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Kate Blomgren Caterina Blomgren

PhD student asking uncomfortable questions

I'm a PhD student at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, focusing on the sociotechnical dimensions of HCI, the entanglement of systems and power, and using critical reflections to examine how technical systems affect people.

My Research Outputs
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Kate Blomgren

  • Critical Researcher,
  • Mother of Cats,
  • Disturber of Systems,
  • Accidental Island Dweller,
  • Reader of Footnotes and Between the Lines,
  • Crocheter of Things That Probably Don't Need Crocheting,
  • Translator of Technical Things into Human Problems,
  • Occasional Saver of Zelda,
  • and Personally Appointed Chauffeur of the Passenger Princess
Feminist Theory
Devil Cats
Epistemologies
Cozy Games
Socio-Technical Systems
Chaotic Puppy Energy
Data & Power
Karaoke Nights
Constructivism
Never-Ending Crochet
Knowledge Creation
90s Comfort Series
Situated Challenges
Passenger Princess Driving

Latest outputs

Challenges and Opportunities for Giving Credit in Science Museums

Socio-technical Aspects and Opportunities for Research in Science Museums

Kate Blomgren

giCentre Seminar, City St George's, University of London, 2026

Challenges and Opportunities for Giving Credit in Science Museums

Kate Blomgren

WASP Study Trip to the North of the UK, 2026

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Seminar announcement or presentation image for a talk by Kate Blomgren at the giCentre, City St George's, University of London.

giCentre Seminar at City St George's, University of London

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April 27, 2026
Group photo of WASP PhD students during a study trip in the north of the UK.

WASP Study Trip to the North of the UK

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April 26, 2026
WASP Winter Conference in Örebro

WASP Winter Conference in Örebro

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January 14, 2026
VIS conference in Vienna

First VIS Conference in Vienna

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November 3, 2025
Gotland Game Conference 2025

Jury Member at Gotland Game Conference

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June 10, 2025
WASP Winter Conference in Norrköping

WASP Winter Conference in Norrköping

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January 15, 2025
Presentation at Skövde Game Conference

Speaker at Skövde Game Conference

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October 4, 2024
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Things I may or may not have done

Three statements about me.
Two are true, one is not.
You can decide which is which.

(this was not part of the plan)

A surprisingly large portion of my life has been spent surrounded by sea.

TRUE

I have lived both in the UK and on Gotland, which unintentionally adds up to a significant part of my life spent on islands.

(I stand by them)

Medical professionals would likely question some of my household decisions.

TRUE

I am allergic to cats, but I live with them anyway.

(some ideas deserve a larger stage)

My research has reached dome-theatre proportions.

FALSE

I have not presented my research in a planetarium — though it does sound like something I would gladly do.

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