Dr.-Ing. Nadine Wagener Group manager of the PPC group

Dr.-Ing. Nadine Wagener
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Position at OFFIS

Group manager of the PPC group

Research and Developement Division

Society / Personal Pervasive Computing

Research Focus

Technologies for health and well-being, increased productivity in the workplace, AI for recognizing patterns and trends in problematic smartphone use, VR/AR for emotion regulation, self-tracking
Biography
Nadine Wagener studied media studies and English literature/culture in her Bachelor's at the University of Paderborn and then completed her Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Media Studies at the University of Bielefeld. She then earned her doctorate in human-computer interaction (HCI) at the University of Bremen with a thesis on “Virtual reality applications for self-care and well-being.” As a postdoc, she moved to the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, where she researched multimodality and agency, and was a visiting researcher at Cornell Tech, New York, where she collaborated on projects at the interface of AI, collaboration, and healthcare. Since October 2025, she has been group leader of the Personal Pervasive Computing (PPC) group at OFFIS.

Her research interests lie particularly in the areas of technologies for health and well-being, productivity in the workplace, AI for recognizing patterns and trends in problematic smartphone use, FemTech, VR/AR for emotion regulation, and pervasive technologies for self-tracking.
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+49 441 9722-237

nadine.wagener(at)offis.de

https://hci.uni-oldenburg.de/team-details/nadine-wagener/

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Publications
of Dr.-Ing. Nadine Wagener

2025

Supporting Communication and Well-being with a Multi-Stakeholder Mobile App: Lessons Learned from a Field Study with ADHD Children and their Caregivers

Stefanidi, Evropi and Wagener, Nadine and Chatzakis, Ioannis and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Ntoa, Stavroula and Margetis, George and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.; May / 2025

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The 2x2 of Being Me and You: How the Combination of Self and Other Avatars and Movements Alters How We Reflect on Ourselves in VR

Dietz, Dennis and Rogers, Samuel Benjamin and Rasch, Julian and Sakel, Sophia and Wagener, Nadine and Butz, Andreas Martin and Hoppe, Matthias; Proceedings of the 2025 31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology; 2025

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The Self-Care Technology Process Model (SCTpm): A Framework for Designing VR-Based Self-Care Technology

Wagener, Nadine and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference; 2025

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TogetherReflect: Supporting Emotional Expression in Couples Through a Collaborative Virtual Reality Experience

Wagener, Nadine and Albensoeder, Daniel Christian and Reicherts, Leon and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; 2025

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2024

DIY Digital Interventions: Behaviour Change with Trigger-Action Programming

Scott, Ava Elizabeth and Reicherts, Leon and Purohit, Aditya Kumar and Hossain, Elahi and Stefanidi, Evropi and Wagener, Nadine and Schöning, Johannes and Rogers, Yvonne and Holzer, Adrian; Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.; September / 2024

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Exploring Mobile Devices as Haptic Interfaces for Mixed Reality

Stellmacher, Carolin and Mathis, Florian and Weiss, Yannick and Loerakker, Meagan B. and Wagener, Nadine and Schöning, Johannes; Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; 2024

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Light Me Up! Ambient Light Increases Heart Rate and Perceived Exertion during High-Intensity Virtual Reality Exergaming

Wagener, Nadine and Dänekas, Bastian and Loerakker, Meagan B. and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Niess, Jasmin; Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction; 2024

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Mind Mansion: Exploring Metaphorical Interactions to Engage with Negative Thoughts in Virtual Reality

Rasch, Julian and Zender, Michelle Johanna and Sakel, Sophia and Wagener, Nadine; Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference; 2024

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MoodShaper: A Virtual Reality Experience to Support Managing Negative Emotions

Wagener, Nadine and Kiesewetter, Arne and Reicherts, Leon and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Schöning, Johannes and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference; 2024

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TeenWorlds: Supporting Emotional Expression for Teenagers with their Parents and Peers through a Collaborative VR Experience

Stefanidi, Evropi and Wagener, Nadine and Augsten, Dustin and Augsten, Andy and Reicherts, Leon and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Schöning, Johannes and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology; 2024

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2023

SelVReflect: A Guided VR Experience Fostering Reflection on Personal Challenges

Wagener, Nadine and Reicherts, Leon and Zargham, Nima and Bartłomiejczyk, Natalia and Scott, Ava Elizabeth and Wang, Katherine and Bentvelzen, Marit and Stefanidi, Evropi and Mildner, Thomas and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; 2023

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VeatherReflect: Employing Weather as Qualitative Representation of Stress Data in Virtual Reality

Wagener, Nadine and Bentvelzen, Marit and Dänekas, Bastian and Wozniak, Paweł W. and Niess, Jasmin; Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference; 2023

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2022

Mood Worlds: A Virtual Environment for Autonomous Emotional Expression

Wagener, Nadine and Niess, Jasmin and Rogers, Yvonne and Schöning, Johannes; Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; 2022

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2021

The Role of Mobile and Virtual Reality Applications to Support Well-Being: An Expert View and Systematic App Review

Wagener, Nadine and Duong, Tu Dinh and Schöning, Johannes and Rogers, Yvonne and Niess, Jasmin; Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2021; 2021

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2020

Investigating Effects and User Preferences of Extra- and Intradiegetic Virtual Reality Questionnaires

Wagener, Nadine and Stamer, Mareike and Schöning, Johannes and Tümler, Johannes; Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology; 2020

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