Biography
Veronica Hoth is an experience designer and holds a Master of Arts from the University of the Arts, Berlin (UDK). She works as a research assistant at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz) and is a PhD student at Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin). Her research focuses on user experience design and human-centred design, conducting studies on how to integrate ethical considerations into the design process. Her focus lies on the integration of human values such as privacy and diversity into the design of human-computer interactions.
Research Interests
Ethical Experience Design, Value Oriented Design, Co-Design Methods, Participatory Design, Responsible Innovation, Teaching Values in Interaction Design
Professional Experience
Since 2023
Researcher at TU Chemnitz
Project Lead at Mittelstand Digital Zentrum – Fokus Mensch
2019 - 2022
Researcher at TU Berlin
Project Collaborator at Mittelstand 4.0 – Kompetenzzentrum Usability
2007 – 2019
Employed and freelance work in various technology companies and design agencies
Qualifications
Master of Arts at Universität der Künste Berlin in Leadership in Digital Communication
Research Projects
Teaching and Trainings
I teach a practice-based seminar that engages students in the real-world context they will be designing for and working with. They learn to select context-specific mixed methods to solve actual interaction design problems for partner companies.
Workshops about Human Centred Design I have designed and conducted:
- Co-Design Workshop to ad ethical considerationa and values to the Human Centred Design Process
- Speculative Design Workshop to understand the possible consequences of algorithmic stereotypes
- Lean UX Design applied to (Remote) Usability Testing
- User Centred Design and Lean Prototyping
- Personas Workshop
Publications
Veronica Margit Hoth, Anne Elisabeth Krueger, and Stefan Brandenburg (2024): A Hands-On Method for introducing Ethical Experience Design into Daily Creative Processes based on Psychological Needs and Values. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI '24 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 48, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677045.3685463
Hoth, V., Günther, F., Halama, J., & Brandenburg, S. (2024). Responsible Experience Designfor Privacy on the Web: Results of an Ethical Co-Design Study. Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter, April 16-19, Lübeck, Germany. Available from http://hfes-europe.org
Hoth, Veronica; Krueger, Anne Elisabeth; Brandenburg, Stefan (2024): Learnings from an Ethical Experience Design Method based on Psychological Needs and Values. Modellierung 2024 Satellite Events. DOI: 10.18420/modellierung2024-ws-014. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. ViVa Models!’24. Potsdam. 12. - 15. März 2024. 10.18420/modellierung2024-ws-014
Krueger, Anne Elisabeth; Hoth, Veronica; Brandenburg, Stefan (2023): How to Design for Ethical Experiences: Introduction of a Guided Method based on Psychological Needs for the Value of Privacy. Usability Professionals 23. DOI: 10.18420/muc2023-up-427. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. Rapperswil. 3.-6. September 2023. 10.18420/muc2023-up-427
Mörike, Frauke; Günther, Franziska; Hoth, Veronica; Landowski, Mirjam; Brandenburg, Stefan (2023): Hybrides Arbeiten und Kollaboration: Eine Standortbestimmung zwischen neuen Arbeitspraxen und Technologiegestaltung in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU). Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband. DOI: 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws10-113. GI. MCI: Workshop. Rapperswil. 3.-6. September 2023. 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws10-113
Hoth, Veronica; Brandenburg, Stefan (2023): Hybrides Arbeiten für eine sozial-nachhaltige Transformation und Diversität. Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband. DOI: 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws10-473. GI. MCI-WS10: Hybrides Arbeiten und Kollaboration: Eine Standortbestimmung zwischen neuen Arbeitspraxen und Technologiegestaltung in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU). Rapperswil. 3.-6. September 2023. 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws10-473
Veronica Hoth, Anne Elisabeth Krueger, Moritz Langner, and Stefan Brandenburg. 2023. Ethical Experience Design for the Value of Privacy based on Psychological Needs. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 537, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3574166
Hoth, Veronica; Ivanova, Maria; Brandenburg, Stefan (2022): UX Design Pattern für Datenschutz und Vertrauen. Mensch und Computer 2022 - Workshopband. DOI: 10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws07-424. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. MCI-WS07: UUX (+ X) in der Praxis: Bedürfnisse und Werte für Unternehmen nutzbar machen. Darmstadt. 4.-7. September 2022. 10.18420/muc2022-mci-ws07-424