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  1. Learning & guides

    International Journal of Design

    Open access

    Research across design disciplines, useful for connecting interaction and product design with wider design inquiry.

  2. Learning & guides

    International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

    Check individual article access; open-access papers are available

    Research on the design and use of interactive computing, connecting human behaviour, cognition and technology. Useful for usability, interaction and user-centred evaluation.

  3. Learning & guides

    Journal of User Experience (JUX)

    Free online articles and PDFs

    UX research, usability methods and research case studies, connecting academic work with practice.

  4. UX Sectors

    Language, writing & communication

    Sector / context of practice

    Design for people composing, reading and acting on the written word. Consider meaning, tone, structure and the experience of expressing an idea as well as receiving it.

  5. Learning & guides

    Large language model (LLM)

    Common terms · AI

    A language model trained at large scale to learn patterns in language and generate or process text. Some systems combine language with images, audio or other inputs.

  6. UX Futures

    Measuring AI agent autonomy in practice

    Anthropic research report Industry empirical report · not peer-reviewed · background 18 February 2026

    An observational analysis of millions of interactions across Claude Code and API usage. More experienced Claude Code users both enabled more automatic approvals and interrupted more often, suggesting oversight is more complicated than approval frequency alone.

  7. UX Sectors

    Media & publishing

    Sector / context of practice

    Help audiences find, understand and return to journalism, audio, video and other editorial content.

  8. Learning & guides

    NIST Human-Centered Cybersecurity

    Research programme and publication directory

    A route into research on people’s interactions with cybersecurity systems, products and processes. Use it to locate original studies rather than treating “the user” as a generic source of error.

  9. People

    Oxford Robotics Institute

    Robotics institute · United Kingdom

    University of Oxford’s robotics research institute within the Department of Engineering Science.

  10. Ethics & AI cases

    Participation consent and lawful processing are different decisions

    ICO · Principles and grounds for processing · Regulator guidance · Living guidance · checked 17 October 2026

    Agreement to take part in a study is distinct from consent as a UK GDPR lawful basis. The appropriate basis depends on the organisation and purpose. Special-category data also requires a relevant additional condition.

  11. Learning & guides

    PubMed Central (PMC)

    Free full text; reuse licences vary

    Find biomedical and life-sciences literature for health UX, digital interventions and patient-facing services.

  12. UX Sectors

    Retail & commerce

    Sector / context of practice

    Support customers and merchants from finding a product through fulfilment, returns and ongoing support.

  13. Learning & guides

    Scopus

    Main database requires subscription; limited free preview

    Trace related research and citations across disciplines, especially when a UX question crosses computing, psychology and design.

  14. Learning & guides

    Spatial intelligence

    Connected topic

    Understanding and acting in spaces: connections between a researcher, simulated environments and spatial design questions.

  15. People

    Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)

    Interdisciplinary institute · United States

    Connects AI research with human needs, education and policy. Its scope extends beyond robotics to the broader social and institutional conditions in which AI is developed and used.

  16. Learning & guides

    Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS)

    Conference proceedings · research discovery

    A specialist starting point for usable privacy and security research. Follow individual papers relevant to authentication, privacy decisions and security behaviour.

  17. Ethics & AI cases

    The Illusion of Artificial Inclusion

    Agnew et al. · ACM CHI 2024 · Peer-reviewed conference review and critical analysis · 2024 publication · background reading

    Reviews proposals to replace research participants with generative AI. The authors question whether simulated responses can fulfil the purposes of representation, inclusion and understanding that motivate participation.

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