• Accessibility of self-service technology 

      Nuridov, Adam (ACIT;2022, Master thesis, 2022)
      With the technology evolving at today’s fast pace, and the world becoming more digital, services are becoming more digital as well. With digitalization of services, more services become self-service, but is the self-service ...
    • Accessibility Study of interactive maps and design recommendation to enhance screen reader accessibility 

      Hasan, Sayed Kamrul (MAUU;2020, Master thesis, 2020)
      Digital maps have been an integral part of modern life. We use digital maps online and offline on our smartphones, tablets, computers, kiosks, etc. Whether to venture into an unknown location, check the latest traffic ...
    • Captioning for the DHH 

      Tunold, Siv (Master thesis, 2019)
      The main rule in Norway is that all ICT solutions have to be universally designed, and this is covered in the gender equality and anti-discrimination law. One of the most common faults in web-sites today are the lack of ...
    • Digital Volunteers in Disaster Response: Accessibility Challenges 

      Radianti, Jaziar; Gjøsæter, Terje (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence;Volume 11573, Conference object, 2019-07-04)
      The emergence of the Digital Humanitarian Volunteer (DHV) movements when disaster strikes have drawn the attention of researchers and practitioners in the emergency management and humanitarian domain. While there are ...
    • Disaster Risk Reduction for All? Understanding Intersectionality in Disaster Situations 

      Paupini, Cristina; Gjøsæter, Terje (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology;Volume 622, Conference object, 2021-07-31)
      When designing digital services for citizens in a disaster situation, the diversity of its audience and their particular needs are not always sufficiently taken into account. Variables like digital equipment available, ...
    • Evaluating Accessibility and Usability of an Experimental Situational Awareness Room 

      Gjøsæter, Terje; Radianti, Jaziar (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing;Vol 776, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-24)
      New advanced emergency management facilities such as a control room which is equipped with advanced ICT technologies should consider universal design principles and ensure the accessibility and usability of some important ...
    • Evaluation of universal design of ICT in emergency management websites: An earthquake scenario of Nepal 

      Bhandari, Anup (MAUU;2020, Master thesis, 2020)
      This research study is about an investigation on the accessibility and usability issues that people of Nepal have faced while using earthquake-related emergency management websites in the context of Universal Design. There ...
    • Identifying and mitigating barriers to situational awareness in Emergency management information systems 

      Skårsmoen, Marit Oline Bakkerud (Master thesis, 2023)
      Universal design is the design of products, environments, ICT programs and services that makes it possible to be used by all people to the greatest extent possible, without the need of adaption. Disabilities are something ...
    • Metrics for Ensuring Security and Privacy of Information Sharing Tools for Improved City Resilience: A Review Approach 

      Radianti, Jaziar; Gjøsæter, Terje (International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management;Volume 9 • Issue 3 • July-September 2017, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      City resilience is a pressing issue worldwide since the majority of the population resides in urban areas. When disaster strikes, the consequences will be more severe in the cities. To achieve resilience, different ...
    • Mitigating situational disabilities in information systems for situational awareness in flood situation with universal design 

      Ogbonna, Uchenna (ACIT;2022, Master thesis, 2022)
      Natural Disasters have been affecting humans for centuries. It remains a fact that we are living in a world where different kinds of terrible natural disasters occurred that have created a mess in the socio-economic sphere ...
    • Perceivability of Map Information for Disaster Situations for People with Low Vision 

      Tunold, Siv; Radianti, Jaziar; Gjøsæter, Terje; Chen, Weiqin (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence;Volume 11572, Conference object, 2019-07-03)
      Digital maps have become increasingly popular in disaster situation to provide overview of information. However, these maps have also created barriers for many people, particularly people with visual impairments. Existing ...
    • Reduce Women Sexual Violence Smartly Through Technology 

      Haque, Sadiah (Master thesis, 2019)
      In recent years, acts of sexual violence against women are increasing at a terrifying rate (Mahajan, Reddy, & Rajput, 2016). United Nations says sexual violence includes a host of harmful behaviors directed at women and ...
    • Screen Reader Accessibility Study of Interactive Maps 

      Hasan, Sayed Kamrul; Gjøsæter, Terje (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 12768, Conference object, 2021-07-03)
      Digital maps have been an integral part of modern life. Whether to venture into an unknown location, check the latest traffic update, update on the weather forecast, we come across digital maps every day. While maps have ...
    • Secure and Privacy-Preserving Information Sharing for Enhanced Resilience 

      Radianti, Jaziar; Gjøsæter, Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      City resilience is a pressing issue worldwide since the majority of the population resides in urban areas. When disaster strikes, the consequences will be more severe in the cities. To achieve resilience, different entities ...
    • Situational Disabilities in Information Systems for Situational Awareness in Flood Situations in Nigeria 

      Ogbonna, Uchenna; Paupini, Cristina; Gjøsæter, Terje (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2023)
      Floods are one of the major natural disasters that contribute to the high disaster death rate in the global south, especially in Nigeria. This requires an effort of collaboration from all stakeholders in designing, building, ...
    • Slaying the SA-Demons – Humans vs. Technology – A Content analysis 

      Radianti, Jaziar; Gjøsæter, Terje; Chen, Weiqin (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management;18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Conference object, 2021)
      This paper examines Situation Awareness (SA) and the application of Endsley’s SA-Demons in different contexts and research areas. We perform content analysis to examine how they are used, and to what degree they are perceived ...
    • Study of web accessibilityiIssues in Mozambique 

      Gupta, Suraj (MAUU;2020, Master thesis, 2020)
      The World Wide Web, also commonly known as the “web”, has become an integral part of everyone’s daily life. Yet, it is still inaccessible in many ways for different web users. People with disabilities are found most affected ...
    • Towards an Indoor Navigation Application for Emergency Evacuations and Persons with Visual Impairments – Experiences from First Responders and End Users 

      Giannoumis, George Anthony; Gjøsæter, Terje; Paupini, Cristina (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology;Volume 575, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-04)
      As natural and human disaster are increasingly affecting people’s lives around the globe in a growing and variegated way, the need to be prepared for a variety of conditions is imperative. Notwithstanding the relevance of ...
    • Towards Situational Disability-aware Universally Designed Information Support Systems for Enhanced Situational Awareness 

      Gjøsæter, Terje; Radianti, Jaziar; Chen, Weiqin (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management;ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Conference object, 2021)
      This paper takes on the challenge of designing situational awareness information systems that take into account not only the prevalence of so-called demons of situational awareness, but also situational disabilities that ...
    • Understanding Situational Disabilities and Situational Awareness in Disasters 

      Gjøsæter, Terje; Radianti, Jaziar; Chen, Weiqin (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management;, Conference object, 2019)
      In this paper, a scenario-based approach augmented with personas typically used in universal design and interactive design domains is used to illustrate the occurrence of situational disabilities in emergency situations, ...