Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Dalhousie University
$120,000.00
Persuasive Technology
FY 2024-25
Summary
Persuasive Technologies (PTs) are purposefully designed to motivate people towards beneficial behaviours, for example, exercising, eating healthily, saving energy, or dealing with depression. However, to be really effective, PTs need to be personalized to an individual. The proposed research leverages the increasing integration and penetration of technologies (such as mobile phones) into our lives to design personalized PTs that would empower and motivate people to achieve goals that are important to them and their communities. The research results will improve the lives of Canadians by targeting problem domains (safety/security, health/wellness) and diverse audiences including at-risk Canadian youths and under-served populations.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2019-00346
Name nom
Orji, Rita
Department département
Computer Science - Dalhousie University
Organization id
79
Institution établissement
Dalhousie University
Province en
Nova Scotia
Province fr
Nouvelle-Écosse
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
120000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Persuasive Technology
Keywords
Human-Computer Interaction; Persuasive technology; Behaviour change; User modeling; Adaptive interface; Personalization; Experiment; Persuasive games
Application summary
Persuasive Technologies (PTs) are purposefully designed to motivate people towards beneficial behaviours, for example, exercising, eating healthily, saving energy, or dealing with depression. However, to be really effective, PTs need to be personalized to an individual. The proposed research leverages the increasing integration and penetration of technologies (such as mobile phones) into our lives to design personalized PTs that would empower and motivate people to achieve goals that are important to them and their communities. The research results will improve the lives of Canadians by targeting problem domains (safety/security, health/wellness) and diverse audiences including at-risk Canadian youths and under-served populations.
