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Dr Marc Fabri

Reader

Marc is a Reader in Participatory Design. He focuses on the design of technology that enables people to overcome challenges, move towards positive behaviour, and generally live better lives. His specific research interest is the participatory design of enabling technology.

Marc has worked extensively with autistic university students on breaking down barriers to entering and succeeding in higher education. He leads the LBU Autism Research Lab.

From 2013 to 2016 he was Principal Investigator for Autism&Uni (link to www.autism-uni.org), a multi-national EU-funded research project which supports students during the transition into Higher Education. He continues to promote the project outputs and works with many European universities that have adopted the Autism&Uni toolkit.

Currently Marc leads two EU-funded international projects:

IMAGE which builds on Autism&Uni and aims to better prepare autistic graduates for the job market, focusing on what universities can do to support this
DesignMyFuture which aims to help young people from marginalised groups make informed choices about their future, thereby reducing early school leaving

Marc is editor of the Journal of Enabling Technologies and an editorial board member for the Autism in Adulthood Journal. Previously, Marc advised the UK Government’s Student Loans Company on issues related to assistive technology and disability support for autistic students, and he served on the editorial board for the International Journal of Human Computer Interaction. Marc is also a regular programme committee member for the British HCI conference and the DUXU conference series.

Current Teaching

Marc teaches modules on Creative Technology courses in the Leeds School of Arts:

Design thinking
Web development
Responsive web design
Research methods
Creative industry practice
Individual and group projects

Research Interests

Marc's research is centred around participatory design, applied to the field of assistive and enabling technologies to help people lead healthier and happier lives. He explores designers’ positions of power and privilege in the design process, looking for ways to let end users become true co-creators of the products that are ultimately meant for them to use, enjoy and sometimes greatly rely on. He employs Design Thinking methods to develop ideas that bring about positive change and innovation.

Marc has published on design methodology, the use of technology for positive behaviour change, barriers and enablers for autistic HE students, and the technology preferences of autistic people. In 2016 he published a set of Best Practice Guides to support HE students on the autism spectrum, which are available in eight languages and used widely across European universities. In 2019, he guest-edited a special IJHCI issue on the theme Designing with and for users on the autism spectrum.

Universities across Europe use the Autism&Uni toolkit, a self-help resource for autistic students to manage the often difficult transition into higher education. This includes University College London, Durham University, Birmingham, Bath, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University of Warsaw, and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.