Member
Anna De Liddo
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
+44 (0)1908 653591
My research focuses on the socio-technical factors influencing the design and uptake of Collective Intelligence infrastructures. These are online environments which seek to improve collective awareness of the changing environment, and collective capacity to make the best use of expertise to problem solve, and adapt appropriately. I have particular interests in knowledge construction through discourse, and the role of technology in scaffolding dialogue and argumentation in contested domains, in which there is more than one point of view. The approaches I work with are network-centric, modelling and visualizing ideas and arguments as networks of nodes which can be analysed for topographical and semantic patterns.
As background, I am an Urban Planner and Designer; I took a BSc in Civil Engineering, a MSc in Transport Planning at Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, and a MSc in Environmental Policy and Management at Institut National des Sience Appliquees in Lyon (France). I gained my PhD in Urban and Environmental Planning at Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, investigating ICT for Participatory Planning and Deliberation. In this respect I am interested in investigating tools to support knowledge representation, structuring and management, particularly with regards to collaborative decision-making processes in Environmental and Urban Planning domain.
Keys: Collective Intelligence, Participatory Planning, Knowledge Management, Organizational Memory, Sensemaking Technologies
Team: Giota Alevizou, Lucas Anastasiou, Alberto Ardito, Michelle Bachler, Kitty Chisholm,
Projects
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News
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Publications
Anastasiou, L. and De Liddo, A. (2026). From Shallow Discourse to Structured Deliberation: The BCause Approach. In: Ardito, Carmelo; Junqueira Barbosa, Simone Diniz; Conte, Tayana; Freire, Andre; Gasparini, Isabela; Palanque, Philippe and Prates, Raquel eds. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (16111). Routledge, pp. 94–99. https://oro.open.ac.uk/106885/.
Costa, Á.P., De Liddo, A., Souto, N.P. and Michaud, F. (2025). Evaluation of interaction methods in augmented reality head-mounted displays for total knee arthroplasty. In: Interacción ‘25: XXV International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 03-05 Sep 2025, Valladolid, Spain. https://oro.open.ac.uk/105867/.
Anastasiou, L. and De Liddo, A. (2024). A Hybrid Human-AI Approach for Argument Map Creation From Transcripts. In: 1st Workshop on Language-Driven Deliberation Technology, DELITE 2024, 20 May 2024, Torino. https://oro.open.ac.uk/98358/.
Anastasiou, L. and De Liddo, A. (2023). BCause: Reducing group bias and promoting cohesive discussion in online deliberation processes through a simple and engaging online deliberation tool. In: 1st Workshop on Social Influence in Conversations, SIC, 14 Jul 2023, Toronto, Canada. https://oro.open.ac.uk/94379/.
Larasati, R., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2023). Meaningful Explanation Effect on User's Trust in an AI Medical System: Designing Explanations for Non-Expert Users. ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, 13(4), https://oro.open.ac.uk/94168/.
De Liddo, A., Concilio, G., Rizzo, F. and Siemon, D. (2023). Critical Deliberative Democracy Tech: Questions, Tensions, Norms and Directions for Working with Institutions, Communities and Technologies to Scale Up Democratic Innovations. In: C&T '23: The International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 29 May - 2 Jun 2023, Lahti, Finland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/89431/.
Anastasiou, L., De Moor, A., Brayshay, B. and De Liddo, A. (2023). A tale of struggles: an evaluation framework for transitioning from individually usable to community-useful online deliberation tools. In: Communities and Technologies (C&T) 2023, May 29 - Jun 02, Lahti, Finland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/89502/.
Larasati, R., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2023). Human and AI Trust: Trust Attitude Measurement Instrument Development. In: Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Assisted Tasks (TRAIT) at CHI 2023, 23 Apr 2023, Hamburg, Germany. https://oro.open.ac.uk/88780/.
De Liddo, A. (2023). Using Technology to Unite Us: Can Disagreement be a Catalyst for Consensus Building? ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 51(2), pp. 12–13. https://oro.open.ac.uk/87741/.
Suran, S., Pattanaik, V., Kurvers, R.H., Hallin, C.A., De Liddo, A., Krimmer, R. and Draheim, D. (2022). Building Global Societies on Collective Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities. Digital Government: Research and Practice, 3(4), https://oro.open.ac.uk/85655/.
Suran, S., Pattanaik, V., Hallin, C.A., De Liddo, A., Krimmer, R. and Draheim, D. (2021). Building Global Societies on Collective Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities. SSRN Electronic Journal https://oro.open.ac.uk/80366/.
Quinto, I., Landoli, L. and De Liddo, A. (2021). Designing online collaboration for the individual and social good: A collective argumentation approach. In: 27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021, 9-13 Aug 2021, Virtual, Online. https://oro.open.ac.uk/80365/.
Larasati, R., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2021). AI Healthcare System Interface: Explanation Design for Non-Expert User Trust. In: ACM IUI 2021. Workshop 7: Transparency and Explanations in Smart Systems - TExSS, 13 Apr 2021. https://oro.open.ac.uk/77436/.
Anastasiou, L. and De Liddo, A. (2021). Making sense of online discussions: can automated reports help? In: CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 8-13 May 2021, Yokohama, Japan. https://oro.open.ac.uk/77552/.
De Liddo, A. and Strube, R. (2021). Understanding Failures and Potentials of Argumentation Tools for Public Deliberation. In: C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech, 20-25 Jun 2021, Seattle WA., USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/78284/.
Larasati, R., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2020). The Effect of Explanation Styles on User’s Trust. In: Explainable Smart Systems for Algorithmic Transparency in Emerging Technologies (ExSS-ATEC), 17 Mar 2020, Cagliari, Italy. https://oro.open.ac.uk/69307/.
De Liddo, A., Plüss, B. and Ardito, A. (2020). Democratic Reflection: Nudging Citizens’ Democratic Engagement with Political Election Debates. In: CSCW '20 Companion, 17-21 Oct 2020, Virtual Event, USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/73292/.
De Liddo, A., Pedreira Souto, N. and Plüss, B. (2021). Let's replay the political debate: Hypervideo technology for visual sensemaking of televised election debates. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 145 https://oro.open.ac.uk/72223/.
Lupi, L., Antonini, A., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2020). Actionable Open Data: Connecting City Data to Local Actions. Journal of Community Informatics, 16 pp. 3–25. https://oro.open.ac.uk/71958/.
Larasati, R., De Liddo, A. and Motta, E. (2020). The effect of explanation styles on user's trust. In: 2020 Workshop on Explainable Smart Systems for Algorithmic Transparency in Emerging Technologies, 17 Mar 2020, Cagliari, Italy. https://oro.open.ac.uk/70421/.
Tech Reports
LiteMap Outreach and Usage by Brazilian Universities
Techreport ID: kmi-18-01
Date: 2018
Author(s): Alexandra Okada, Anna De Liddo
A Process Memory Platform to Support Participatory Planning and Deliberation
Techreport ID: kmi-08-07
Date: 2008
Author(s): Anna De Liddo
