Member
Alessio Antonini
Research Fellow
Dr Alessio Antonini is a research fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University. He is the lead of the Knowledge Design team, part of the Intelligent Systems and Data Science group. His research focuses on the design of intelligent and interactive media, research infrastructures for the Humanities and AI-enabled innovation for community and personal wellbeing.
Keys: System Design, Smart City, Digital Humanities, Ontology Engineering, Web Technologies
Team: Enrico Motta, Iman Naja, Riccardo Pala
Projects
Immersive Online Reading for Mental Wellbeing
Robot Embodied Presence in House Environment (REPHE)
Technologies
News
01 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026
22 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
01 Jul 2026
Publications
Lupi, L., Brooker, S., Fedriga, R., Picca, D. and Antonini, A. (2026). From Gardens to Landscapes: a new Foundation for Hypertext in the Age of Agentic LLMs. In: HT '26: 37th ACM Conference on Hypertext, 14-18 Sep 2026, London, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/111888/.
Adamou, A., Antonini, A., Benatti, F., Blackburn-Daniels, S., Brooker, S., Domingue, J., Matravers, D., Teo Pedretti, C. and Picca, D. (2026). Hypertextuality of Littorals: a Gap Analysis. In: HT '26: 37th ACM Conference on Hypertext, 14-18 Sep 2026, London, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/111890/.
Picca, D., Antonini, A., Mulholland, P. and Pisarski, M. (2026). Introduction to the Special Issue on Hypermedia Systems. ACM Transactions on the Web, 20(3), https://oro.open.ac.uk/111649/.
Piaggio, D., de Batlle, J., Gallego Montejo, A.M., Cea Sánchez, G., Checa Rifá, P., Maccaro, A., Angles Barbastro, R., Teresa Hurtado, M., Idoyaga Uribarrena, J.E., Erreguerena Redondo, I., Krini, M., Matsangidou, M., Drympeta, I., Votis, K., Antonini, A., Kardas, P., Lewek, P., Schellong, J., Giuliani, F., Mercalli, F., Fico, G. and Pecchia, L. (2026). Best practices and challenges in executing large scale pilots for eHealth deployment and managing innovation: the GATEKEEPER experience. Frontiers in Digital Health, 8 https://oro.open.ac.uk/110456/.
Polilli, W., Antonini, A., Platani, C., Stagnari, F. and Galieni, A. (2026). Enhancing Morpho-Kinematic analysis for Plant Water Stress Classification through Leaf Movements. Smart Agricultural Technology, 13 https://oro.open.ac.uk/108947/.
Polilli, W., Galieni, A., Platani, C., Stagnari, F. and Antonini, A. (2026). Automated classification of plant water status through morpho-kinematic monitoring of plant movement. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 241 https://oro.open.ac.uk/107801/.
Marston, H., Brittain, K. and Antonini, A. (2025). Written Evidence PAS0035. [Written evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee: Preparing for an Ageing Society Inquiry]. UK Government - Economic Affairs Committee. https://oro.open.ac.uk/106986/.
Antonini, A., Lupi, L., Pisarski, M. and Brooker, S. (2025). Literary Hypertext, AI, and Google’s New Web: An Aesthetics Discussion. In: HT '25: 36th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, 15-18 Sep 2025, Chicago, IL, USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/106344/.
Antonini, A., Lupi, L., Pisarski, M. and Brooker, S. (2025). Literary Hypertext, AI, and Google’s New Web: An Aesthetics Discussion. In: HT '25: 36th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, 15-18 Sep 2025, Chicago, IL, USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/105964/.
Antonini, A., Coşar, S., Naja, I., Muhammad Salman, H., Jamie, M., Pasquale, I. and Giacinto, B. (2025). Smartphone as a Sensor in mHealth: Narrative Overview, SWOT Analysis, and Proposal of Mobile Biomarkers. Sensors, 25(12), https://oro.open.ac.uk/104648/.
Antonini, A. and Brooker, S. (2025). On the aesthetics of hypertext: a case study on names and a general framework. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 31(1-2), pp. 7–29. https://oro.open.ac.uk/99876/.
Innominato, P., Macdonald, J., Saxton, W., Longshaw, L., Granger, R., Naja, I., Allocca, C., Edwards, R., Rasheed, S., Folkvord, F., de Batle, J., Ail, R., Motta, E., Bale, C., Fuller, C., Mullard, A., Subbe, C., Griffiths, D., Wreglesworth, N., Pecchia, L., Fico, G. and Antonini, A. (2024). Digital remote monitoring using a mobile health solution in cancer survivors: an observational pilot trial protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 12 https://oro.open.ac.uk/102625/.
Innominato, P.F., Wreglesworth, N.I., Antonini, A. and Buchwald, Z.S. (2024). Drug's Journey of a Thousand Papers Begins With a Single Step. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 8 https://oro.open.ac.uk/100487/.
Benatti, F. and Antonini, A. (2024). On the margins and at the centre. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 30(1-2), pp. 1–7. https://oro.open.ac.uk/100423/.
Antonini, A. and Naja, I. (2024). Positive Media. In: 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '24), 10-13 Sep 2024, Poznań, Poland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/99176/.
Benatti, F., Towheed, S., Blackburn-Daniels, S. and Antonini, A. (2024). @TellMeWhatUReadingbot: the Multi-modal Strategy of the READ-IT Project for Collecting Experiences of Reading. In: Creative Intelligence: 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '24), 10-13 Sep 2024, Poznan, Poland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/99037/.
Naja, I., Valdez Juarez, A. and Antonini, A. (2024). Social Media and Cities: a case-study based analysis of how digital life influences the urban physical environment. In: Proceedings of the 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '24), 10-13 Sep 2024, Poznań, Poland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/98976/.
Naja, I., Divin, N., Coward, S., Campbell, S., Benatti, F. and Antonini, A. (2024). Conversational Media for Inclusive Access to Mental Health Interventions for Schoolchildren. In: Proceedings of the 35th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '24), 10-13 Sep 2024, Poznań, Poland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/98975/.
Innominato, P.F., Macdonald, J.H., Saxton, W., Longshaw, L., Granger, R., Naja, I., Alloca, C., Edwards, R., Rasheed, S., Folkvord, F., de Batlle, J., Ail, R., Motta, E., Bale, C., Fuller, C., Mullard, A.P., Subbe, C.P., Griffiths, D., Wreglesworth, N.I., Pecchia, L., Fico, G. and Antonini, A. (2024). Digital Remote Monitoring Using an mHealth Solution for Survivors of Cancer: Protocol for a Pilot Observational Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13 https://oro.open.ac.uk/97317/.
Antonini, A., Brooker, S. and Škopljanac, L. (2024). Spontaneous transmedia co-location: Integration in memory. Memory, Mind & Media, 3 https://oro.open.ac.uk/97210/.












