Research
Research projects:
2025- current INNOPATH- Finding the place for innovation commons in transformative innovation policy design. VINNOVA.
2024 - current INCREDILAB- INcreased Climate Resilience Education and DIgital transformation Lab. Interreg Sweden-Norway.
2024 Pre-study computer games and gamification. 1/2ERUF via tillväxtverket, 1/4Region Värmland, 1/4 HS.
2023 - current CBCC- Cross Border Cyber Capacity. Interreg Sweden-Norway.
2021 – 2022 TRUEdig – TRUst and Empowerment in digital services. The knowledge foundation.
2018 – 2020 PAPAYA – PlAtform for PrivAcY preserving data Analytics. Horizon2020.
2015 – 2018 PRISMACLOUD – PRIvacy and Security MAintaining services in the CLOUD. Horizon2020.
2015 A4CLOUD – Accountability for Cloud and other future internet services. European commission.
Teaching
Teaching and course responsible duties in information systems
Bachelor's level courses:
Introduction to IT-design (ISGA90)
Business by web and web analytics (ISGA97)
Interaction design (ISGC01)
User tests, prototyping and evaluation (ISGC16)
Master's level courses:
Current research on information systems (ISAD11)
Scientific theory and methodology (ISAD12)
Models and experimental methods in multimedia development (ISAD15)
Research perspectives on AR and VR (augmented and virtual reality) (ISAD19)
AI Applications in Law (ISAD21)
Planning and communicating an is research project (ISAD22)
Co-design and user-centred systems development (ISAD25)
Electronic business and enterprise systems (ISAD27)
English for IT Professionals (ISAD28)
Research Project in Information Systems (ISAE07)
Thesis courses:
Information systems smaller thesis work (ISGB09)
Information systems bachelor’s thesis (ISGC09)
Information systems - one-year master's thesis (ISAD13)
Information systems - master´s thesis (ISAE09)
Selected publications
Iwaya, L.H., Alaqra, A.S., Hansen, M., and Fischer-Hübner, S. (2024) Privacy impact assessments in the wild: A scoping review. Array, 23, September 2024, 100356.
Alaqra, A.S., Karegar, F., Fischer-Hübner, S. Structural and functional explanations for informing lay and expert users: the case of functional encryption. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2023;4:359-80.
Alaqra, A.S., Khumalo, A.C. (2022). Swedish Recreational Businesses Coping with COVID-19 Using Technologies. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S. (eds) HCI International 2022 Posters. HCII 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1582, pp. 349–357. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06391-6_45
Alaqra, A.S., Kane, B. and Fischer-Hübner, S. (2021). Machine Learning–Based Analysis of Encrypted Medical Data in the Cloud: Qualitative Study of Expert Stakeholders’ Perspectives. JMIR Human Factors, 8(3):e21810.
Alaqra, A.S., Kitkowska, A. (2021). Impact of Intrinsic Factors and COVID-19 Pandemic on the Use of Technology. CHI’21 Extended Abstracts, May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM.