My research in the Centre for Sustainable Communications is linked mainly to the Persuasive Services project. We look at how ICT’s ability to generate and account environmental information can be used to help people changing lifestyle and making better environmental decisions. For more information go to the Persuasive Services website.

Published Papers

Zapico, J.L., Turpeinen, M. and Brandt, N. (2009) Climate Persuasive Services: Changing behavior towards low-carbon lifestyles. Proceedings of Persuasive 2009: Fourth International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Claremont, CA, 26-29 April 2009, ACM Digital Library.

Spikol, D.; & Zapico, J. (2009). Designing Mobile Persuasion: Using Pervasive Applications to Change Attitudes and Behaviors. Sharing Experiences with Social Mobile Media Proceedings of the International Workshop in conjunction with MobileHCI 2009, September 15th 2009, Bonn, Germany. Pp 11-16.

More info

Talks and presentations

Guidelines for a Sustainable Internet: trends and dangers in the use of Internet for a sustainable future.  04 Feb 2010. At Kommunikation: Kultur, Teknologi, Vetenskap. Seminarieserie på Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation.

What is carbon literacy and how can we improve it. World Usability Day 2009. November 12, 2009.

Climate Persuasive Services. Persuasive 2009: Fourth International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Claremont, CA, 26-29 April 2009

Climate Persuasive Services. International Seminar on Persuasive Services for Sustainability. Stockholm. February 25, s009.

Courses I ‘ve given / help / lectured

2009/2010

Technology and Sustainable Development
KTH / Industrial Ecology / Master in Sustainable Technology / HT09
In charge of a group of seminars and evaluation of students. Lecture about ICT and Sustainability.

Media Production
KTH / Media Technology / Master in Media Management / HT09 / DM 2553
In charge of a web production part of the course

Hållbar utveckling
KTH / Industrial Ecology / HT09 and VT10 / MJ2612
Lecture about ICT and sustainability.

2008/2009

Technology and Sustainable Development.
KTH / Industrial Ecology / Master in Sustainable Technology / HT08
In charge of a group of seminars and evaluation of students.

Media in a Low-Energy Society (Theme for the course “Inehåll och Utryck i Media” 2009)
KTH/ Media Technology / Master in Media Technology / VT09.
Help organizing and structuring the course. Lecture about ICT and sustainability.

Courses I have read for my PhD

Finished courses:

• Research seminars in Sustainable Communications. KTH / Centre for sustainable communications.  7.5 ECTS. VT09.
• Mobile Social Media: Concepts and applications. Växjö University and Tampere University of Technology. 7.5 ECTS. HT08/VT09
• Ecological Economics. MJ2694. KTH / Industrial Ecology. 7.5 ECTS. HT08
• Life Cycle Assessment. Ag1800. KTH /FMS. 7.5 ECTS. VT08.
• Network Society. II1210. KTH. 7.5 ECTS. VT08.
• Research Methodology and Science Theory. MJ2673. KTH / Industrial Ecology. 7.5 ECTS. VT08.