Calm Tech Café: Jo Herstad, UiO

Understanding how people interact with, use, and design technology has always mattered, and it will continue to matter. In this talk, Jo Herstad from UiO will look at the historical development of calm technology and various initiatives within it. Examples will be drawn from several master’s theses and PhD dissertations at the Department of Informatics that have focused on calm technology.

Speaker: Jo Herstad, Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Design of Information Systems

This meetup series brings together researchers, founders, and industry practitioners to explore how technology can better align with human values. Through concrete examples, open discussion, and shared experience, we’ll dig into what humane technology looks like and how to build it.