Minna Nygren

Research interests
I am a researcher interested in social embodiment, engagement, and design.
At UCLIC, I work alongside Professor Nadia Berthouze on the EPSRC-funded From Sensing to Collaboration-project, that focuses on understanding affect and touch practices in clinical settings, and opportunities to design robots to support training.
Prior to working at UCLIC, I was a Research Fellow at UCL Knowledge Lab working alongside Professor Sara Price on Move2Learn-project, jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust, ESRC and NSF. This project focused on young children's embodied meaning making in informal settings such as science museums. I was also a Research Associate on its sister project Move2Learn4Teachers (funded by ScotPEN), in collaboration with Edinburgh University. Through collaborative design with primary science teachers, it developed a teacher training course on Embodied Learning that will be offered by SSERC.
I gained my PhD (titled "Landscapes of Affective Interaction: Young Children's Enactive Engagement with Body Metaphors) in Human Development and Design. My doctoral studies were funded by the Wellcome Trust and conducted in conjunction with Move2Learn-project. The thesis focused on understanding young children's social interaction with body metaphors from an embodiment perspective through iterative design.
Research Publications
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Minna Nygren, M Nouwen, Even P Van, S Price, B Zaman, JM Beuthel | Developing Ideas and Methods for Supporting Whole Body Interaction in Remote Co-Design with Children | 2021 | 20th ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference, Conference paper (text), ELECTR NETWORK |
R Thomas, S Price, Minna Nygren, E Glauert | How sensorimotor interaction shapes and supports young children’s gestural communication around science | 2021 | International Journal of Science Education, Journal article |
Minna Nygren, S Price | EPESonic | 2020 | IDC '20: Interaction Design and Children, Conference paper (text), London, UK |
A Manches, K Davies, S Price, S Gilutz, A Revueltas-Roux, Minna Nygren, B Zaman | From design to difference: increasing impact of IDC research | 2020 | IDC '20: Interaction Design and Children, Conference paper (text), London, UK |
Minna Nygren | Landscapes of Affective Interaction: Young Children's Enactive Engagement with Body Metaphors | 1900 | Thesis / Dissertation |