Melanie Duckert Schmidt

Melanie Duckert Schmidt is a PhD Fellow at the IT University of Copenhagen, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and Hybrid Work technologies. Her research explores socio-technical challenges in designing hybrid work environments, focusing on collaborative technologies, privacy concerns, and organizational structures.

• Primary Affiliation: IT University of Copenhagen
• Research Focus: Hybrid work, groupware, virtual presence, socio-technical systems
• Projects: Active contributor to DIREC (Digital Research Centre Denmark)

Recent Research Trends: Her publications (2022-2025) analyze hybrid work's technical and organizational challenges, emphasizing peripheral awareness, collocated distance, and privacy implications. Work spans both theoretical frameworks and applied studies in virtual event spaces and collaborative software design.

Collaborations: Works with PIs like Lone Barkhuus and Pernille Bjørn, funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark.

PhD Thesis: "Computer-Supported Hybrid Cooperative Work" (2025), offering a comprehensive socio-technical framework for hybrid environments.