Interviews with inspiring researchers from all around the world
Join us while we geek out over UX research with industry experts! Each episode will introduce you to unique fields and cultures researchers operate in.
Episodes
From goals to deep motivations: The beauty of UXR terminology
Nikki Anderson-Stanier, an experienced user researcher, consultant, and educator specializing in qualitative research, talks about why words matter in UX research and unpacks the importance of terminology.
UXcon Special with Aurelia Alston
Aurelia Alston, a Senior UX Research Manager, talks about her upcoming presentation in September and discusses how to handle research strategy shifts in large-scale organizations!
UXcon Special with Zariah Cameron
Zariah Cameron, an equity-centered UX Strategist, talks about diversity and inclusivity as well as equity and what it actually means in the UX research field.
UXcon Special with Kathleen Asjes
Kathleen Asjes, a research & insights leader with 15+ years' experience in digital product development, talks about research democratization in companies and shares insights from her extensive experience in that area!
UXcon Special with Yao Adantor
Yao Adantor, a UX Researcher and Co-Founder of the @Research Bookmark UX education platform talks about his upcoming lecture and gives career advice for UX professionals.
Inside Content Design: Unpacking its Strategic Potential
Erica Jorgensen, a content designer, content strategist, and an author of the “Strategic Content Design” book talks about the importance of content research and gives some great examples of how it helps businesses grow.
Embodiment in VR as the future of user research
Evie Gavrilovich, a UX Researcher and Strategist working in the VR industry joins Tina to discuss embodiment in VR and explain where to look for the meaning that UXR brings to other stakeholders.
Special: UXR podcasters geeking out
Mike Green, an award-nominated freelance user researcher, podcast host and digital consultant joins Tina in this UX Geeks Special to talk about traditions and struggles of UX research and discuss their experiences working in different countries.
The beauty of practical philosophy and it's meaning for the art of questioning
Elke Wiss, the founder of De Denksmederij, speaker, author and trainer talks about the beauty of practical philosophy, critical and creative thinking and introduces us to the art of asking the right questions.
Fall in Love with UX: The trajectory, maturity, and a little bit of criticism of our field
Darren Hood, a 27+ year veteran of the UX discipline, serving at several successful organizations during his career, talks about where we are currently in the UX industry, where we are heading, how mature the discipline is, and shows how he loves UX and what he does.
The Strategic Importance of ResearchOps
Julian Della Mattia is UX Research Lead at Kiwi.com and founder of the180 Agency. Based in Spain, Julian helps teams build up research practices from scratch and specializes in Facilitation & ResearchOps.
Gender Philosophy and Politics 2.0
Elham Mohtashamzadeh, an Iranian researcher from Central European university, talks about differences of sex and gender and scratches the surface on topics like heteronormative social constructs and how capitalism influences our gender realities.
Intersection of Content Strategy and UX Research
Sina Schreiber, UX Researcher & Content Strategist @Condens talks about connecting user research and content strategy and the role of a repository in research democratization.
Use of AI in Healthcare and the Push for Fair Research Practises in Enterprise Enviroments
Dr. Gyles Morrison, a Clinical UX Strategist with 10 years history in healthcare, talks about pains and gains that artificial inteligence brings into healtcare and what principles can help us to design inclusive products.
Healthcare digitalization and its implementation around the world
Tjaša speaks about the current situation with global healthcare digitalization and the current issues in healthcare.
The Use of Behavioral Science in the Healthcare Space
Sayali Phatak is a senior UX researcher working in the digital health industry. Prior to making the jump to industry, she did research in academia focused on designing digital solutions for health promotion and behavior change.
Bias-aware UX Research in Healthcare
Today we interviewed James Mckinnon, a human-technologist and human-centered researcher in digital health and service design. James talks about biases in healthcare, the digitalization of healthcare, and the “fear of finding out.”
Using Market Research For Better Context in UX
In this episode we interviewed Michaela Mora, a senior UX researcher and a founder of Relevant Insights. Micheala talked about market research, its methods and the push towards product decisions based on research.
Conducting UX research in the Pan-African continent
We interviewed Elizabeth Akpan & Camille Kramer Courbariaux about conducting UX research on the Pan-African continent. They shared some insights on how research is done in Africa, how this field evolved throughout the years, and the realities of conducting it disconnected from the "western context."
Running a UX business in the Pan-African continent
Camille Kramer-Courbariaux is a Senegal-based entrepreneur, UX researcher, and co-founder of YUX, a pan-African UX research, and design agency. She specializes in health and education research projects. She also launched the YUX Academy, a UX design training center.
Building Trust in Enterprise Projects with Stéphanie Walter
Stéphanie Walter is a senior UX researcher with over 12 years of experience specializing in enterprise UX. Tina asked Stéphanie about building trust in UX, her experience as a UX designer working for a large enterprise, and, surprisingly, about cranes.
The current state of UX/CX, start-up & business management with Debbie Levitt
Debbie Levitt, MBA is the CXO of DeltaCX and a long-time researcher, UX strategist, designer, and mentor. Debbie talks about the current state of UX/CX and business management.
Mentoring the next generation of UX professionals with Kevin Liang
Kevin Liang, Senior UX Researcher, founder of Zero to UX and mentor, gives an interview about finding his calling in teaching and helping aspiring researchers to land their dream job
The art of seducing dating app algorithms with Laurie Dutheil & Jessica Pidoux
Jessica Pidoux, a post-doctoral researcher and Laurie Dutheil, a dating coach, joined to talk about the realities of online dating - the good and the bad effects of it on people's love lives.
Designing hearing enhancing wearables with Nick Morgan-Jones
Nick Morgan-Jones, product designer and founder of Decibels, talks about fighting the social stigma connected to the hearing aids by designing them as a fashionable piece of technology.