Valuing vulnerability: A collaborative and co-produced approach to developing resilient information systems for and by women with lived experience of homelessness
2025 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This paper highlights the expertise of marginalised and underserved populations, placing them at the centre of understanding resilient information systems design. We present a collaborative project in which women experiencing homelessness, alongside researchers in information systems and healthcare sciences, co-produce digital health interventions aimed at addressing psychological distress and safety concerns. Homelessness is associated with exclusion, resource deprivation, trauma, and abuse. By learning from these deeply challenging lived experiences, marginalised and underserved communities offer invaluable insights into how information systems should be designed to support users during episodes of violence, trauma, and crisis. Key improvements include system covertness, robustness, responsiveness, timely activation, and personalised privacy settings. This study further provides critical insights into the value of collaborative, co-production-focused design research, illuminating the requirements of resilient information systems that serve a broader user base.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025.
Keywords [en]
Resilient information systems design, Collaborative co-production design research, Women experiencing homelessness, Inclusion health, Digital health intervention addressing psychological distress and safety
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11542OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-11542DiVA, id: diva2:1970742
Conference
European Conference on Information Systems (ECRIS) 2025, Amman, Jordan, June 12-18, 2025
Part of project
Inclusion health for women in homelessness - development, feasibility and implementation of interventions, Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Swedish Research Council
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2020-00169Swedish Research Council, 2019-01095
Note
We acknowledge the Women's Advisory Board for Inclusion Health for their equal contribution to, and invaluable support of, this research.
2025-06-252025-06-172025-09-22Bibliographically approved