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ProfessorHeide Lukosch

Acting Director HITLab

Human Interface Technology Laboratory

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  • Acting Director HITLab
    Human Interface Technology Laboratory
  • Professor
    Human Interface Technology Laboratory
  • +6433691309 (Work)

BIO

Immersive technologies like virtual and augmented reality in relationship with game elements have the true power to extend the boundaries of the physical world. They allow us to wander, to wonder, to see the unseen, to learn, to connect... I am a dedicated designer, researcher and teacher of immersive games to empower people to understand the challenges of our complex world, and to develop new and innovative solutions. Be it new, generative ways of tourism, playful learning of natural hazards and related emergency preparedness actions, or teaching of relational skills in education and health settings. I balance this amazement of technology with a deep connection to nature and people.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Acting Director HITLab
    University of Canterbury, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering1 Jul 2026 - present
  • Professor
    University of Canterbury, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering1 Nov 2019 - present

DEGREES

  • Dr. rer. soc.
    University of Hagen, Hagen, Germany
  • Magister Artium
    Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Erasmus-Sokrates Scholarship
    Utrecht University, Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Other

LANGUAGES

  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Dutch; Flemish
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FIELDS OF RESEARCH