
Cristiano Storni is a Lecturer in Interaction Design and Director of the MSc.\MA in Interactive Media at Computer Science and Information Systems department (Interaction Design Center, University of Limerick). He holds a PhD in Information Systems and Organization from the Faculty of Sociology in the University of Trento (Italy). During his PhD Cristiano has studied the impact of ICT on people, organization and society. He particularly focused on Science and Technology Studies (STS), Actor Network Theory (ANT), Social studies of Information Systems (SSIS), Ethnography, Participatory Design and Organizational Studies. His original background is in Communication Sciences with a focus on HCI and Cognitive science (he is a graduate of the University of Siena). Before being appointed Lecturer, he worked at IDC as post-doc research fellow in the FutureComm project (Project investigating the future of Internet Services).
Cristiano currently teaches Information Society 2 (undergraduate), Interactive Media and Society (postgraduate), Applied Interaction Design (undergraduate), and Human Computer Interaction (postgraduate).
In 2012 Cristiano has been:
In 2011 Cristiano has been:
In 2010 Cristiano has been:
In 2009 Cristiano has been TCP member of:
Further Info: www.linkedin.com/in/cristianostorni
====== PUBLICATIONS ======================================
- Journal articles (Accepted for publication)
1. Storni, C. (2013/14) Patients’ lay expertise in chronic self-care: a case study in Type 1 Diabetes, Journal of Health Expectations (Wiley-Blackwell, ISI, SCOPUS, MEDLINE, Impact factor: 2.315) – accepted for publication
2. Storni, C. (2013/14) Design Challenges for Ubiquitous and Personal Computing in Chronic care and patient empowerment: a case study re-thinking diabetes self-monitoring, Journal of Ubiquitous and Personal Computing (Springer, ISI, Impact Factor: 0.938)
- Journal articles
1. Storni, C. (2012) Unpacking design practices: the notion of things in the making of artifacts, in Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 37, n. 1, pp. 88-123, doi: 10.1177/0162243910392795, available here[1] (ISI, Impact Factor: 2.210)
2. Storni, C. (2011) Complexity in an uncertain and cosmopolitan world. Rethinking personal health technology in diabetes with the Tag-it-Yourself, PsychNology Journal, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 165-185[2] (SCOPUS, PsycINFO, DBLP, ACM)
3. De Paoli, S. and Storni, C. (2011) Produsage in Hybrid networks: sociotechnical skills in the case of Arduino, in Special issues on 'Exploring Produsage', New review of Hypermedia and Multimedia - Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 31-52 - Available Here[3] (ISI, SCOPUS, DBLP, ACM, Impact Factor 0.650)
4. Serrano, M., Elmisery, A., O'Foghlu, M., O'Donnelly, W., Storni, C. and Fernstrom, M. (2011) Pervasive Computing support in the transition towards personalised Health Systems, in Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, 3rd Issue, July-Sep (DBLP - ACM)
5. Storni, C. (2010) Multiple forms of appropriation in Self-Monitoring Technology: reflections on the role of evaluation in Future Self-care, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction - Special issue on 'Evaluating new interactions in Health Care' – Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 537-561 - Available Here[4] (ISI, SCOPUS, DBLP, ACM, Impact Factor 0.934)
6. Storni, C. (2010) Report on the 'Reassembling Health Workshop: exploring the role of the Internet of Things', in Journal of Participatory Medicine, Media Watch section, Vol.2, Sept. 29, available here[5] - (Award top 10 article 2010/11 here[6]) – (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
7. Storni, C. (2009) Cose di design, sulla nascita degli arte-fatti, in D. Mangano, A. Mattozzi, "Il discorso del design", E/C, Anno III, special number n. 3/4, pp. 225-238[7]
8. Storni, C. (2009) Note sulla costruzione di artefatti: il concetto di cosa nel design, in Studi organizzativi, 9, n. 1, pp. 27[8] (AIDEA, ACNP, EBSCO, ESSPER, GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
9. Storni, C. (2006) Let the divergence converge: on sociability computing, International Journal of Learning, Volume 12, Issue 1[9], pp.135-146 - (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
- Book Chapters
1. Storni, C. and Bannon, L. (2012) Towards the Design of truly patient-centered infrastructure: a socio-technical approach to self-care, in Chilamkurti, N. et al. Health informatics: An adaptive communication technology for Future HealthCare, Nova Science Publishers, New York – in press[10]
2. Kerr, A., De Paoli, S. and Storni, C. (2011) Rethinking the Role of Users In ICT design, reflections for the future of Internet, in Pierson, J., Mante-Meijer, E. and Loos, E. 'New Media Technologies and User Empowerment' Peter Lang Publishers, New York, pp.85-100[11] – ISBN 978-3-631-60031-3
- Peer-reviewed Conference papers
1. Storni, C., (2012) Design for future uses: pluralism, fetishism, and ignorance, full paper presented at NORDIC Design Research Conference 2013, Malmo/Copenhagen – Based on full paper peer-review - (pg. 10) (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
2. Storni, C., Stuendhal, D., Binder, T. and Linde, P. (2012) Exploring Actor Network Theory in Participatory design – Workshop at Participatory Design Conference 2012 (ACM) (pg. 2) – Based on short paper peer-review
3. Storni, C., Bannon, L. Ciolfi, L. and Bria F. (2011) 'Rethinking User-Centred-Design with new forms of user-empoerment', workshop in Proceedings of CHITALY2011, (ACM) (pg. 2) - Based on short paper peer-review
4. Storni. C. (2011) Complexity in an uncertain and cosmopolitan world. Rethinking personal health technology in diabetes with the Tiy, full paper presented at CHITALY, Alghero, Italy, 13-16 Sept. Based on full paper peer-review (pg. 8)
5. Serrano M, van deer Meer S., Strassner ,J., De Paoli S., Kerr A. and Storni C. (2009) Trust and Reputation Policy-Based Mechanisms for Self-Protection in Autonomic Communications, in Gonzalez, Nieto, J. et al. (Eds): Sixth International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-09), LNCS5586, Brisbane, Australia, 7 - 9 July, pp. 249-267[12], Springer-Verlag, Based on full paper peer-review (pg. 18) – (DBLP - ACM)
6. Kerr, A., De Paoli, S. and Storni, C. (2009) Rethinking the Role of Users In ICT design, reflections from the internet, Paper presented at COST conference 2009, Copenhagen, Based on short paper peer-review (pg. 10) (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
7. De Paoli, S. and Storni, C. (2009) The description of x-skill: a machiavellian view of ICT innovation and production, paper presented at The State of Things conference, Leicester 29th April, Based on short paper peer-review – (pg. 25) (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
8. Serrano, M., O’Foghlu, M., Fernstrom, M. and Storni, C. (2009) pHealth Systems Support: Future Perspectives under the HEA-FutureComm Serving Society Project, paper presented at pHealth09, 24-26 June, Oslo, Norway – Based on full paper peer-review – (pg. 6) – (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
9. Storni, C. and Griffin, L. (2009) Toward future Health Social Networking: patient generated contents and the role of community pharmacists, full paper presented at Mediterranean Conference of Information Systems 2009, Athens – Based on full paper peer-review - (pg. 14)[13] - (DBLP - ACM)
10. Storni, C. and Bannon, L. (2009) Reassembling Healthcare: toward a patient-centric approach, Proceedings of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland 14th Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland – Based on abstract peer-review
11. Storni, C. (2009) Two forms of attachment: the ambivalence of desire in the becoming of objects and subjects, paper discussed at EGOS2009, Barcelona, Based on short paper peer-review (pg. 20)
12. De Michelis, G., Loregian, M., Moderini C., Marti, P., Colombo C., Bannon, L., Storni, C., Susani, M. (2009) Designing Interaction for next generation personal computing, Interact 2009, T. Gross et al. (eds), vol. 5727 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 926-927 (pg. 2)[14] - (SCOPUS - DBLP - ACM)
13. Storni, C. (2009) The ambivalence of engaging technology: artifacts as products and processes, full paper presented at NORDIC Design Research Conference 2009, Oslo – Based on full paper peer-review - (pg. 10)[15] (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
14. Storni, C. (2009) Reassembling HealthCare: The politics of design in socio-technical dispositifs, full paper accepted at INTERACT conference workshop, 2009, Uppsala – Based on full paper peer-review – (pg. 19)
15. Storni, C. (2008) Rethinking the role of the designer in future ICT, in proceeding of the second Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference, Cork, 19-20 September – Based on full paper peer-review – (pg. 6)[16] – (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
16. Barbieri, S., CriCri, R. Lugo, M., Mazzarella, C., Rodighiero, L. Storni, C, Campagnolo, G., De Paoli S. (2007) Steps to a localization of a student centred information systems: an exploratory approach, 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, October, 4 – 7, 2007, pp. Venice, Italy – Based on short paper peer-review – (pg. 8) - (DBLP - ACM)[17]
17. Storni, C. and Walburg, W. (2007) Probing Elderly People Daily life: an exploratory path toward the practical dimension of hospital Moods, 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, October, 4 – 7, 2007, pp. Venice, Italy – Based on short paper peer-review – (pg. 8) - (DBLP - ACM)[18]
18. Mattarei M., De Paoli S., Storni, C., Wagner, I. and Jacucci G. (2006) Practices and cultures of IT supported documents In hospital information systems, in Proceedings of the 7° Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, October, 5 – 8, 2006, Venice, Italy, pp. 205-220 – Based on short paper peer-review – (pg. 15)
19. Storni, C. (2006) Small Reflection on the concept of Implicit in Information Systems, exploratory paper presented at the 1st Mediterranean Conference of Information Systems, San Servolo, Venice, Italy Based on short paper peer-review - (pg. n. 6)
20. Storni, C. (2005) Let the divergence converge: on sociability computing, paper presented at the 12th International Learning Conference, July 11-14, Granada, Spain – Based on short paper peer-review – (pg. n. 14)
21. Storni, C. (2005) Comunita' virtuali di consulenza: il caso Trentino, full paper presented at the Italian Chapter of AIS (Association for Information Systems), 1st - 2nd December, Verona, Italy – Based on full paper peer-review – (pg. n. 15)
22. Jacucci, G., Campagnolo, G. and Storni, C. (2004) Establishing a web of shared understading, Workshop at Participatory Design Conference 2004, Based on short paper peer-review (pg. 2)
23. Storni, C. (2004) Following new agencies is following new transformations, full paper presented at the 20th EGOS Colloquium, July 01-03, Ljublijana, Slovenia – Based on short paper peer-review - (pg. n. 12)
24. Storni, C. (2004) Due ruflessioni sulla progettazione di tecnologie per la conoscenza e l'apprendimento, full paper presented at the 1st European Conference on e-learning and Management education, 19th March, Milan, Italy – Based on full paper peer-review - (pg. n. 8)
- Workshop Papers
1. Storni, C. (2012) Exploring NeverLand: the problem with diachronic democracy in Participatory Design. Design for ignorance and surprise in Diabetes future-making, Workshop paper (short paper peer-review), Workshop at PDC2012 (pg. 6)
2. Storni, C. (2012) Notes on Actor Network Theory and Participatory Design: ontological Turn, methodological Turn, and the role of Participatory Design in the DingPolitik, Workshop paper (short paper peer-reviewed), Workshop at PDC2012 (pg. 6)
3. Kera, D. and Storni, C. (2011) Interfaces for Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics: connecting participatory design with citizens science projects, presented at Workshop on SmartHealth, OZCHI, Camberra, Australia (pg. 10)[19] (Indexed Abstracts ACM)
4. Storni, C. (2010) The politics of design: things in self-care, Presented at University of Manchester, School of Environment and Development, Manchester Architecture Research Centre, 24-25 June, 2010 (pg. 6) (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
5. Storni, C. (2009) Problematizing design: the politics of artifacts in the healthcare Dispositif, presented at the Ethnography, Creativity and Design workshop, NUIM and Intel Innovation Campus, 12th Nov. 2009 (pg. 20)
6. Storni, C (2009) Design Games for diabetes, Workshop on Design Games held at NORDIC design research Conference, August, Oslo, Norway.
7. Storni, C. (2009) Reassembling Health: toward a bottom up understanding of the health care systems, Second International workshop on Health Care Infrastructures, University of Copenhagen, 18-19 June (pg. 30)[20] – (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
8. Storni, C. (2005) Design in Practice: the role of objects in design processes, working paper presented at EGOS workshop on Theorizing process in Organizational Research, June 12-14, Santorini, Greece (pg. 27)
- Conference papers (invited presentations not based on peer-review)
1. Storni, C. (2006) Sciencing as Design: sull'in-formazione del nostro futuro, note presented at the 1st Graduate Conference on Science and Technology studies, 11th-12th September, Trento, Italy (pg. 10)
2. Storni, C. (2007) Questioning design: on design objects, subjects and drivers, full paper presented at ALP-IS Ski Seminar, February, 13, 2007, Carisolo, Trento, Italy (pg. 26)[21] (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
- Technical reports
1. Storni, C. (2008) Reassembing Health Toward a bottom up understanding of Health Care, Technical report on Pharmacists and self care pilot study under the FutureComm Project's Agenda, Interaction Deign Centre, Limerick, pp. 80
2. Storni, C. (2007) Rapporto Laives – Report finale progetto domotica per anziani, Technical Report (in italian) on Laives Project, Laboratory of Social Studies of Information Systems, University of Trento, Trento, pp. 96
- Ph.D Thesis
1. Storni, C. (2007) Design in Practice: On the construction of objects, PhD dissertation University of Trento, Sociology and Social Research Department. Defended: February the 14th, 2007. Supervisor: Prof. Gianni Jacucci (UNITN), Prof. Ina Wagner (Vienna University of Technology)
- Posters
1. Serrano, M., Ó'Foghlú, M., Storni, C. and Fernström, M. (2009) Autonomic Computing Systems Acting as Patient Self-Management Support in Early and Quick Medical Assistance, poster presented at pHealth09, 24-26 June, Oslo, Norway[22]
- Under review
1. Storni, C. (2012) The problem of Design as Conjuring: empowerment, appropriation and the politics of seams, full paper submitted to International Journal of Design
- Working papers
1. Storni, C. (2010) 'Attachment "in time of plenty and in time of want", two forms of desire in the becoming of objects and subjects', ProfessionalDreamers – working papers series[23] – (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
2. De Paoli, S. Kerr, A. and Storni, C. (2009) The Sociology of Trusted Systems: The Episteme and Judgement of a Technology, paper published as a working paper at NUIM Nirsa[24] (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
- Works in progress
1. Zanutto, A., Storni, C., Piras, E. M. and Danholt P. (2013) The shaping of Patient 2.0: exploring agencies, technologies and discourses in new healthcare practices, Call for paper in Special Issue for Science Studies[25] - (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)
2. Huybrechts, L. and Storni, C. (2013) Risky Things, on design and use, Book chapter to appear in Huybrechts, L. (2013) Participation is Risky, Antennae Series (here)
3. Storni, C., Stuendhal, D., Binder, T. and Linde, P. (2013/14) Ant and Design (working title), Call for Special Issue in Journal of Co-Design.
3. Storni, C. (2013/14) The notion of pro-ference in design: an enquiry within Science and Technology studies, work in progress to be submitted to Science Studies
4. Storni, C. (2013/14) In-ject models: a review of theoretical framework to look at design as a collective enterprise, work in progress
5. Storni, C. (2013/14) ‘I am not a number’ – Challenges in supporting collaborations around chronic self-care practices (working title), work in progress to be submitted to Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work.
6. Storni, C. and Venturini, T. (2013/14) Designing society, socializing design, work in progress for Design and Culture Journal or Public Understanding of Science
- Book Proposal
1. Bannon, L. and Storni, C. (2013/14) Understanding Information Technology in Society (working title), Book proposal for Morgan & Claypool Publishers
- Unpublished work
1. Storni, C. and Bannon, L. (2008) Green Paper: Understanding the social dimension of new technology, position paper, unpublished manuscript
Conference track, workshop organization, and invited talks
- Conference’s Thematic tracks and Workshops Organization
1. Storni, C. and Venturini, T. (2012) Designing society, Socializing Design – Thematic session at EASST2012 – Copenhagen – (Chair, Organizer, Co-author and Presenter)
2. Storni, C., Stuendhal, D., Binder, T. and Linde, P. (2012) Encountering Actor Network Theory in Participatory design – Workshop at Participatory Design Conference 2012 (first Author, Co-organizer)[26]
3. De Paoli, S., Storni., C. and Teli, M. (2012) Internet: nuovi paradigmi produttivi? Il contributi degli studi di science e tecnologia, Thematic Track at STS Italia conference[27] (Co-Organizer, Reviewer, Co-Chair)
4. Storni, C., Bannon, L. Ciolfi, L. and Bria F. (2011) Workshop: 'Rethinking User-Centred-Design with new forms of user-empoerment' as part CHITALY2011, Alghero, 13th of September 2011[28] (Organizer, Reviewer, Chair)
5. Danhlot, P., Piras, E., Storni, C. and Zanutto, A. (2010) The shaping of the patient 2.0 – Exploring agencies, technologies and discourses in new healthcare practices, as part of EASST2010[29], Trento, Sept. 2010 (Co-organizer, Reviewer, Co-Chair)
6. De Michelis, G., Loregian, M., Moderini C., Marti, P., Colombo C., Bannon, L., Storni, C., Susani, M. (2009) Designing Interaction for next generation personal computing, Interact 2009, T. Gross et al. (eds), vol. 5727 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 926-927[30] – (Co-Organizer)
- Invited Talks/Lectures/Seminars (since in UL - 2008)
1. Invited Talk: From things to Artifacts in Interaction Design, invited talk at SPIRE – Participatory Innovation Centre – Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Sonderborg, Denmark
2. Invited Talk: Tag-it-Yourself: a cosmopolitical approach to the personalization of self-monitoring practices in diabetes, at ‘Happy technology makes happy patients’ Conference, KHLim, Leuven, Belgium, 31st of May 2012[32]
3. Invited Talk: Challenges for patient empowerment: experience, expertise and the role of design in self-care, at ‘Happy technology makes happy patients’ Conference, KHLim, Leuven, Belgium, 31st of May 2012[33]
4. Invited talk: 'The reassembling health research and design agenda' as part of the User Centred Healthcare Design seminar (UCHD) at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, 9th of June 2011
5. Invited LERO Talks: Self-care practices and technology in chronic disease: new challenges for ICT in Health Care[34], at LERO centre, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2nd of December, 2010
6. Invited Talk: On the object of design: things, movements and translations, presented at Object of Experience: networks, translation, materiality, at Nottingham Trent University, School of Art & Design, UK, 2nd of July 2010
7. Short Talk: Reassembling Health: toward patient-centric design, Talk at Graduate Medical School Research Forum, January 2010
8. Seminar: Toward a Sociology of design and objects – Sociological seminar series – University of Limerick – 10th of March 2010
9. Short Talk: Exploring the social shaping of technology and knowledge in medicine, Talk at Graduate Medical Sool Research Forum, January 2009
10. Invited talk: US Now: on the political potential of places and media, at the Spirit Store talks, Limerick, 17th September 2009
11. Invited talk: Problematizing design: the politics of artifacts in the healthcare Dispositif, presented at the Ethnography, Creativity and Design workshop[35], NUIM Anthropology Department and INTEL Innovation Campus, 12th Nov. 2009
[5] http://www.jopm.org/media-watch/conferences/2010/09/29/report-on-the-reassembling-health-workshop-exploring-the-role-of-the-internet-of-things/
[7] Italian Journal of Semiotics: http://www.ec-aiss.it/monografici/3_il_discorso_del_design/20_storni.pdf
[8] Italian Journal of Organizational Studies http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=36169&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it
[9] http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.556
[11]http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=53090
(Selected list of publications.)
Book chapters
Conference papers
Journal papers
Journal special issue
Posters
Technical reports
Theses
Under review
Unpublished work
Work in progress
Workshop papers