Kathrin Gerling and Karin Müller have been elected as the new co-chairs of GI specialist group "Inclusion". We look forward to taking on this role and thank everyone for their trust.
On March 26th 2026, Kathrin Gerling participated in a panel on knowledge, power and access hosted as part of the exhibition "The Cage" in Karlsruhe, discussing the role of accessibility in the university context.
During WS 25/26, HfG students created neurodiversity focused technologies for museum experiences, and KIT students worked on a participatory project aimed at accessibility and inclusion on campus. At the end of the semester, Prof. Karga hosted a joint session where all students presented and discussed their work. We thank everyone for the inspiring exchange!
Juiciness and Lushness in Game Design Anna-Lena Meiners will speak at Talk & Play #44 on April 1st, 2026, at SpawnPoint Karlsruhe on juiciness and lushness in game design and their relation to player experience and accessibility. More information: https://www.meetup.com/spawnpoint/events/313241223/
On 12.03.2026, Anna-Lena Meiners gave a guest lecture in the Social Design Studio course in the Design, Technology and Society program at Koç University, Istanbul, presenting research on experiences of neurodivergent people with digital games in public exhibitions and implications for inclusive design.
We will be presenting our recently accepted paper "Exploring The Role of Technology for Accessible Stadium Experiences for People With Limited Mobility" at the 24th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia in Italy in December (pre-print). This paper is a sequel of our CHI '25 paper and explores the relationship between (technological) infrastructures and disabled sports spectators more broadly, thereby reiterating on the design of interactive seat plans.
We are looking forward to discussing the accessibility of transdisciplinary research appraoches in a lightning talk at PartWiss25 in November.
In July, our group participated in the Real-World Lab Festival in Karlsruhe. Along with other research groups, we presented our work to the public and offered opportunities to try out our prototypes.
Great weekend at the real-world lab! We took part in the KIT Open Day 2025 and presented our work around accessible virtual reality and games for children to interested visitors. We also invited them to particpate in our research by trying out our game prototypes.
On 13th March, 2025, Zeynep Yildiz, Anna-Lena Meiners and Nicolas Walter were the guests of the “Social Design Studio” Course by the Futurewell Research Group from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. As part of the lecture on the accessibility of arts and culture institutions, they talked about their projects on museum accessibility with Natural History Museum and ZKM in Karlsruhe, presenting their research process and initial results.
In this talk, Dr. Zeynep Yildiz, a postdoc researcher from HCI&Accessibility Research Group, will present the initial findings of a research project that aims to understand the studentship experiences of disabled students at KIT. This research specifically questions how disabled students (not) use technologies to navigate higher education and how this affects their studentship experience. The event will take place on 26th of March from 2:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in 50.28 Room 201.
