Scholar
Christoph Becker
Google Scholar ID: 4HkpGLgAAAAJ
Professor of Information, University of Toronto
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,926
H-index
21
i10-index
37
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published monograph 'Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability' with MIT Press in 2023 (Open Access)
- The book has been endorsed by leading scholars and described as 'compulsory reading for engineers, designers, and everyone interested in thinking about technology'
- Selected as one of two finalists for the 2024 AAP PROSE Awards in Engineering and Technology
- Research funded by NSERC, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Research Fund, and the School of Cities at UofT
- Previously funded by the European Commission and agencies in Germany and Austria
- Developed award-winning decision support tools for digital curation
Background
- Full Professor at the Faculty of Information and the School of the Environment, University of Toronto
- Leads the Just Sustainability Design lab at UofT
- Committed to transdisciplinary research that integrates sustainability and social justice in computing
- Focuses on the politics, values, and cognitive processes in technology design, and develops methods and tools for just sustainability design
- Translates research into practice through concrete design projects in urban contexts
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