Rob Comber

Rob Comber is an Associate Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, affiliated with the Media Technology and Interaction Design (MID) department. His research spans Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), focusing on social and environmental sustainability, social justice, and feminist design. He explores technology's role in civic society, food systems, and social media through equity-driven design and qualitative social science methods.

Research interests include:

• Democratic technology and equity in access
• Environmental stewardship via digital systems
• Feminist and decolonial approaches to HCI
• Community-driven design practices
• Smart city sustainability

His recent publications highlight sustainable design, colonial archive transformations, and AI labor mapping, emphasizing constraint-based innovation and visceral technology ethics. No scientific awards are listed, and no formal advisees are mentioned. He teaches courses including Digitalization and Sustainable Social Transformation and Human-Computer Interaction.