Presentation at CHI 2026: "The Digital Attention Heuristics" (TOCHI paper)
I presented our TOCHI paper on the Digital Attention Heuristics at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain!
Read more →Hello, I'm Alberto Monge Roffarello
Assistant Professor (RTDb) at Politecnico di Torino
I research Digital Wellbeing and Deceptive Designs, building knowledge and tools that support healthier, more autonomous digital experiences.
Latest Highlights
Two Honorable Mentions at CHI 2026
I received two Honorable Mention Awards at CHI 2026 for two papers on digital wellbeing and online communication.
Read more →Participation at ECAT Research Workshop 2025: Panel on Social Media Addiction and Digital Wellbeing
I participated as a panellist in the ECAT Research Workshop 2025 in Seville, discussing social media addiction and the features that make it hard for children to leave online platforms.
Read more →Research Themes
My current work focuses on Digital Wellbeing and Deceptive Designs, with prior contributions in End User Development.
Digital Wellbeing
Investigating how digital technologies impact users' mental and physical health, and developing tools to promote healthier digital habits and self-control in our connected world.
Digital Self-Control Multi-Device DWB Behavioral Design
Explore DWB Research → Deceptive Designs
Studying dark patterns and deceptive interface strategies, their impact on user autonomy, and design approaches to identify, measure, and mitigate them.
Dark Patterns Manipulative UX User Autonomy
Explore Deceptive Designs → End User Development (Previous Focus)
Earlier work explored how non-programmers can create, modify, and debug interactive behaviors through intuitive end-user tools and interfaces.
Trigger-Action Rules IoT Personalization User Debugging
See Earlier EUD Research → Get in Touch
Interested in collaborating or have questions about my research?
Email
alberto.monge@polito.it
Location
Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy