Rebekah Rousi

Biography

Rebekah Rousi holds a PhD in Cognitive Science with extensive experience of research and teaching in Human-Technology Interaction. Her main research specialtise is in User Experience and human experience (semiotics, communication, logic, culture) with technology. Rousi's research interests include: design; embodied interactions and experience; human-robot interaction; human-AI interaction; posthumanism; environmental interactions (e.g., elevator and arhitectural experience); ethics; emotions; trust; and sustainability. Rousi also has a background in cultural studies, critical theory and contemporary art. She has trained and practiced as a performance artist and printmaker since 2003.

https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5771-3528

Current project: Emotional experience of privacy and ethics in everyday pervasive systems (BUGGED), September 2022-August 2026

Board Membership

SIGCHI Finland, Board Member

International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Associate Editor

Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society, Board Member

2024 Publications

Rousi, R., Kunttu, L., & Merilehto, J. (2024). The enemy within – the human-side of governance, innovation and national security in the age of data-driven Big Tech. In P. Uusikylä, H. Talonen, A. Jokipii, & A. Rantamäki (Eds.), Information resilience in a complex system of national security. Palgrave Macmillan.

Leikas, J., Rousi, R., Vilpponen, H., & Saariluoma, P. (2024). Super-intelligent society for the silver segment: Ethics in design. 7th Conference on Technology Ethics, Tethics.

Piispanen, J., Myllyviita, T., Vakkuri, V., & Rousi, R. (2024). Smoke Screens and Scape Goats, the Reality of the General Data Protection Regulation Compliance? Privacy and Ethics in the Case of Replika AI. 7th Conference on Technology Ethics, Tethics.

Alanen, H-K., & Rousi, R. (2024). Moving spaces – the affective embodied self in tram design and the autonomous imaginary. In R. Rousi, C. von Koskull, & V. Roto (Eds.), Humane autonomous technology – re-thinking experience with and in intelligent systems. Palgrave MacMillan.

Rousi, R., Alanen, H. K., & Wilson, A. S. (2024). Data privacy, ethics and education in the era of AI – A university student perspective. 7th Conference on Technology Ethics, Tethics.

Rousi, R. & Haimes, P. (2024). Social robot design and the aesthetics of imperfection. In R. Rousi, C. von Koskull, & V. Roto (Eds.), Humane autonomous technology – re-thinking experience with and in intelligent systems. Palgrave MacMillan.

Rousi, R. (2024). Whose mental model? Multi-stakeholder Most Advanced Yet Acceptable (MAYA) visions of disruptive autonomous maritime technology. In R. Rousi, C. von Koskull, & V. Roto (Eds.), Humane autonomous technology – re-thinking experience with and in intelligent systems. Palgrave MacMillan.

Kronqvist, A., & Rousi, R. (2024). Gender Code–A Narrative Ethical Glance At Women Developers In Finnish Information Technology. DRS2024: Boston. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2024/researchpapers/117/

Rousi, R., Piispanen, J. R., & Boutellier, J. (2024). I trust you dr. researcher, but not the company that handles my data–trust in the data economy. In Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. University of Hawaii. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/2dc74e5f-4cab-4d52-8786-92b9101382fd

Rousi, R., Piispanen, J. R., & Boutellier, J. (2024). I Trust You Dr. Researcher, but not the Company that Handles My Data–Trust in the Data Economy. In the Proceedings of 57th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science.

2023 Publications

Kangas, H., Pensar, H., & Rousi, R. (2023). I wouldn't be working this way if I had a family-Differences in remote workers' needs for supervisor's family-supportiveness depending on the parental status. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 147, 103939.

Pensar, H., & Rousi, R. (2023). The resources to balance–Exploring remote employees' work-life balance through the lens of conservation of resources. Cogent Business & Management, 10(2), 2232592.

Rousi, R. & Vakkuri, V. (2023). Introduction to ethics in the age of digital communication. In T. Waaramaa, & N. Nissilä (Eds.) Digitalisoituva viestintä muuttuvassa maailmassa (pp50-58). [Digitalizing communication in the changing world.] Vaasan yliopiston raportteja 41. [University of Vaasa Reports 41.] ISBN 978-952-395-076-4. www.urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-395-076-4

Kronqvist, A., & Rousi, R. A. (2023). A quick review of ethics, design thinking, gender, and AI development. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 11(1), 62-79.

Agbese, M., Alanen, H. K., Antikainen, J., Erika, H., Isomaki, H., Jantunen, M., ... & Vakkuri, V. (2023). Governance in ethical and trustworthy AI systems: Extension of the ECCOLA method for AI ethics governance using GARP. e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal, 17(1), 230101.

Vainio-Pekka, H., Agbese, M. O. O., Jantunen, M., Vakkuri, V., Mikkonen, T., Rousi, R., & Abrahamsson, P. (2023). The Role of Explainable AI in the Research Field of AI Ethics. ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligence Systems.

2022 Publications

Danso, A., Leandertz, M., Ala-Ruona, E., & Rousi, R. (2022). Neglect, Virtual Reality and Music Therapy: A Narrative Review. Music and Medicine, 14(3).

Rousi, R., Saariluoma, P., & Nieminen, M. (2022). Editorial. Governance AI ethics. Frontiers in Computer Science, 4.

Kronqvist, A., & Rousi, R. A. (2022). A quick review of ethics, design thinking, gender, and AI development. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 1-18.

Rousi, R., Vakkuri, V., Daubaris, P., Linkola, S., Samani, H., Mäkitalo, N., ... & Abrahamsson, P. (2022, August). Beyond 100 Ethical Concerns in the Development of Robot-to-Robot Cooperation. In 2022 IEEE International Conferences on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing & Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical & Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData) and IEEE Congress on Cybermatics (Cybermatics) (pp. 420-426). IEEE.

Taipale, M., & Rousi, R. A. (2022). We Don't Connect–Negotiations between Usability, User and Art Experience in Online Art Interaction. In the Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD). AIS e-Library.

Rousi, R. (2022). With clear intention – an ethical responsibility model for robot governance. Special Issue on Governance AI Ethics. Frontiers, 4, article 852528. Doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2022.852528

Rousi, R. (2022). Will robots know that they are robots? The ethics of utilizing learning machines. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 464-476). Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05434-1_31

Danso, A., Leandertz, M., Ala-Ruona, E., & Rousi, R. (2022). Neglect, Virtual Reality and Music Therapy: A Narrative Review. Music and Medicine, 14(3).

2021 Publications

Jantunen, Marianna; Halme, Erika; Vakkuri, Ville; Kemell, Kai-Kristian; Rousi, Rebekah; Mikkonen, Tommi; Nguyen Duc, Anh; and Abrahamsson, Pekka, "Building a Maturity Model for Developing Ethically Aligned AI Systems" (2021). Selected Papers of the IRIS, Issue Nr 12 (2021). 5. https://aisel.aisnet.org/iris2021/5

Rousi, R., Kolari, S. & Shidujamanm, M. (2021). Beauty in Interaction - a Framework for Social Robot Aesthetics (pandemic edition). In H. Samani (Ed.), Robots for Pandemics. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003195061

Antikainen, J., Agbese, M., Alanen, H. K., Halme, E., Isomäki, H., Jantunen, M., ... & Vakkuri, V. (2021). A Deployment Model to Extend Ethically Aligned AI Implementation Method ECCOLA. arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.05933.

Danso, A., Rousi, R., & Thompson, M. (2021). Novel and experimental music technology use in the music classroom: learning performance, experience, and concentrated behavior. Human Technology, 17(1), 81-112. https://doi.org/10.17011/ht/urn.202106223979

Rousi, R. (2021). Ethical Stance and Evolving Technosexual Culture : A Case for Human-Computer Interaction. In M. Rauterberg (Ed.), Culture and Computing: Design Thinking and Cultural Computing. 9th International Conference, C&C 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24?29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 295-310). Springer International Publishing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12795. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77431-8_19

Rousi, R., & Alanen, H.-K. (2021). Socio-emotional Experience in Human Technology Interaction Design: A Fashion Framework Proposal. In M. Rauterberg (Ed.), Culture and Computing : Design Thinking and Cultural Computing. 9th International Conference, C&C 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24?29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 131-150). Springer International Publishing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12795. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77431-8_8

Halme, E., Vakkuri, V., Kultanen, J., Jantunen, M., Kemell, K.-K., Rousi, R., & Abrahamsson, P. (2021). How to Write Ethical User Stories?: Impacts of the ECCOLA Method. In P. Gregory, C. Lassenius, X. Wang, & P. Kruchten (Eds.), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2021, Virtual Event, June 14?18, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 36-52). Springer. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 419. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78098-2_3

Saariluoma, P., Alanen, H.-K., & Rousi, R. (2021). Fashion Technology: What Are the Limits of Emerging Technological Design Thinking?. In T. Ahram, R. Taiar, & F. Groff (Eds.), Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications IV : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET ? AI 2021), April 28-30, 2021, Strasbourg, France (pp. 367-374). Springer. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1378. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74009-2_47

Jantunen, T., Rousi, R., Rainò, P., Turunen, M., Moeen Valipoor, M., & García, N. (2021). Is There Any Hope for Developing Automated Translation Technology for Sign Languages?. In M. Hämäläinen, N. Partanen, & K. Alnajjar (Eds.), Multilingual Facilitation (pp. 61-73). Helsingin yliopisto. https://doi.org/10.31885/9789515150257.

Kankaanranta, M., Mehtälä, S., Hankala, M., Merjovaara, O., & Rousi, R. (2021). Children's conceptions of mental well-being and ideas for its promotion through digital environments. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 27, Article 100242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2020.100242

Sayers, D., Sousa-Silva, R., Höhn, S., Ahmedi, L., Allkivi-Metsoja, K., Anastasiou, D., Be?u?, ?., Bowker, L., Bytyçi, E., Catala, A., Çepani, A., Chacón-Beltrán, R., Dadi, S., Dalipi, F., Despotovic, V., Doczekalska, A., Drude, S., Fort, K., Fuchs, R., . . . Prys, C. (2021). The Dawn of the Human-Machine Era : A forecast of new and emerging language technologies. COST Association. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202105183003