Leena Ventä-Olkkonen

University of Oulu — Finland

Computer Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index1.8kcitations66works4.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Innovative Human-Technology Interaction(38), Child Development and Digital Technology(19), Interactive and Immersive Displays(17), Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts(11), Teaching and Learning Programming(10)

Publications66 total

Youth AI designs meet eternal values: responsible digital technology design and innovation education
Behaviour and Information Technology·2026Open Access
Embedding values of critical research in design—a design research study tackling bullying with children
European Journal of Information Systems·2025Open Access
Boundary Spanning in Children's Design and Computing Education: Emphasis on Empathy, Ethics, and Impact
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks·2025
Identities in Flux—Exploring Children’s Emerging Identities in Design and Making
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction·2025· 2 cited
Supporting Children's Collective Transformative Agency in Child-Computer Interaction Research
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
How to combine criticality with reflection? Scaffolding children's critical reflection in the case of anti-bullying interventions
Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Promoting Criticality with Design Futuring with Young Children
Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
HCI Design for Children
Human-Computer Interaction·2024
Participatory design that matters – with activism education of children
2024· 7 citedOpen Access
HCI Design for Children
2024
“I could become a white hat hacker” or “At least I am creative”: Children's technology protagonist identities and their evolution during a critical design and making project
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Fostering children?s critical literacy in computing education
2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Transformative agency – the next step towards children's computational empowerment
2024· 21 citedOpen Access
Making The Future School: An Analysis of Teens' Collaborative Digital Fabrication Project
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Computational empowerment of children: Design research on empowering and impactful designs by children
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction·2023· 31 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum: We learned we can do something to reduce bullying: children designing anti-bullying mobile apps to empower their peers
Frontiers in Education·2023Open Access
Inclusive Child-centered AI: Employing design futuring for Inclusive design of inclusive AI by and with children in Finland and India
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
We learned we can do something to reduce bullying: Children designing anti-bullying mobile apps to empower their peers
Frontiers in Education·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Empowering Children for Social Justice–Design Research in the Context of Children’s Computing Education
IFIP advances in information and communication technology·2023· 1 cited
“We were proud of our idea”: How teens and teachers gained value in an entrepreneurship and making project
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Netta Iivari(29), Heidi Hartikainen(20), Sumita Sharma(17), Jonna Häkkilä(15), Marianne Kinnula(13), Jenni Holappa(11), Maaret Posti(9), Tonja Molin‐Juustila(8), Olli Koskenranta(8), Kari Kuutti(7), Essi Lehto(7), Ashley Colley(6), Essi Kinnunen(5), Arto Lanamäki(5), Grace Eden(3), Tonja Molin-Juustila(3), Jussi Okkonen(3), Behnaz Norouzi(3), Marta Cortés(3), Iván Sanchéz Milara(3)