Belen Pena
Lecturer at Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design - City, University of London
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBelén Pena is a lecturer and interaction designer with over a decade of experience crafting usable software across web, mobile, embedded systems and open source projects. Her work blends hands-on prototyping, lean user research and a pragmatic “make do” ethos that enables design in resource-constrained environments, which led her to create the DIY Mobile Usability Testing project. She has led UX for complex technical ecosystems—from the Yocto Project at Intel to privacy-preserving digital currency Taler—and advises on design for developer tools and IoT. Active in the open-source design community and FOSDEM, she pairs academic research (PhD in HCI) with industry practice, having supported startups, government bodies and research labs. Based in the UK, she is known for translating deep technical constraints into simple, testable experiences and making design processes transparent and accessible.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Information Systems & Information Technology, BSc, Information Systems & Information Technology at Technological University DublinBA, Journalism, BA, Journalism at University of NavarraDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction at Northumbria UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceGraduate Diploma, Information Technology, Graduate Diploma, Information Technology at Dublin City University
Github Skills (34)
css10
open-source10
flask-application10
posters10
nextjs9
python7
accessibility6
group-chat5
patchwork5
clipboard5
journalism5
sarif4
freedesktop4
perl4
usability4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
belenbarrospena/me
Oct 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
belenbarrospena/no_design_without_research_lgm2019
May 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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