HCI and sustainability: the role of macrostructures

Authors:
Emilie Mollenbach;Jens Hoff;Kasper Hornbæk
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Sustained behavior changes are required to reduce the impact of human society on the environment. Much research on how HCI may help do so focuses on changing behavior by providing information directed at an individual or a microstructure (e.g., household). We propose societal macrostructures (e.g., municipalities) and their interaction with microstructures as a focus for HCI aimed at designing behavior change. We present two ongoing case studies involving municipalities in Denmark and discuss how and why macrostructures may be used in the design of HCI for behavior based environmental sustainability.