Dr Sarah Homewood

Sarah Homewood (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Human Centred Computing at the University of Copenhagen.

She has a background as a contemporary dancer and her research is informed by her interest in how technologies both reflect and influence societal perspectives on bodies. She has conducted research on self-tracking technologies within the areas of ovulation, menopause and menstrual tracking and gut health. Her fertility tracking device, Ovum, won a Danish Design Award for Innovative Concept in 2021. Her current research attends to the design of technologies for chronic illnesses such as post-COVID syndrome and chronic fatigue. Her research methods include co-design and research-through-design. Her research is often grounded in feminist and phenomenological theories.