John McCarthy
Academic
John McCarthy is Professor of Applied Psychology at University College Cork. He teaches in Human Computer Interaction and Qualitative Research Methods. His research is concerned with understanding the influence of emerging social, personal, and work technologies on people’s lived experience, and using that understanding to inform design of usable and enriching technologies. His particular foci for the last few years have been on experience-centred design of technologies and services for and with people with dementia and their carers, technology to support participation in community activity and in digital civics, and responsible software design and engineering.
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2025. The opportunities and challenges of using online social platforms after pregnancy loss: A systematic review of qualitative research. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 17:100547.
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2024. Keeping Fit & Staying Safe: A Systematic Review of Women's Use of Social Media for Fitness. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 192:103361.
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2024. Infrastructural justice for responsible software engineering,. Journal of Responsible Technology. 19:100087.
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2021. Rural Islandness as a Lens for (Rural) HCI. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.. 28
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2020. Student Engagement in Sensitive Design Contexts: A Case Study in Dementia Care. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
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2020. Considerations for Implementing Technology to Support Community Radio in Rural Communities. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
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2018. Convergent Parallel Design Mixed Methods Case Study in Problem-Based Learning. ECRM 2017 16th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management.
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2017. Transitioning from traditional to Problem-Based Learning in Management Education: the case of a frontline manager skills development programme. Journal of Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 34
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2015. Transitioning from traditional to problem-based learning in management education: the case of a frontline manager skills development programme. Journal of Innovations in Education and Teaching International.
