Publications

Edited volumes

Mancini, C., Veasey, J. (Eds) (2025). Special Issue on Animal-Computer Interaction: New Horizons in Animal Welfare. In MDPI Animals, Animal Welfare section (in progress).

Krüger, M., Mancini, C., De Castro Leal, D., Chamberlain, A., Bødker, M., Smith, N., Poerting, J., Griffiths, C.E. (Eds) (2025). The Impact of Digital Technology on the Relationships between People and Wildlife. Edited Research Topic in Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Digital Impacts section.

Mancini, C., Nannoni, E. (Eds) (2023). Animal-Computer Interaction and Beyond: The Benefits of Animal-Centered Research and Design. Edited Research Topic in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animal Welfare section.

Ohta, N., Mancini, C., Veasey, J. (Eds) (2018). Special issue on Multimodal Technologies in Animal-Computer Interaction, Journal of Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, May 2017.

Mancini, C., Juhlin, O., Lawson, S. (Eds) (2017). Special Issue on Animal-Computer Interaction, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, IJHCS, Vol. 98, Feb 2017.

North, S., Mancini, C. (Eds) (2016). Special Topic on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACM Interactions, Vol. 23, issue 4.

Scientific magazine articles

Mancini, C. (2021). Animal-Computer Interaction: towards Technologically Mediated Multispeciesity. Rieger, S., Bolinski, I. (Eds). Special issue on Multispecies Communities. Navigationen, 2021(1).

Mancini, C. (2020). Emtervista com Clara Mancini by Fabricio Fava, Journal of Cognitive Technologies, July-December.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2020). Eine Elefantenperspektive. Ullrich, J., Rieger, S. (Eds). Special issue on Tiere und/als Medien. Tierestudien (Animal Studies), 18.

Mancini, C. (2017). Como o Design de Software Pode Suportar o Surgimento de Interação entre Animais and Computadores. iMasters, Vol. 6, Issue 23, Aug 2017, pp. 58-62.

North, S., Mancini, C. (2016). Frameworks for ACI: Animals as Stakeholders in the Design Process. ACM Interactions, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 34-36.

Mancini, C. (2015). Animal-Computer Interaction: What is it and Why Does It Matter? Catalyst, Secondary Science Review. Vol. 25, Issue 4, Feb 2015, pp. 1-3.

Mancini, C. (2011). Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI): a Manifesto. ACM Interactions, Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 69-73.

Book chapters

Mancini, C. (2025). Animal-Centred Technology and Sustainable Development: an Earth Odyssey. In Berne, R. (Eds.) Non-human Animals, Ethics, and Engineering, Jenny Stanford Publishers.

Szablewska, N., Mancini, C. (2023). Are Nonhuman Animals Entitled to Dignity, Privacy and Non- Exploitation? A Smart Dairy Farm of The Future. In Rogers, N., Maloney, M. (Eds) Judging the Future and the Future of Judging: The Anthropocene Judgments Project, Routledge.

Mancini, C., Metcalfe, D., Hirsch-Matsioulas, O. (2024). Justice by Design: The Case for Equitable and Inclusive Smart Cities for Animal Dwellers. In Heitlinger, S., Foth, M., Clarke, R. (Eds) Designing More-then-Human Smart Cities, Oxford University Press.

Mancini, C. (2016). Animal-Computer Interaction: a Manifesto (2011) and sections from An Animal-Centred Ethics for Animal-Computer Interaction (2016) (reprints). Bastian, M., Jones, O., Moore, N., Roe, E. (2016). Participatory Research in More-than-Human Worlds, Rutledge, New York: 54-65.

Refereed journal articles and conference papers

Benford, S., Barnard, P., Sharples, S., Webb, H., Mancini, C., Kucukyilmaz, A., Castle Green, S., Schneiders, E., Ngo, V., Chamberlain, A., Fischer, J., Salimbeni, G., Tandavantij, N., Adams, M., Row Farr, J. (2025). Charting the Ecosystem of Trust in Cat Royale, or What It Takes to Trust a Robot to Play with Cats. Proc. Intl. Conf. on Social Robotics and AI, ICSR2025.

Cao, D., Tandavanitj, N., Adams, M., Row Farr, J., Schneiders, E., Salimbeni, G., Pound, M., Mancini, C., Benford, S. (2025). Cat Royale: A Case Study of Artist-led AI Research. Proc. UK AI Conference.

Adams, Matt; Tandavanitj, Nick; Benford, Steve; Kucukyilmaz, Ayse; Ngo, Victor; Castle Green, Simon; Salimbeni, Guido; Barnard, Pepita; Fischer, Joel; Chamberlain, Alan; Schneiders, Eike and Mancini, Clara (2025). Cat Royale: An Artistic Inquiry into Trust in Robots. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA2025, 19-23 May 2025, Atlanta, USA.

Cunha, J., Renguette, C., Stella, L., Mancini, C. (2024). Communication Functions in Speech Board Use by a Goffin’s Cockatoo: Implications for Research and Design. Proc. Eleventh Intl. Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2024, ACM Digital Library, Art. 2, pp. 1-15.

Cunha, J., Mancini, C. (2024). The Day After: Ethical Considerations for the End of Enriching Animal Research Projects. Proc. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2024, ACM Digital Library, Art. 9, pp. 1-8.

Benford, S.D., Mancini, C., Chamberlain, A., Schneiders, E., Castle-Green, S.D., Fischer, J.E., Kucukyilmaz, A., Salimbeni, G., Ngo, V.Z.H., Barnard Stringer, P., Adams, M., Tandavanitj, N., Row Farr, J. (2024). Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space. Proc. Intl. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM CHI2024, ACM Digital Library, Art. 626, pp. 1-15.

Schneiders, E., Benford, S.D., Chamberlain, A., Mancini, C., Castle-Green, S.D., Ngo, V.Z.H., Row Farr, J., Adams, M., Tandavanitj, N., Fischer, J.E. (2024). Designing Multispecies Worlds for Robots, Cats, and Humans. Proc. Intl. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM CHI2024, ACM Digital Library, Art. 593, pp. 1-16.

Neethirajan S, Scott S, Mancini C, Boivin X and Strand E (2024). Human-computer interactions with farm animals—enhancing welfare through precision livestock farming and artificial intelligence. Front. Vet. Sci. 11:1490851.

Nannoni, E., Mancini, C. (2024). Towards an Integrated Ethical Review Process: an Animal-Centered Research Framework for the Refinement of Research Procedures. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animal Welfare Section, 11:1343735.

Williams, E., Sadler, J., Rutter, S.M., Mancini, C., Nawroth, C., Neary, J.M., Ward, S.J., Charlton, G., Beaver, A. (2024). Human-Animal Interactions and Machine-Animal Interactions in Animals Under Human Care: a Summary of Stakeholder and Researcher Perceptions and Future Directions. Animal Welfare, 33, e27, 1–10.

Mancini, C. (2023). Responsible ACI: Expanding the Influence of Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. Tenth Intl. Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2023, ACM Digital Library, Art. 3., pp. 1-9.

Schneiders, E., Chamberlain, A., Fischer, J.E., Benford, B., Castle-Green, S., Ngo, V., Kucukyilmaz, A., Barnard, P., Farr, J.R., Adams, M., Tandavanitj, N., Devlin, K., Mancini, C., Mills, D.S. (2023). TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals. In First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS ’23), July 11–12, 2023, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages.

Mancini, C. (2023). A Biosemiotics Perspective on Dogs’ Interaction with Interfaces: an Analytical and Design Framework. Pepper, I. (Ed) Special Issue on Animal-Computer Interfaces, Interaction Studies, 24:2, pp. 201-224.

Mancini, C., Nannoni, E. (2023). Editorial: Animal-Computer Interaction and Beyond: The Benefits of Animal-Centered Research and Design. In Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9:1109994.

Mancini, C., Hirsch-Matsioulas, O., Metcalfe, D. (2022). Politicising Animal-Computer Interaction: an Approach to Political Engagement with Animal-Centred Design. Proc. Ninth Intl. Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2022, ACM Digital Library, Art. 1, pp. 1-11.

Mancini, C., Nannoni, E. (2022). Animal Centered Research beyond ACI: Exploring the Applicability of Animal Centered Principles to All Animal Research. Proc. Ninth Intl. Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2022, ACM Digital Library, Art. 24, pp. 1-4.

French, F., Mancini, C., Martin, C. (2022). Sensory Jam 2022: Exploring other Sensibilities – beyond Human Senses and Aesthetics. Proc. Ninth Intl. Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction in co-operation with ACM, ACI2022, ACM Digital Library, Art. 25, pp. 1-4. (30%)

Coskun, A., Cila, N., Nicenboim, I., Frauenberger, C., Wakkary, R., Hassenzahl, M., Mancini, C., Giaccardi, E., Forlano, L. (2022). More-than-human Concepts, Methodologies, and Practices in HCI. Proc. CHI EA 2022: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Art. 150, pp. 1–5.

Ruge, L., Mancini, C. (2022). An Ethics Toolkit to Support Animal-Centered Research and Design. Front. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8: 891493.

Mancini, C., Nannoni, E. (2022). Relevance, Impartiality, Welfare and Consent: Principles of an Animal-Centered Research Ethics. Frontiers in Animal Science 3:800186.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Nuseibeh, B. (2022). The Case for Animal Privacy in the Design of Technologically Supported Environments. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8:784794.

Withington, L., Diaz Pardo de Vera, D., Guest, C., Mancini, C., Piwek, P. (2021). Artificial Neutral Networks for Classifying the Time Series Sensor Data Generated by Medical Detection Dogs. Expert Systems and Applications Journal, 184, article no. 115564.

French, Fiona; Mancini, Clara and Sharp, Helen (2021). Concept Craft Cards: Deck of theoretical and practical suggestions for ACI developers. Proc. 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C&C 2021, 22-23 Jun 2021.

Mancini, C. (2021). Animal-Computer Interaction: towards Technologically Mediated Multispeciesity. Rieger, S., Bolinski, I. (Eds). Special issue on Multispecies Communities. Navigationen, 2021(1).

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2020). Eine Elefantenperspektive. Ullrich, J., Rieger, S. (Eds). Special issue on Tiere und/als Medien. Tierestudien (Animal Studies), 18.

Cox, E., Mancini, C., Ruge, L. (2020). Understanding Dogs’ Engagement with Interactive Games. Proc. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI2020, ACM Digital Library.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2020). Understanding the Interaction Between Animals and Wearables: the Wearer Experience of Cats. International Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, ACM DIS2020, ACM Press.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2020). More than Human Aesthetics: Interactive Enrichment for Elephants. International Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, ACM DIS2020, ACM Press.

Chisik, Y., Mancini, C. (2019). P for Politics D for Dialogue: Reflections on Participatory Design with Children and Animals. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI2019, in co-operation with ACM, ACM Digital Library.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2019). Designing for wearability: an animal-centred framework. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI2019, in co-operation with ACM, ACM Digital Library.

Ruge, L., Mancini, C. (2019). A Method for Evaluating Animal Usability (MEAU). International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI2019, in co-operation with ACM, ACM Digital Library.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2019). Wearer-Centered Design for Animal Biotelemetry: Implementation and Wearability Test of a Prototype. Proc. International Symposium on Wearable Computing, ACM ISWC’19, ACM Press, pp. 177-185.

Ruge, L., Cox, E., Mancini, C., Luck, R. (2018). User Centered Design Approaches to Measuring Canine Behavior: Tail Wagging as a Measure of User Experience. Proc. Fifth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’18, ACM Digital Library.

Swagerman, S., Mancini, C., Nack, F. (2018). Visualizing Cat GPS Data: A Study of User Requirements. Proc. Fifth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’18, ACM Digital Library.

Mancini, C., Lehtonen, J. (2018). The Emerging Nature of Participation in Multispecies Interaction Design. Proc. of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, ACM DIS2018, ACM Press, pp. 907-918.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2017). High tech cognitive and acoustic enrichment for captive elephants. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol. 300, pp.173-183.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2017). The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices. Proc. Fourth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’17, ACM Digital Library.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2017). Exploring Research through Design in Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. Fourth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’17, ACM Digital Library.

Zamansky, A., Roshier, A., Mancini, C., Collins, E.C., Hall, C., Grillaert, K., Morrison, A., North, S., Wirman, H. (2017). A Report on the First International Workshop on Research Methods in Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’17, ACM Press, pp. 806-815.

Mancini, C., Lawson, S., Juhlin, O. (2016). Animal-Computer Interaction: the Emergence of a Discipline. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, IJHCS, Vol. 98, Feb 2017, pp. 129-134.

Mancini, C. (2016). Towards an Animal-Centred Ethics for Animal-Computer Interaction. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, IJHCS, Vol. 98, Feb 2017, pp. 221-233.

Mancini, C., Li, S., O’Connor, G., Valencia, J., Edwards, D.,  McCain, H. (2016). Towards Multispecies Interaction Environments: Extending Accessibility to Canine Users. Proc. Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’16, article no. 8, ACM Digital Library.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2016). Exploring methods for interaction design with animals: a case-study with Valli. Proc. Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’16, article no. 3, ACM Digital Library.

Johnston-Wilder, O., Mancini, C., Aengenheister, B., Mills, J., Harris, R., Guest, C. (2015). Sensing the shape of canine responses to cancer. Intl. Congress on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI’15, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, article no. 63, ACM Digital Library.

Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., Swanson, L., Marsden, H., Valencia, J., Aengenheister, B. (2015). Designing an emergency communication system for human and assistance dog partnerships. Proc. ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp’15, ACM Press, pp. 337-347.

Mancini, C., Harris, R., Aengenheister, B., Guest, C. (2015). Re-Centering Multispecies Practices: a Canine Interface for Cancer Detection Dogs. Proc. International ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’15, ACM Press, pp. 2673-2682.

Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Kortuem, G., Dewsbury, G., Mills, D., Boyden, P (2014). UbiComp for Animal Welfare: Envisioning Smart Environments for Kennelled Dogs. Proc. ACM International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp’14, ACM Press, pp. 117-128.

Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., Harris, R. (2014). Canine-Centered Interface Design: Supporting the Work of Diabetes Alert Dogs. Proc. International ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’14, ACM Press, pp. 3757-3766.

Mancini, C. (2013). Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI): Changing Perspective on HCI, Participation and Sustainability. Proc. International ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’13 EA, ACM Press, pp. 2227-2236.

Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Bryan, J., Stuart, A. (2012). Exploring Interspecies Sensemaking: Dog Tracking Semiotics and Multispecies Ethnography. Proc. International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2012, ACM Press, pp. 143-152.

Workshops, posters and extended abstracts

Mancini, Clara and Szablewska, Natalia (2025). Multispecies Justice & Technology: Human-Centred Design Is Not Enough. In: The Just GLOBE Conference ‘Multispecies engagements and the more-than-human lens in environmental politics and governance’, 7 May 2025, The University of Helsinki, Finland.

Chisik, Y., Mancini, C. (2020). P for Politics D for Dialogue: Reflections on Participatory Design with Children and Animals. Israel HCI Research Conference 2020, IsraHCI20, 27 February, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cox, L., Mancini, C. (2020). Towards the assessment of dogs’ individual welfare needs: personality, laterality and arousal. UFAW Animal Welfare Conference, 1 July 2020, Birmingham, UK.

Paci, P., Mancini, C. (2020). Bridging the gap through Animal-Computer Interaction. EAZA Animal Welfare Forum 2020, AWF2020. 23-26 March 2020, Apenheul Primate Park Foundation, The Netherlands.

Ruge, L., Mancini, C., Luck, R. (2018). Requirements Engineering Elicitation for Mobility Assistance Dogs: Meeting Canine User Needs Through Technology Enabled Interpretation. FIRE 2018: International Workshop on Facilitating Inclusive Requirements Engineering, REFSQ’18.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2016). Designing for Wearability in Animal Biotelemetry. Proc. International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, ACI2016, ACM Press.

Paci, P., Mancini, C., Price, B. (2016). Towards a Wearer-Centred Framework for Animal Biotelemetry. Symposium on Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. Measuring Behaviour’16, Dublin University Press, pp. 440-443.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2016). Playful UX for Elephants. Symposium on Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. Measuring Behaviour’16, Dublin University Press, pp. 445-448.

French, F., Mancini, C., Sharp, H. (2015). Designing Interactive Toys for Elephants. Proc. Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI Play’15, ACM Press.

Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., Swanson, L. (2015). Exploring assistive technology for assistance dog owners in emergency situations. PETRA ’15: Proc. ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, ACM Press.

Mancini, C. (2014). Towards an Animal-Centred Ethics for Animal-Computer Interaction Research. Workshop on Animal-Computer Interaction: Pushing Boundaries Beyond ‘Human’, NordiCHI2014, 24th October, Helsinki.

Mancini, C., Harris, R., Aengenheister, B., Guest, C. (2014). Re-Centring Practices: a Canine Interface for Cancer Detection. Workshop on Animal-Computer Interaction: Pushing Boundaries Beyond ‘Human’, NordiCHI2014, 24th October, Helsinki.

Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Swanson, L., Guest, C. (2014). Exploring the Use of Personas for Designing with Dogs. Workshop on Animal-Computer Interaction: Pushing Boundaries Beyond ‘Human’, NordiCHI2014, 24th October, Helsinki.

Mancini, C., Dewsbury, G., van der Linden, J., Kortuem, G., Mills, D., Smith, N. (2014). Towards Smart Kennels for Supporting Canine Welfare: from Design to Methodological Requirements. First Symposium on Intelligent Systems for Animal Welfare, ISAWEL’14, Proc. 50th convention on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB’14.

Robinson, C., Mancini, C., van der Linden, J., Guest, C., Harris, R. (2014). Empowering Assistance Dogs: An Alarm Interface for Canine Use. Symposium on Intelligent Systems for Animal Welfare, ISAWEL’14, Proc. 50th convention on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB’14.

French, F., Mancini, C., Smith, N., Sharp, H. (2014). Designing smart toys for the cognitive enrichment of elephants. Symposium on Intelligent Systems for Animal Welfare, ISAWEL’14, Proc. 50th convention on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB’14.

Mancini, C., Lawson, S., van der Linden, J., Hakkila, J., Noz, F., Wingrave, C., Juhlin, O. (2012). Special Interest Group Meeting on Animal-Computer Interaction. Proc. International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM CHI EA 2012, ACM Press, New York, pp. 1233-1236.