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I am PostDoc in Human-Computer Interaction at LMU Munich and the University of Mannheim.
I conduct research on the intersection of computer science and the social sciences. Information systems that provide reliable information to citizens and allow constructive discourse are essential for our societal structure. In my work, I investigate how our digital technologies affect our society, and propose how we can design information systems that contribute to a healthy society.

2026
Catch the Phish: A Gamified Public Display to Encourage Anti-Phishing Behaviors Artikel
In: PerDis'26, 2026, ISBN: 979-8-4007-2513-5/26/03.
Interactive Public Displays for Everyday Security: The Case of Software Updates Artikel
In: PerDis'26, 2026, ISBN: 979-8-4007-2513-5/26/03.
2025
European Users' In-Depth Privacy Concerns with Smartphone Data Collection Besondere Erwähnung Artikel
In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Bd. 9, Nr. 5, 2025.
Rethinking News and Media System Design Towards Positive Societal Implications Artikel
In: Workshop on News Futures @ CHI 2025, 2025.
Contextualizing Smartphone-Typed Language With User Input Intention Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Mensch Und Computer 2025, S. 520–526, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2025, ISBN: 9798400715822.
Workshop on Societal Effects of AI in Mobile Social Media Proceedings Article
In: Adjunct Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2025, ISBN: 9798400719707.
2024
The Impact of Data Privacy on Users‘ Smartphone App Adoption Decisions Proceedings Article
In: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
Privacy Slider: Fine-Grain Privacy Control for Smartphones Proceedings Article
In: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2024.
Privacy Preserving User Quantification with Smartphone Sensing Promotionsarbeit
2024.
2023
A Mixed-Method Exploration into the Mobile Phone Rabbit Hole Artikel
In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Bd. 7, Nr. MHCI, 2023.
User-Centered Privacy to Improve User Quantification using Smartphone Sensing Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery, Athens, Greece, 2023, ISBN: 9781450399241.
Exploring Data-Driven Approaches to Support Depression Therapy Proceedings Article
In: CHI’23 workshop on Intelligent Data-Driven Health Interfaces (2023-04-23). Online, Hamburg, Germany. https://sven-mayer. com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sakel2023exploring. pdf, 2023.
Snapshots of daily life: Situations investigated through the lens of smartphone sensing. Artikel
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Bd. 125, Nr. 6, S. 1442, 2023.
User-Centered Sustainable Technology Design: A Reflection on Human-Computer Interaction Research for a Sustainable Society (Extended Abstract) Proceedings Article
In: ICT for Sustainability, 2023.
2022
The Influence of Transparency and Control on the Willingness of Data Sharing in Adaptive Mobile Apps Artikel
In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Bd. 6, Nr. MHCI, 2022.
Interaction Challenges for N-Of-One Experiments based on Mobile Sensing Data Proceedings Article
In: CHI’22 Workshop: Grand Challenges in Personal Informatics and AI, Online, 2022.
Mobile sensing in psychological and educational research: Examples from two application fields Artikel
In: International Journal of Testing, Bd. 22, Nr. 3-4, S. 264-288, 2022.
Latest Posts
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5 Take-Aways From My Dissertation That You Should Know
In summer 2024, I finally handed in my dissertation, after 5 years of research on privacy in human-computer interaction, as well as many more or less related topics. 331 pages, 11 incorporated research projects – lets be honest, nobody will ever read all of this. Thus, lets point out my main findings here in this […]
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LanguageLogger: How to Study Smartphone Language Use in the Wild with an Android Keyboard App
The words people type into their smartphone everyday can tell a lot about their personality, mood, relation to the person they are texting with, and much more. This makes data of real-world language use a valuable source for researchers in many fields — psychology, sociology, human-computer interaction — to name just a few. But this […]