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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 
Angenius, M., Ghajargar, M. (2023). Interactive Journaling with AI: Probing into Words and Language as Interaction Design Materials. In A. Følstad, T. Araujo, S. Papadopoulos, E. L.-C. Law, E. Luger, M. Goodwin, & P. B. Brandtzaeg (Eds.), Chatbot Research and Design (pp. 150–170). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25581-6_10
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell J., Lagerkvist, L. (2022). A Redhead Walks into a Bar: Experiences of Writing Fiction with Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 13th ACM MindTrek, International Technology Conference, Tampere, Finland. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569219.3569418
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J. (2022). Learning About Plant Intelligence from a Flying Plum Tree: Music Recommendations and Posthuman User Experience. Proceedings of the 13th ACM MindTrek, International Technology Conference, Tampere, Finland. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569219.3569388
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J. (2022). Making AI Understandable by Making it Tangible: Exploring the Design Space with Ten Concept Cards. Proceedings of the 34th ACM Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI’22). ACM, New York, NY, USA. (print-ready file of concept cards)
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J., Smith Renner, A., Höök, K., Gall Krogh, P. (2022). Graspable AI: Physical Forms as Explanation Modality for Explainable AI. In Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’22). ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3490149.3503666
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J., Smith Renner, A., Gall Krogh, P., Höök, K., Cuartielles, D., Boer, L., Wiberg, M. (2021). From ”Explainable AI” to ”Graspable AI”. In Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’21), February 14–17, 2021, Salzburg, Austria. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3442704
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J. (2021). Synthesis of Forms: Integrating Practical and Reflective Qualities in Design. In Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 1–12. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445232.
Lagerkvist L., Ghajargar M. (2020). Multiverse: Exploring Human Machine Learning Interaction Through Cybertextual Generative Literature. In 10th International Conference on the Internet of Things Companion (IoT ’20 Companion). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 1, 1–6. DOI:10.1145/3423423.3423424.
Ghajargar M., Persson, J. Bardzell, J., Holmberg, L., Tegen, A. (2020) The UX of Interactive Machine Learning. In Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 138, 1–3. DOI:10.1145/3419249.3421236.
Ghajargar M., De Marco A., Montagna F. (2017). Wise Things: when smart objects stimulate reflection, In proceeding of 11th IHCI conference, pp 233-238.
Ghajargar M.(2016). Designing connected artifacts for domestic environment: Reflections on the design processes and methodologies, National Forum of PhD students in Design, Venice, Italy. pp 95-103. Poligrafo. (original article in Italian).
Ghajargar M., Gargiulo E., Giannantonio R. (2015). Mobile Awareness: design for connectedness. In proceeding of MobileHCI’15, pp. 1038-1041. ACM.
Ghajargar M., Giannantonio R., Ghajargar M. (2015). Towards sustainable inclusion, fostering inclusive mobility behaviors through IoT. In proceeding of Include 2015 conference, London, UK. pp 5. RCA.
Ghajargar M., Zenezini G., Montanaro T. (2016). Home delivery services: innovations and emerging needs, In proceeding of 8th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management & Control. pp 1371-1376. Elsevier.
Zenezini G., Ghajargar M., Fiore E., De Marco A. (2016). The Smart Home Services Diffusion Process: A System Dynamics Diffusion Model, System Dynamics Society Conference.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J. (2019) What design education tells us about design theory: a pedagogical genealogy, Digital Creativity, DOI: 10.1080/14626268.2019.1677723.
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J. (2019) Synthesizing opposites: Technical rationality and pragmatism in design. The Design Journal, 22(sup1): 2031-2044. DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1594927.
Ghajargar M., Wiberg M. (2018) Thinking with Interactive Artifacts: Reflection as a Concept for Design Outcomes. Design Issues, 34(2): 48-63. MIT press. 10.1162/DESI_a_00485.
Ghajargar M. Wiberg M., Stolterman E. (2018) Designing IoT systems that support reflective thinking: a relational approach. International Journal of Design, 12(1), 21-35. PDF.
Ghajargar M., Mangano G., De Marco A., Giannantonio R. (2017) Design Thinking applied to data storage innovation: a case study. The Design Journal. 20(sup1): 3776-3788, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352881.
Ghajargar M., Gargiulo E., Longo L., Giannantonio R. (2017) Empathy Workshop: When Project team and Pilot Users Exchange Experiences. The Design Journal. 20(sup1): 3837-3848, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352887.

BOOK CHAPTERS 
Ghajargar M., Wiberg M., Stolterman E. (2019). Designing Places for Reflection: An Examination of Social IoT as a Relational Approach. In Social Internet of Things, Eds. Soro A., Bereton M., Roe P.Springer.
Rozendaal M., Ghajargar M., Pasman G., Wiberg M. (2018). Giving Form to Smart Objects: Exploring Intelligence as an Interaction Design Material. In New Directions in 3rd Wave HCI. Eds. Filimowicz M. and Tzankova, V. Springer.

WORKSHOP PAPERS 
Schröder, A. M., Ghajargar, M. (2021). Unboxing the Algorithm: Designing an Understandable Algorithmic Experience in Music Recommender Systems. Proceedings of the Perspectives on the Evaluation of Recommender Systems Workshop 2021. Co-Located with the 15th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2021). : Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 25, 2021.

MAGAZINE
Ghajargar, M., Bardzell, J., Smith-Renner, A., Krogh, P., Höök, K., Wiberg, M. (2022). Tangible XAI. ACM Interactions.
Ghajargar M. (2017). Toward intelligent environments: Supporting reflection with smart objects in the home. ACM interactions, 24(2): 60-62.

PhD DISSERTATION
Ghajargar, M. (2018). Designing Tools for Reflection: A Concept-Driven Approach. PhD dissertation, Politecnico di Torino, 10.6092/polito/porto/2702550.