shakespeare | A right to the frivolous? Renegotiating a wellbeing agenda for AT research | 2021 | Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| V Austin, R Ayah, Giulia Barbareschi, D Boggs, B Chiira, Jamie Danemayer, Catherine Holloway, M MacLachlan, Ben Oldfrey, J Olenja | Assistive technology | 2021 | Conference abstract/presentation slides |
| Giulia Barbareschi, M Swaminathan, AP Freire, Catherine Holloway | Challenges and strategies for accessibility research in the Global South: A panel discussion | 2021 | CLIHC 2021: X Latin American Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Conference paper (text), Valparaiso, Chile |
| Ben Oldfrey, Giulia Barbareschi, P Morjaria, T Giltsoff, J Massie, M Miodownik, Catherine Holloway | Could assistive technology provision models help pave the way for more environmentally sustainable models of product design, manufacture and service in a post-covid world? | 2021 | Sustainability, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Morgado-Ramirez D Zuleima, Catherine Holloway, Swaminathan S Manohar, A Vashistha, E Cutrell | Disability Design and Innovation in Low Resource Settings: Addressing Inequality through HCI | 2021 | 2021 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text) |
| V Austin, Catherine Holloway, IO Vermehren, A Dumbuya, Giulia Barbareschi, J Walker | “Give Us the Chance to Be Part of You, We Want Our Voices to Be Heard”: Assistive Technology as a Mediator of Participation in (Formal and Informal) Citizenship Activities for Persons with Disabilities Who Are Slum Dwellers in Freetown, Sierra Leone | 2021 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal article |
| N Jahan, Giulia Barbareschi, CA Jan, CM Mutuku, N Rahman, V Austin, Catherine Holloway | Inclusion and Independence: The impact of Mobile Technology on the Lives of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya and Bangladesh | 2021 | 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020, Conference paper (text) |
| Maryam Bandukda, Catherine Holloway, Aneesha Singh, Giulia Barbareschi, Nadia Berthouze | Opportunities for Supporting Self-efficacy through Orientation & Mobility Training Technologies for Blind and Partially Sighted People | 2021 | ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Kopi N Shitawa, Ben Oldfrey, Catherine Holloway | What difference does tech make? Conceptualizations of Disability and Assistive Technology among Kenyan Youth: Conceptualizations of Disability and at | 2021 | ASSETS 2021 - 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, MT Carew, EA Johnson, N Kopi, Catherine Holloway | “When they see a wheelchair, they’ve not even seen me”—factors shaping the experience of disability stigma and discrimination in Kenya | 2021 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal article |
| EM Smith, Hernandez ML Toro, ID Ebuenyi, EV Syurina, Giulia Barbareschi, KL Best, Jamie Danemayer, Ben Oldfrey, N Ibrahim, Catherine Holloway | Assistive Technology Use and Provision During COVID-19: Results From a Rapid Global Survey. | 2020 | Int J Health Policy Manag, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Ben Oldfrey, X Long, G Magomere, W Wetende, C Wanjira, J Olenja, V Austin, Catherine Holloway | Bridging the Divide: Exploring the use of digital and physical technology to aid mobility impaired people living in an informal settlement | 2020 | 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20)., Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, S Sonenblum, Catherine Holloway, S Sprigle | Does the setting matter? Observing wheelchair transfers across different environmental conditions | 2020 | Conference abstract/presentation slides |
| Giulia Barbareschi, S Sonenblum, Catherine Holloway, S Sprigle | Does the setting matter? Observing wheelchair transfers across different environmental conditions | 2020 | Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| Ramirez D Morgado, Giulia Barbareschi, M Donovan-Hall, M Sobuh, N Elayan, B Nakandi, R Ssekitoleko, J Olenja, G Magomere, S Daymond | Disability design and innovation in computing research in low resource settings | 2020 | The International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Conference paper (text), ASSETS ’20, October 26–28, 2020, Virtual Event, Greece |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Ramirez D Morgado | Individuality over function: the role of technology in disability identity | 2020 | ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text), Honoluu, HI, USA |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Ramirez D Morgado | Supporting the Voice of People with Disabilities in Kenya, Uganda and Jordan | 2020 | ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text), Honolulu, HI, USA |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway, K Arnold, G Magomere, Wetende W Ambeyi, G Ngare, J Olenja | The Social Network: How People with Visual Impairment use Mobile Phones in Kibera, Kenya | 2020 | 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference paper (text), Honolulu (HI), USA |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Enrico Costanza, Catherine Holloway | TIP-Toy: a tactile, open-source computational toolkit to support learning across visual abilities | 2020 | 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20)., Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, S Daymond, J Honeywill, D Noble, N Mbugua, I Harris, Catherine Holloway | Uncovering unexpected impacts: the case of digital manufacturing of wheelchairs in Kenya | 2020 | RESNA 2020 Virtual Conference, Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, S Daymond, J Honeywill, Aneesha Singh, D Noble, N Mbugua, I Harris, V Austin, Catherine Holloway | Value beyond function: Analyzing the perception of wheelchair innovations in Kenya | 2020 | 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20), Conference paper (text) |
| Ramirez D Morgado, L Rasha, Giulia Barbareschi, T Suzuki, I Caplan, I McKinnon, D Brett, Catherine Holloway | Adjusted method to calculate an electric wheelchair power cycle: fuel cell implementation example | 2019 | Journal of Energy Storage, Journal article |
| Catherine Holloway, B Chiira, Ben Oldfrey, Giulia Barbareschi, S Albala, R Ayah, J Olenja, Ramos F Barajas, S Chapman, H Dawes | AT innovation ecosystem design – a kenyan case study | 2019 | Global Report on effective access to Assistive Technology, Geneva, Switzerland, Conference paper (text), Geneva. Switzerland |
| S Sonenblum, Giulia Barbareschi, S Sprigle, Catherine Holloway | Does the setting matter? observing wheelchair transfers across different environmental conditions | 2019 | Conference abstract/presentation slides |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Jan C Aranda, M Nique, Barajas F Ramos, Catherine Holloway | Mobile Phones as Assistive Technologies: Gaps and Opportunities | 2019 | Global Report on effective access to Assistive Technology, Geneva, Switzerland, Conference paper (text), Geneva, Switzerland |
| Catherine Holloway, K Gerling, C Power, K Spiel, Giulia Barbareschi, Anna Cox, Paul Cairns | Disability interactions in digital games: From accessibility to inclusion | 2019 | CHI PLAY '19 - Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts, Conference paper (text), Barcelona, Spain |
| Roxana Ramirez Herrera, BM Heravi, Giulia Barbareschi, T Carlson, Catherine Holloway | Towards a Wearable Wheelchair Monitor: Classification of push style based on inertial sensors at multiple upper limb locations | 2019 | IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Conference paper (text), IEEE Syst Man & Cybernet Soc, Miyazaki, JAPAN |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway | Understanding independent wheelchair transfers. Perspectives from stakeholders | 2019 | Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway | An investigation of factors affecting the performance of wheelchair transfers | 2018 | Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| Catherine Holloway, V Austin, Giulia Barbareschi, Barajas F Ramos, L Pannell, Ramirez D Morgado, R Frost, I McKinnon, C Holmes, R Frazer | Scoping Research Report on Assistive Technology - On The Road For Universal Assistive Technology Coverage | 2018 | Report |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway, Nadia Berthouze, S Sonenblum, S Sprigle | Use of a Low Cost, Chest-Mounted Accelerometer to Evaluate Transfer Skills of Wheelchair Users During Everyday Activities. | 2018 | JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, Journal article |
| A Symonds, Giulia Barbareschi, S Taylor, Catherine Holloway | A systematic review: the influence of real time feedback on wheelchair propulsion biomechanics | 2017 | Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway, S Sprigle | Assistive Technology Design Courses: The Mutually Beneficial Relationship between Engineering Education and the Provision of Orphan Devices | 2017 | Annual Conference of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Conference paper (text), New Orleans |
| R Harbird, Giulia Barbareschi, E Makrygianni, Catherine Holloway, S Hailes | Fleas, Caterpillars and Cockroaches: A Summer School in Bio-inspired Robotics | 2017 | IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2017, Conference paper (text) |
| Catherine Holloway, B Heravi, Giulia Barbareschi, Sarah Nicholson, S Hailes | Street Rehab: Linking Accessibility and Rehabilitation | 2017 | 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Conference paper (text) |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Tsu-Jui Cheng, Holloway | The effect of technique and transfer board use on the performance of wheelchair transfers | 2017 | Healthcare Technology Letters, Journal article |
| Giulia Barbareschi, R Richards, M Thornton, T Carlson, Catherine Holloway | Statically vs dynamically balanced gait: analysis of a robotic exoskeleton compared with a human | 2015 | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Conference paper (text), Milan, Italy |
| Giulia Barbareschi, T Bantis, Twigg, Tyler, Catherine Holloway | The Use Of "Big Data" To Evaluate Accessibility Measures For Wheelchair And Mobility Scooter Users: The Case Of London Bus Network | 2015 | TRANSED 2015, Conference paper (text), Lisbon, Portugal |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Holloway, Brett | A New Method to Calculate Electric Wheelchair Driving Cycles | 1900 | Poster, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016 IEEE 38th Annual International Conference of the. IEEE, 2016 Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Giulia Barbareschi, E Tebbutt, K Mines | Training in priority assistive products: report from the first pilot | 1900 | Report |
| Giulia Barbareschi, Catherine Holloway, N Bianchi-Berthouze, S Sonenblum, S Sprigle | Use of a Low-Cost, Chest-Mounted Accelerometer to Evaluate Transfer Skills of Wheelchair Users During Everyday Activities: Observational Study (Preprint) | 1900 | Working/Discussion Paper |
| Giulia Barbareschi | YouTransfer, YouDesign: A participatory approach to design assistive technology for wheelchair transfers | 1900 | Thesis / Dissertation |