m.c. Schraefel

Professor m.c. Schraefel is a leading academic at the University of Southampton, affiliated with the Department of Electronics and Computer Science. Her research bridges Human-Computer Interaction, Health Informatics, and Social Machines to advance wellbeing and sustainable design.

Key research areas include:

• Inbodied Interaction principles
• Interactive Health Technologies
• Privacy in Vehicular Networks
• Social Machine Theory
• Embodied Design for Breathing Technologies

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary work across Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Societal Impact, particularly in pandemic recovery systems and collaborative technologies. Scientific awards include multiple grants from the Royal Academy of Engineering and EPSRC funding for projects like makeNormalBetter and EnAKTing. She supervises PhD students in Computer Science, Electronics, and Health domains, and serves on research groups including Agents, Interaction and Complexity and the Centre for Health Technologies.