- McKay, D., Makri, S., Gutierrez‐Lopez, M., Porlezza, C., Macfarlane, A., Cooper, G. … Missaoui, S. (2024). I'm the same, I'm the same, I'm trying to change: Investigating the role of human information behavior in view change. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 75(7), pp. 844–858. doi:10.1002/asi.24885.
- Berube, L., Priego, E., Wisdom, S., Cooke, I. and Makri, S. (2024). “Moving with the story”: the haptics of reader experience and response to digital comics. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 30(1-2), pp. 94–113. doi:10.1080/13614568.2024.2374291.
- Gonzalez, S., Liu, Y., Syn, S.Y., Makri, S., Connaway, L.S., Given, L.M. … McDowell, K. (2023). Storytelling for Translational Research Impact. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), pp. 861–865. doi:10.1002/pra2.879.
- Chen, H., Liu, Y., Hirsh, S., Makri, S. and Mawire, B. (2023). Achieving Academic Success in Information Science: A Multi‐Faceted Approach. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), pp. 758–761. doi:10.1002/pra2.855.
- Makri, S. (2023). Foreword. Serendipity Science: An Emerging Field and its Methods pp. 7–8.
- Gutierrez Lopez, M., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A. and Missaoui, S. (2023). A Question of Design: Strategies for Embedding AI-Driven Tools into Journalistic Work Routines. Digital Journalism, 11(3), pp. 484–503. doi:10.1080/21670811.2022.2043759.
- Gutierrez Lopez, M., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G. and Missaoui, S. (2022). Making newsworthy news: The integral role of creativity and verification in the human information behavior that drives news story creation. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 73(10), pp. 1445–1460. doi:10.1002/asi.24647.
- Lee, L., Ocepek, M.G. and Makri, S. (2022). Information behavior patterns: A new theoretical perspective from an empirical study of naturalistic information acquisition. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 73(4), pp. 594–608. doi:10.1002/asi.24595.
- MacFarlane, A., Missaoui, S., Makri, S. and Gutierrez Lopez, M. (2022). Sender vs. recipient-orientated information systems revisited. Journal of Documentation, 78(2), pp. 485–509. doi:10.1108/jd-10-2020-0177.
- Makri, S., McKay, D., Buchanan, G., Chang, S., Lewandowski, D., MacFarlane, A. … Ferraro, A. (2021). Search a Great Leveler? Ensuring More Equitable Information Acquisition. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), pp. 613–618. doi:10.1002/pra2.511.
- Lee, L., Ocepek, M. and Makri, S. (2021). Creating by me, and for me: investigating the use of information creation in everyday life. Information Research: an international electronic journal, 26(1). doi:10.47989/irpaper891.
- Makri, S. (2020). Information informing design: Information Science research with implications for the design of digital information environments. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71(11), pp. 1402–1412. doi:10.1002/asi.24418.
- Lee, L., Ocepek, M.G. and Makri, S. (2020). Good, bad, and practical: Exploring human memory in everyday information behavior. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1). doi:10.1002/pra2.342.
- Makri, S. and Turner, S. (2020). “I can't express my thanks enough”: The “gratitude cycle” in online communities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71(5), pp. 503–515. doi:10.1002/asi.24257.
- Erdelez, S. and Makri, S. (2020). Information encountering re-encountered. Journal of Documentation, 76(3), pp. 731–751. doi:10.1108/jd-08-2019-0151.
- Makri, S. and Buckley, L. (2020). Down the rabbit hole: Investigating disruption of the information encountering process. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71(2), pp. 127–142. doi:10.1002/asi.24233.
- Makri, S., Hsueh, T. and Jones, S. (2019). Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 70(8), pp. 775–787. doi:10.1002/asi.24169.
- Lee, L., Ocepek, M.G., Makri, S., Buchanan, G. and McKay, D. (2019). Getting creative in everyday life: Investigating arts and crafts hobbyists' information behavior. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), pp. 703–705. doi:10.1002/pra2.141.
- Burnett, M., Stumpf, S., Macbeth, J., Makri, S., Beckwith, L., Kwan, I. … Jernigan, W. (2016). GenderMag: A Method for Evaluating Software's Gender Inclusiveness. Interacting with Computers, 28(6), pp. 760–787. doi:10.1093/iwc/iwv046.
- Georgiou, A. and Makri, S. (2015). How local government policy workers use information: An interview study and design recommendations. International Journal of Information Management, 35(4), pp. 472–489. doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2015.03.004.
- Pontis, S., Kefalidou, G., Blandford, A., Forth, J., Makri, S., Sharples, S. … Woods, M. (2015). Academics' responses to encountered information: Context matters. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(8), pp. 1883–1903. doi:10.1002/asi.23502.
- Day, J., Buchanan, G. and Makri, S. (2015). Learning Lessons from Controlled Studies to Investigate Users’ Resilience Strategies. pp. 578–581. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22723-8_65.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A., Woods, M., Sharples, S. and Maxwell, D. (2014). "Making my own luck": Serendipity strategies and how to support them in digital information environments. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 65(11), pp. 2179–2194. doi:10.1002/asi.23200.
- Ellis, S., Makri, S. and Attfield, S. (2014). Keeping up with the law: investigating lawyers’ monitoring behaviour. New Library World, 115(7/8), pp. 292–313. doi:10.1108/nlw-03-2014-0023.
- Russell-Rose, T., Lamantia, J. and Makri, S. (2014). Defining and Applying a Language for Discovery. pp. 3–28. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12093-5_1.
- Dantonio, L., Makri, S. and Blandford, A. (2012). Coming across academic social media content serendipitously. Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 49(1). doi:10.1002/meet.14504901002.
- Makri, S. and Blandford, A. (2012). Coming across information serendipitously - Part 1: A process model. Journal of Documentation, 68(5), pp. 684–705. doi:10.1108/00220411211256030.
- Makri, S. and Blandford, A. (2012). Coming across information serendipitously - Part 2: A classification framework. Journal of Documentation, 68(5), pp. 706–724. doi:10.1108/00220411211256049.
- Erdelez, S. and Makri, S. (2011). Introduction to the thematic issue on opportunistic discovery of information. Information Research, 16(3).
- Sun, X., Sharples, S. and Makri, S. (2011). A user-centred mobile diary study approach to understanding serendipity in information research. Information Research, 16(3).
- Makri, S. and Blandford, A. (2011). What is serendipity? A workshop report. Information Research, 16(3).
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2011). This is what I'm doing and why: Methodological reflections on a naturalistic think-aloud study of interactive information behaviour. Information Processing and Management, 47(3), pp. 336–348. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2010.08.001.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A., Cox, A.L., Attfield, S. and Warwick, C. (2011). Evaluating the Information Behaviour methods: Formative evaluations of two methods for assessing the functionality and usability of electronic information resources. Int. J. Hum.-Comput. Stud., 69, pp. 455–482.
- Makri, S. (2011). Information by Chance: Opportunistic Discovery of Information. Information Research, 16(3).
- Attfield, S., Blandford, A. and Makri, S. (2010). Social and interactional practices for disseminating current awareness information in an organisational setting. Inf. Process. Manage., 46, pp. 632–645.
- Makri, S. and Warwick, C. (2010). Information for inspiration: Understanding architects' information seeking and use behaviors to inform design. JASIST, 61, pp. 1745–1770.
- Blandford, A., Green, T.R.G., Furniss, D. and Makri, S. (2008). Evaluating system utility and conceptual fit using CASSM. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 66(6), pp. 393–409. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.11.005.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2008). Investigating the information-seeking behaviour of academic lawyers: From Ellis's model to design. Information Processing and Management, 44(2), pp. 613–634. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2007.05.001.
- Blandford, A., Adams, A., Attfield, S., Buchanan, G., Gow, J., Makri, S. … Warwick, C. (2008). The PRET A Rapporter framework: Evaluating digital libraries from the perspective of information work. Information Processing and Management, 44(1), pp. 4–21. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2007.01.021.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2008). Using information behaviors to evaluate the functionality and usability of electronic resources: From Ellis's model to evaluation. JASIST, 59, pp. 2244–2267.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A., Gow, J., Rimmer, J., Warwick, C. and Buchanan, G. (2007). A library or just another information resource? A case study of users' mental models of traditional and digital libraries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(3), pp. 433–445. doi:10.1002/asi.20510.
Contact details
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Personal links
About
Overview
Dr. Stephann Makri is a Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), at the intersection of HCI and Information Science. He specialises in Human Information Interaction (how people find, interpret and use information on digital information environments - e.g. websites, search engines, digital libraries, social media). His research involves understanding how people interact with information and using this understanding to inform the design of digital information environments to create experiences that are engaging, enriching, exciting and fulfilling. His research aims to empower people to interact with information in ways that preserve their autonomy in thinking and decision-making, minimise and mitigate against information harms (such as overwhelm, addiction, manipulation etc.) and stimulate engagement, curiosity, serendipity and creativity.
Key esteem factors:
• Keynote speaker at Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation World Creativity Week, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland), OzCHI conference 2018 (Melbourne, Australia), ARCLIB (Association of Architecture Librarians) conference 2015 (Bournemouth, UK) and IRMSS Research Methods conference 2013 (Limerick, Ireland).
• Invited evidence provided to UK Parliamentary inquiry: The Internet: To Regulate or not to Regulate? Evidence referred to in House of Lords (2019). Select Committee on Communications. 2nd Report of Session 2017-19. Regulating in a Digital World. HL Paper 299.
• Invited panel member, The Royal Institution of Great Britain (Ri): ‘Business Success: What’s luck go to do with it?’ (April 2013).
• Best paper award for ‘Designing the unfindable’ paper on serendipitous information encountering in bookshops at INTERACT 2019.
• Emerald Literati ‘Highly Commended Paper’ award 2014 for paper understanding how lawyers keep up to date with digital information. Emerald commented that this was “one of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2014.”
• Review Editor, Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology (2019-).
• Chair of Research Engagement Committee, Association for Information Science and Technology. 2022-3
• Steering Committee Member, ACM Conference on Human-Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2023-
Grants:
• 2020-24. Understanding UK digital comics information and publishing practices: From creation to consumption. AHRC (Collaborative Doctoral Partnership. PhD co-supervised with the British Library).
• 2019-23. Beneath the archive: Understanding users’ mental models of digital archives to inform user-centred design for humanities research. AHRC (Collaborative Doctoral Partnership. PhD co-supervised with The National Archives).
• 2018-23. Artificial Intelligence for teams: The future of assisted collaborative work. PhD co-supervised with Microsoft Research UK.
• 2017-20. DMINR: Understanding the embedded process of journalists’ news verification practices to inform the design of a news source discovery tool. Google News Initiative.
• 2016-19. Digital publishing technologies and the reader. AHRC (Collaborative Doctoral Partnership. PhD co-supervised with the British Library).
• 2016-17. A user-centred mobile tool for transport information discovery. EPSRC and Innovate UK.
• 2015-16. Streamlining Deposit: An OJS plugin. JISC.
• 2009-10. Understanding lawyers’ and architects’ information behaviour to inform electronic resource evaluation. ESRC.
Books:
• Blandford, A., Furniss, D. & Makri, S. (2016). Qualitative HCI Research: Going Behind the Scenes. Morgan & Claypool. London, UK.
• Race, T. & Makri, S. (2016). Accidental Information Discovery: Cultivating serendipity in the Digital Age. Chandos Publishing.
PhD supervision (completed students):
• Jonathan Day (2017) - Exploring the nature of cognitive resilience strategies.
• Robert Heeley (2017) - A Hybrid machine learning approach to measuring sentiment, credibility and influence on Twitter.
• Carol Butler (2021) - Genres of visibility: What does online interaction mean for fiction authors and readers, and how may an improved awareness of their experiences inform future mediation?
• Lynne Beveridge (2023) - The Impact of Dyslexia on the Online Information-Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduate Students.
PhD supervision (current students):
• Axel Niklasson - Investigating the role of AI in workplace team collaboration (Microsoft-funded PhD studentship)
• Linda Berube - Understanding the user experience of digital comics creation, production and consumption (AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with the British Library)
• Alexandra Leigh - Beyond the Archive: Investigating information work within and beyond traditional archive boundaries (AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with The National Archives).
Key media appearances and research featured in the media:
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘Future Tense’ programme
• BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Digital Human’ programme and BBC Radio Solent
• The Sunday Times
• The Daily Mail
• The Huffington Post
• News.com.au
• Emerald Street
• Readers Digest
• El Mercurio, Chile
• Nieman Journalism Lab
• Leader to Leader
• Parade magazine (most widely read magazine in the US)
• Lifehacker Japan
Qualifications
- PhD Human-Computer Interaction, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2008
- MSc Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics, University College London, United Kingdom, 2004
- BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 2003
Postgraduate training
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, AdvanceHE, United Kingdom
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, Apr 2013 – present
- Research Associate, University College London, Feb 2009 – Jan 2013
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, Jul 2005 – Sep 2011
- Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, Sep 2004 – Jul 2005
Memberships of professional organisations
- British Computer Society, Sep 2013 – present
- The Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI), Apr 2013 – present
- Association for Information Science and Technology, May 2012 – present
Teaching
Approach
Stephann teaches at both Undergraduate and Graduate levels and has taught a variety of Human-Computer Interaction, Information Science and Information Technology courses. His teaching ethos is firmly student-focused and his teaching sessions are interactive and focus on fostering conceptual change. Stephann is also an advocate of innovative teaching methods.
Modules
Information Architecture (module leader)
Information Management (module leader)
Human-Computer Interaction (lecturer)
Research Methods & Professional Issues (guest lecturer)
Research
Research interests
Understanding how digital information is acquired (i.e. both sought and encountered), interpreted and used in the context of peoples' work and everyday lives.
Feeding this understanding into the design of new and improvement of existing digital information environments. This involves designing to better support peoples' information needs, tasks and behaviour and evaluating digital information environments to ensure they are useful and usable.
Media appearances
Research featured on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Digital Human’ programme (June 2012) and on BBC Radio Solent (November 2012).
Research featured in a variety of print and online media outlets, including The Sunday Times (21st October 2012), The Daily Mail (28th October 2012), The Huffington Post (9th October 2012), News.com.au (30th October 2012), Emerald Street (8th October 2012), PhysOrg (5th October 2012), Soul&Spirit Magazine (January 2013), Red Magazine (April 2013), Healthy Magazine (Sep. 2013), Readers Digest Australia (Oct. 2013), Readers Digest New Zealand (Oct. 2013), Readers Digest Asia (Oct. 2013), Readers Digest Singapore (Oct. 2013), Readers Digest Philippines (Oct. 2013).
Research students
1st supervisor
- Alexandra Leigh, Research Student
Jan 2019 – Dec 2023 - Monica Visani Scozzi, Research Student
2nd supervisor
- Axel Niklasson, Research Student
Robert Heeley
Thesis title: TBD
Further information: Current PhD student, joined Oct. 2013
Publications
Publications by category
Books (2)
- Blandford, A., Furniss, D. and Makri, S. (2016). Qualitative HCI Research: Going Behind the Scenes. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- Race, T.M. and Makri, S. (2016). Accidental Information Discovery: Cultivating Serendipity in the Digital Age.
Chapters (6)
- Makri, S. and Willson, R. (2025). Current Trends in Information Behavior Research: Expanding Beyond Search, Seeking, Finding and Behavior. Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science (pp. 493–500). Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-95690-1.
- Blandford, A., Furniss, D. and Makri, S. (2016). Introduction: Behind the scenes. Qualitative HCI Research: Going Behind the Scenes (pp. 1–6). USA: Morgan and Claypool Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62705-759-2.
- Race, T.M. and Makri, S. (2016). Making Room for Serendipity. Accidental Information Discovery (pp. 15–26). Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-84334-750-7.
- Makri, S. and Race, T.M. (2016). Serendipity in Current Digital Information Environments. Accidental Information Discovery (pp. 53–80). Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-84334-750-7.
- (2016). Serendipity in Future Digital Information Environments. In Accidental Information Discovery (pp. 81–114). Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-84334-750-7.
- Race, T.M. and Makri, S. (2016). ACCIDENTAL INFORMATION DISCOVERY Cultivating Serendipity in the Digital Age PREFACE. ACCIDENTAL INFORMATION DISCOVERY: CULTIVATING SERENDIPITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE (pp. XV–XVI). ISBN 978-1-84334-750-7.
Conference papers and proceedings (48)
- Mckay, D., Makri, S. and Buchanan, G. (2024). Qualitative Research in Information Interaction: Data Gathering. CHIIR '24: 2024 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3627508.3638291
- Reed, J., Macfarlane, A. and Makri, S. (2024). Mobile search made easier: An ability-based mobile search prototype for people with dyslexia. CHIIR '24: 2024 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3627508.3638292
- McKay, D., Makri, S. and Buchanan, G. (2024). [citation needed]: An Examination of Types and Purpose of Evidence Provided in Three Online Discussions on Reddit. CHIIR '24: 2024 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3627508.3638321
- Molem, A., Makri, S. and Mckay, D. (2024). Keepin' it Reel: Investigating how Short Videos on TikTok and Instagram Reels Influence View Change. CHIIR '24: 2024 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3627508.3638341
- Priego, E., Berube, L., Francisco, D.L.M., Cooke, I., Makri, S. and Wisdom, S. (2023). UK Digital Comics: Challenges and Opportunities of a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership. A Co-designed Comic Poster. The Digital Humanities 2023 Conference: Collaboration as Opportunity 10-14 July, Graz, Austria. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.22717675.v2
- Berube, L., Makri, S., Cooke, I., Priego, E. and Wisdom, S. (2023). “Webcomics Archive? Now I'm Interested”: Comics Readers Seeking Information in Web Archives. CHIIR '23: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3576840.3578325
- McKay, D., Makri, S. and Buchanan, G.R. (2023). Qualitative Research in Information Interaction. CHIIR '23: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3576840.3578333
- Beall, S., Makri, S. and McKay, D. (2023). Stronger Than Yesterday: Investigating Peoples' Experiences of View Strengthening on Social Media. doi:10.1002/pra2.767
- Berube, L., Priego, E., Cooke, I., Wisdom, S. and Makri, S. (2022). “My Heart Goes Boom Boom!”: Understanding the Experience of Reading Digital Comics. On the Margins: Hypertext, Electronic Literature, Digital Humanities 15-16 December, London, UK.
- Zappia, C. and Makri, S. (2022). “I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self-Regulating Covid News Consumption. 29 Oct 2022 – 1 Nov 2022. doi:10.1002/pra2.760
- McKay, D., Owyong, K., Makri, S. and Gutierrez Lopez, M. (2022). Turn and Face the Strange: Investigating Filter Bubble Bursting Information Interactions. CHIIR '22: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3498366.3505822
- Buchanan, G., Kelly, R., Makri, S. and McKay, D. (2022). Reading Between the Lies: A Classification Scheme of Types of Reply to Misinformation in Public Discussion Threads. CHIIR '22: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3498366.3505823
- McKay, D., Makri, S. and Buchanan, G. (2022). More Comfortable With Chaos: Using Hypertext to Shatter Echo Chambers and Promote Creativity. HT '22: 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. doi:10.1145/3511095.3536371
- Leigh, A., Makri, S., Taylor, A., Mulinder, A., Hamdi, S. and Ranade, S. (2021). Preserving for People: Observing Humanities Scholars’ Research Practices in a Hybrid Archive Environment. iPRES 2021 the 17th International Conference on Digital Preservation 19-22 October, Beijing, China.
- Leigh, A., Makri, S., Taylor, A., Mulinder, A. and Hamdi, S. (2021). From Information to Knowledge Creation in the Archive: Observing Humanities Researchers' Information Activities. doi:10.1002/pra2.453
- Mckay, D., Makri, S., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., MacFarlane, A., Missaoui, S., Porlezza, C. … Cooper, G. (2020). We are the Change that we Seek. CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3343413.3377975
- Cole, L., MacFarlane, A. and Makri, S. (2020). More than Words. CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3343413.3378005
- McKay, D., Makri, S., Chang, S. and Buchanan, G. (2020). On Birthing Dancing Stars. CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3343413.3377983
- Komatsu, T., Gutierrez Lopez, M., Makri, S., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G., MacFarlane, A. … Missaoui, S. (2020). AI should embody our values: Investigating journalistic values to inform AI technology design. NordiCHI '20: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society. doi:10.1145/3419249.3420105
- Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Missaoui, S., Makri, S., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G. and Macfarlane, A. (2019). Journalists as Design Partners for AI. CHI 2019 4-9 May, Glasgow.
- Missaoui, S., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Macfarlane, A., Makri, S., Porlezza, C. and Cooper, G. (2019). How to Blend Journalistic Expertise with Artificial Intelligence for Research and Verifying News Stories. CHI 2019 4-9 May, Glasgow.
- Buchanan, G.R., McKay, D. and Makri, S. (2019). Take Me Out. CHIIR '19: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3295750.3298935
- Makri, S., Chen, Y.-.C., McKay, D., Buchanan, G. and Ocepek, M. (2019). Discovering the Unfindable: The Tension Between Findability and Discoverability in a Bookshop Designed for Serendipity. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29384-0_1
- Missaoui, S., MacFarlane, A., Makri, S. and Gutierrez-Lopez, M. (2019). DMINR at TREC News Track.
- Butler, C., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A., Wisdom, S. and Cooke, I. (2018). Sheltering the dream and protecting the dreamer. OzCHI '18: 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference. doi:10.1145/3292147.3292172
- Waugh, S., McKay, D. and Makri, S. (2017). 'Too Much Serendipity'. CHIIR '17: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3020165.3022132
- Makri, S., Ravem, M. and McKay, D. (2017). After serendipity strikes: Creating value from encountered information. doi:10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401031
- Day, J., Buchanan, G. and Makri, S. (2015). Introducing the RSDiary App for the Collection of Resilience Strategies. ECCE '15: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2015. doi:10.1145/2788412.2788447
- Day, J., Buchanan, G. and Makri, S. (2015). Lessons from Mobile Users. MobileHCI '15: 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. doi:10.1145/2786567.2793700
- Makri, S., Bhuiya, J., Carthy, J. and Owusu‐Bonsu, J. (2015). Observing serendipity in digital information environments. doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010019
- Makri, S. (2014). Serendipity is not Bullshit.
- Makri, S. (2013). From Grounded Theory to Design Practice. BCS-HCI 2013 Workshop 9-13 September, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK.
- Piao, S., Bental, D., Whittle, J., Aylett, R., Makri, S. and Sun, X. (2012). A Pilot Study: Deriving a Users' Goal Framework from a Corpus of Interviews and Diaries. Workshop on Semantic Relations II. Enhancing Resources and Applications 22 May, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Maxwell, D., Woods, M., Makri, S., Bental, D., Kefalidou, G. and Sharples, S. (2012). Designing a semantic sketchbook to create opportunities for serendipity. BCS HCI 2012 Birmingham, UK.
- Russell-Rose, T. and Makri, S. (2012). A Model of Consumer Search Behaviour. 2nd European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- Russell-Rose, T. and Makri, S. (2012). Designing for Consumer Search Behaviour. 6th Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Makri, S., Toms, E.G., McCay-Peet, L. and Blandford, A. (2011). Encouraging Serendipity in Interactive Systems.
- Woods, M., Sharples, S., Sun, X., Aylett, R., Stewart, R., Bental, D. … Whittle, J. (2011). Understanding Serendipity to Inform Novel Processes, Methods and Technologies for the Researcher. igital Economy All Hands Conference: Digital Engagement Newcastle, UK.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2010). This is what I'm doing and why: Reflections on a think-aloud study of DL users' information behaviour. ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
- Attfield, S., Makri, S., Kalbach, J., Blandford, A., Gabrielle, S.D. and Edwards, M. (2008). Prioritisation, Resources and Search Terms: A Study of Decision-Making at the Virtual Reference Desk. European Conference on Digital Libraries. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87599-4_12
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2007). ‘I’ll just Google it!’: Should lawyers’ perceptions of Google inform the design of electronic legal resources? Web Information-Seeking and Interaction Workshop 2007 (WISI2007) 23-27 July, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Makri, S. (2007). Studying Academic Lawyers' Information-Seeking to Inform the Design of Digital Law Libraries.
- Makri, S. (2006). Studying law students’ information-seeking behaviour to inform the design of digital law libraries, Presented as a poster presentation. European Conference on Digital Libraries 17-22 September, Alicante, Spain.
- Makri, S., Blandford, A. and Cox, A.L. (2006). A Study of Legal Information-Seeking Behaviour to Inform the Design of Electronic Legal Research Tools. 1st International Workshop on Digital Libraries in the Context of Users' Broader Activities (DL-CUBA) 15 June, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Day, J., Buchanan, G. and Makri, S. Reflecting on Users’ Strategies for Resilient Interactions. IFIP WG 13.5 Workshop on Resilience, Reliability, Safety and Human Error in System Development. Adjunct proceedings of the 15th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2015) Bamburg, Germany.
- Makri, S. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Encouraging Serendipity in Interactive Systems.
- Beveridge, L., Makri, S. and MacFarlane, A. 'I’m just not sure.' The persistence of uncertainty in the information seeking of undergraduate students with dyslexia.doi:10.47989/irisic2207
- Willson, R., Makri, S., McKay, D. and Ayeni, P. Precarity and progression during a pandemic. Preliminary findings from a study of early career academics’ information behaviour during COVID-19.doi:10.47989/irisic2225
Internet publication
- Byers, A., Priego, E. and Makri, S. (2015). Streamlining Deposit: An OJS to Repository Plugin (Pitch).
Journal articles (41)
Posters (4)
- Berube, L., Makri, S., Cooke, I., Priego, E. and Wisdom, S. "Webcomics Archive? Now I'm Interested": Comics Readers Seeking Information in Web Archives. , 2023.
- Day, J., Buchanan, G. and Makri, S. When Things Go Right: Learning from Resilience Strategies. , 2015.
- Woods, M., Sharples, S., Sun, X., Aylett, R., Stewart, R., Bental, D. … Whittle, J. Understanding Serendipity to Inform Novel Processes, Methods and Technologies for the Researcher. In proceedinga Digital Economy All Hands Conference: Digital Engagement. Newcastle, UK., 2011.
- Makri, S. Studying Law Students' Information Seeking Behaviour to Inform the Design of Digital Law Libraries. Alicante, Spain, 2006.
Theses/dissertations (3)
- Makri, S. Investigating users’ mental models of traditional and digital libraries. (Master's thesis)
- Makri, S. An accessible and multi-sensory web-based approach to dyslexia screening. (Undergraduate dissertation)
- Makri, S. A study of lawyers’ information behaviour leading to the development of two methods for evaluating electronic resources. (PhD)
Other
- Erdelez, S., Heinström, J., Makri, S., Björneborn, L., Beheshti, J., Toms, E. … Agarwal, N.K. (2016). Research perspectives on serendipity and information encountering.
Professional activities
Editorial activity
- Guest editor of thematic Issue of Information Research on ‘Information by Chance: Opportunistic Discovery of Information,’ 16(3). Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/16-3..
Events/conferences (4)
- IRMSS Research Methods conference. Limerick, Ireland (2013).
Description: Kenote presentation: See right through me: achieving transparency in qualitative research. - 75th Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology. Baltimore, MD, USA (2012).
Description: Presentation: Coming across academic social media content serendipitously - Dundee Contemporary Arts. Dundee, UK (2012).
Description: Serendipity in interactive systems - The Royal Institution of Great Britain. London, UK (2012).
Description: Invited panel discussion: Business success: what’s luck got to do with it.
Keynote lecture/speech
- Keynote presentation at IRMSS Research Methods conference 2013. Limerick, Ireland (2013). Title: See Right Through Me: Achieving Transparency in Qualitative Research
Other (11)
- Jun 2013 Invited to run a seminar for creative business professionals at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK..
- Mar 2013 Co-organised ‘Serendipity Salons’ design workshop for design professionals at Future Everything festival and innovation lab, Manchester, UK..
- Feb 2013 Invited talk at Soho House member’s club for those in the film, media and creative industries..
- Oct 2012 Invited talk to User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), London, UK..
- Jul 2012 Invited to run ‘serendipity stories’ workshop with Extra Special People group, Eastside Projects Gallery, Birmingham, UK..
- Oct 2011 Co-organised information interaction research workshop with attendees from FXPal and The British Library..
- Jul 2009 Invited to participate in open debate on ’20 Years of the Web,’ BBC Media Centre, London, UK..
- Mar 2008 Co-organised information interaction research workshop with attendees from British Telecom..
- Feb 2008 Organised and ran a tutorial to LexisNexis Butterworths on user-centred evaluation methods..
- Feb 2007 Invited talk on lawyers’ digital information behaviour to partners at systems development team, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, UK..
- 2006 Provided user-centred consultancy to Marie Curie Cancer Care, United Response, Help the Hospices, LexisNexis Butterworths, The British Library, Paperstone, UCL Management Systems and Library Services, Allianz, the BBC..