Publications

Here are selected, recent peer-reviewed papers and talks. A full list of publications can be found here.

Conferences and Journals

2025

Designing Daily Supports for Parent-Child Conversations about Emotion: Ecological Momentary Assessment as Intervention. Ibrahim, S., Klasnja, P., Gross, J., & Slovak, P. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘25), Yokohama, Japan – Honorable mention paper award

The Interaction Layer: An Exploration for Co-Designing User-LLM Interactions in Parental Wellbeing Support Systems. Viswanathan, S., Ibrahim, S., Shankar, R., Binns, R., Van Kleek, M., and Slovak, P.
CHI ‘25, Yokohama, Japan.

Micro-narratives: A Scalable Method for Eliciting Stories of People’s Lived Experience. Amira Skeggs, A., Mehta, A., Yap, V., Ibrahim, S., Rhodes, A., Gross, J., Munson, S., Klasnja, P., Orben, A., and Slovak, P. CHI ‘25, Yokohama, Japan - Honorable mention paper award

Uncovering Parental Struggles: Using Digital Probes to Analyse Challenges in Applying Online Parenting Content. Ibrahim, S., Dabrowski, J., Antle, A., Kientz, J., Chesters, A., Slovak, P. ACM Trans. Compt.-Hum.Interact.

2024

A Systematic Review of the Probes Method in Research with Children and Families. Ibrahim, S., Antle, A.N., Kientz, J.A., Pullin, G., and Slovak, P. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC ‘24).

Understanding Online Parental Help-Seeking and Help-Giving in Early Childhood: The Design Challenges of Supporting Complex Parenting Questions. Ibrahim, S., Rui, J., Petsolari, M., Michelson, R., Dong, Y., Theofanopoulou, N., Davis, K. & Slovak, P. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI): The 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW’24).

Aligned Co-Design: An Interdependent, Multi-Modal Method for People with Motor and Communication Disabilities. Beneteau, E., Hiniker, A., Tench, B., Ibrahim, S., & Pratt, W. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction.

Looking Past Screens: Exploring Mixed Reality and Discreet AAC Devices. Curtis, H., Jenkins, A., Ibrahim, S. & Neate, T.
Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ‘24) – Best paper award nominee

Socio-technical Imaginaries: Envisioning and Understanding AI Parenting Supports through Design Fiction. Petsolari, M., Ibrahim, S. & Slovak, P. CHI ‘24, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

2023

Common ground in AAC: how children who use AAC and teaching staff shape interaction in the multimodal classroom. Ibrahim, S., Clarke, M., Vasalou, A., & Bezemer, J. (2023) AAC Journal - Editor’s Choice Award 2025

Exploring how children with reading difficulties respond to instructional supports in literacy games and the role of prior knowledge. Benton, L., Joye, N., Sumner, E., Gauthier, A., Ibrahim, S. & Vasalou, A. British Journal of Educational Technology.

2022

Understanding the Situated Practices of School Technology Leaders in the Early Stages of Educational Technology Adoption. Ibrahim, S., Vasalou, A., & Benton, L. CHI’22, New Orleans, LA.

2021

A methodological reflection on investigating children’s voice in qualitative research involving children with severe speech and physical impairments. Ibrahim, S., Vasalou, A., Benton, L., & Clarke, M.
Disability & Society Journal

Do children with reading difficulties benefit from instructional game supports? Exploring children’s attention and understanding of feedback. Vasalou, A., Benton, L., Sumner, E., Ibrahim, S., Herbert, E., & Joye, N. British Journal of Educational Technology.

On Power and Participation: Reflections from design with developmentally diverse children. Vasalou, A., Ibrahim, S., Clarke, M., & Griffiths, Y. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction.

2020

Can Design documentaries Disrupt Design for Disability? Ibrahim, S., Vasalou, A. & Clarke, M. IDC’20 – Best paper award

2018

Design Opportunities for AAC and Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments. Ibrahim, S., Vasalou, A. & Clarke, M. CHI’18, Montreal QC, Canada – Honorable mention award

From Behavioral and Communication Intervention to Interaction Design: User Perspectives from Clinicians. Du, Y., Boyd, L.E. & Ibrahim, S. Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility: Extended Abstracts. Gallway, Ireland.

Ibrahim, S., Clarke, M. & Vasalou, A. (2018) Rethinking Technology Design for and with Children who have Severe Speech and Physical Disabilities. Communication Matters Journal, Aug 2018 Vol. 32 (2).

Doctoral Thesis

Communication and Non-Speaking Children with Physical Disabilities: Opportunities and Reflections from Design-Oriented Research. Ibrahim, S. UCL. 2020.

Workshop Contributions, Magazine Articles, Posters & Symposiums

Ibrahim, S. & Vasalou, A. (2021) Voice and representation: engaging with the voices of children who have disabilities. Interactions. Vol. 28, No. 3. DOI: 10.1145/3457881

Ibrahim, S. (2017) Designing Communication Technologies with Children who have Severe Speech and Physical Impairments.. Doctoral Consortium Participant at Interaction Design & Children Conference IDC2017, Stanford-USA.

Vasalou, A. & Ibrahim, S (2016) PD for Children with SEND: Why Trustworthiness Matters. Proposal for workshop on Children’s Roles and Values at Interaction Design & Children Conference IDC2016, Manchester-UK.

Invited Talks

Workshop on AAC, Social Robotics, and Conversational AI, University of Groningen - April ‘25. Focus: An interactive discussion with Dr Mike Clarke on AI priorities for social interaction across the lifespan.

Human Computer Interaction BSc/MSc module lecture, King’s College London – Dec ‘23, ‘24. Title of talk: ‘Understanding Users: Cross-Disciplinary Methods for Studying Parenting and Child Mental Health’.

The Neurodiversity for Connected Learning Symposium, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan – Sep ‘23. Title of talk: ‘Neurodiversity and Mental Health’.

Project Converse symposium, University at Buffalo and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – June ‘23. Title of talk: AAC Mediated Interactions in the Multimodal Classroom.

Career talk with final year BSc students, University of East Anglia Speech & Language Therapy – April ‘23. Title of talk: From Clinical Practice to Academic Research.

Women in Informatics conference, KCL. Title of talk: Investigating and designing for in-situ parenting support with technology, March 2023.

Human Computer Interaction BSc/MSc module, King’s College London (KCL). Title of talk: HCI as an interdisciplinary field, November 2022.

MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series held across UCL Visual and Multimodal Research Forum, University of Leeds Multimodality@Leeds and the University of Stockholm: Communication and non speaking children with physical disabilities: The issue of recognition, December 2020.

UCL Knowledge Lab Seminar Series – “Communication in non-speaking children with physical disabilities: design-oriented research”, June 2019.

UCL Multimodality MA student lecture – “Conversing without speech”, March 2019, also March 2020.

Great Ormond Street Hospital, Neurodisability Team CPD seminar series – “Designing digital technologies for communication and children who have severe speech and physical impairments”, June 2018.

City University – The Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design Seminar Series – “Designing digital technologies for communication and children who have severe speech and physical impairments”, May 2018.

Whitefields School Research Network – “Involving children in the evaluation of augmentative communication”, November 2016.