Journal Articles

Sabiescu, A (2025) Constructing choice biographies: Aspirational pathways and educational choices of young Roma migrants, Educazione Interculturale, 23(1), pp.43-55, DOI: 10.6092/issn.2420-8175/21489.

Sabiescu, A (2020) Living Archives and The Social Transmission of Memory, Curator: The Museum Journal, 63(4), pp.497-510, ISSN: 0011-3069. DOI: 10.1111/cura.12384.

van Zyl, I and Sabiescu, A (2020) Toward intersubjective ethics in community-based research, Community Development, pp.1-20, ISSN: 1557-5330. DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1777178.

Sabiescu, A, de Moor, A, Memarovic, N (2019) Opening up the culture black box in community technology design, AI and Society, 34(3), pp.393-402, ISSN: 0951-5666. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-019-00904-z.

Vannini, S, Nemer, D, Halabi, A, Sabiescu, A, Cumbula, SD (2017) Critical incidents analysis: Mismatching expectations and reconciling visions in intercultural encounters, Journal of Community Informatics, 13(2), ISSN: 1712-4441.

Lorini, MR, Sabiescu, A, Memarovic, N (2017) Collective digital storytelling in community- based co-design projects: An emergent approach, Journal of Community Informatics, 13(1), pp.109-136, ISSN: 1712-4441.

van Zyl, I and Sabiescu, A (2016) Symbolic narratives and the role of meaning: Encountering technology in South African primary education, The African Journal of Information and Communication, (18), pp.0-0, ISSN: 2077-7205. DOI: 10.23962/10539/21654.

Rey-Moreno, C, Sabiescu, AG, Masbulele, JS, Tucker, WD (2015) Local Ownership, Exercise of Ownership and Moving from Passive to Active Entitlement: A practice-led inquiry on a rural community network, Journal of Community Informatics, 11(2), ISSN: 1712-4441.

Halabi, A, Sabiescu, AG, David, S, Vannini, S, Nemer, D (2015) From Exploration to Design: Aligning Intentionality in Community Informatics Projects, Journal of Community Informatics, 11(3), ISSN: 1712-4441.

Bladergroen, M, Bytheway, A, Cantoni, L, Chigona, W, Pucciarelli, M, Sabiescu, AG (2014) “I can’t fall behind!” Aspirations, Technology and Becoming a Teacher in South Africa, South African Computer Journal, 54, ISSN: 1015-7999. DOI: 10.18489/sacj.v54i0.235.

Sabiescu, AG (2014) Towards a framework for the design of socio-technical environments for intergenerational learning in community settings, FORMAZIONE & INSEGNAMENTO. Rivista internazionale di Scienze dell'educazione e della formazione, 12(2), pp.143-158, ISSN: 1973-4778.

Rubegni, E and Sabiescu, AG (2014) Integrating digital storytelling in formal educational settings: a design framework, International Journal of Arts and Technology, 7(1), pp.55-55, ISSN: 1754-8853. DOI: 10.1504/ijart.2014.058943.

Di Blas, N, Paolini, P, Sabiescu, A (2010) Collective digital storytelling at school as a whole-class interaction, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, pp.11-19, DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810546.

Conferences

Vermeeren, APOS, Calvi, L, Sabiescu, A, Trocchianesi, R, Stuedahl, D, Giaccardi, E (2016) Involving the crowd in future museum experience design. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, San Jose, California, United States, pp.3347-3354, ISBN: 9781450340823. DOI: 10.1145/2851581.2856482.

He, HA, Memarovic, N, Sabiescu, A, de Moor, A (2015) CulTech2015. In C&T '15: Communities and Technologies 2015, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, pp.153-156, DOI: 10.1145/2768545.2768561.

Sabiescu, AG, David, S, Van Zyl, I, Cantoni, L (2014) Emerging spaces in community-based participatory design: Reflections from two case studies. In , ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp.1-10, DOI: 10.1145/2661435.26614461.

Sabiescu, A, van Zyl, I, Pucciarelli, M, Cantoni, L, Bytheway, A, Chigona, W, Tardini, S (2013) Changing mindsets. In ICTD 2013: International conference on information and communication technologies and development, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2, pp.136-139, DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517927.

Sabiescu, AG and Memarovic, N (2013) Participatory Design for Cultural Representation: A Cultural Transparency Perspective. In , pp.611-618, ISBN: 9783642404979. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_52.

Di Blas, N, Paolini, P, Sabiescu, A (2010) Collective digital storytelling at school as a whole-class interaction. In , Proceedings of Idc2010 the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, pp.11-19, DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810546.

Di Blas, N, Paolini, P, Rubegni, E, Sabiescu, A (2010) Equipping higher education students with media literacy skills. In 2010 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2010), 2010 IEEE International Professional Comunication Conference, pp.30-37, DOI: 10.1109/ipcc.2010.5529810.

Garzotto, F, Paolini, P, Sabiescu, A (2010) Interactive storytelling for children. In IDC '10: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, pp.356-359, DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810613.

Rubegni, E, Di Blas, N, Paolini, P, Sabiescu, A (2010) A format to design narrative multimedia applications for cultural heritage communication. In SAC'10: The 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp.1238-1239, DOI: 10.1145/1774088.1774350.

Di Blas, N, Garzotto, F, Paolini, P, Sabiescu, A (2009) Digital Storytelling as a Whole-Class Learning Activity: Lessons from a Three-Years Project. In , pp.14-25, ISBN: 9783642106422. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10643-9_5.

Rubegni, E, Sabiescu, A, Paolini, P (2008) OneThousandAndOneStories. In ECCE08: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: the ergonomics of cool interaction, pp.1-2, DOI: 10.1145/1473018.1473042.

Books

Whatley, S, Cisneros, RK, Sabiescu, AG (ed) (Accepted for publication) Digital Echoes: Spaces for Intangible and Performance-based Cultural Heritage, Palgrave, ISBN: 978-3319738161.

Vermeeren, A, Calvi, L, Sabiescu, A (2018) Museum Experience Design Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies, Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 9783319585505. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5.

Chapters

Sabiescu, A, Calvi, L, Vermeeren, A (2026) Introduction: Transformative Museum Experiences at a Time of Transformation. In Springer Series on Cultural Computing, pp.1-23, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89521-0_1.

de Melo, AT, de Carvalho, CP, Ribeiro, R, Huhmarniemi, M, Taylor, A, Latvala-Harvilahti, P, Šešić, MD, Murphy, R, Sarantou, M, Sabiescu, A, Martos, T, Sallay, V, Berbel-Gómez, N, Cabedo-Mas, A (2025) WELLBEING AND EVERYDAY SHARED EXPERIENCES OF BEAUTY IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES: Promoting social and aesthetic justice through everyday arts and culture. In Routledge International Handbook of Wellbeing Arts Arts and Everyday Aesthetics as Positive Psychology Interventions, pp.87-98, DOI: 10.4324/9781032637297-11.

Sabiescu, A (2020) Context-responsiveness. In J, T and T, T (ed) Communicating for Change. Concepts to Think With, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.85-97, ISBN: 9783030425128. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42513-5_8.

Whatley, S, Cisneros, RK, Sabiescu, A (2018) Introduction. In Unknown Parent Title, pp.1-7, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73817-8_1.

Sabiescu, AG and Charatzopoulou, K (2018) The Museum as Ecosystem and Museums in Learning Ecosystems. In Vermeeren, A, Calvi, L, Sabiescu, AG (ed) Museum Experience Design Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies, Springer, pp.325-345, ISBN: 9783319585505. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5.

Sabiescu, AG (2018) A Critical Reflection on Three Paradigms in Museum Experience Design. In Vermeeren, A, Calvi, L, Sabiescu, A (ed) Museum Experience Design Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies, Springer, pp.259-276, ISBN: 9783319585505. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5.

Sabiescu, AG (2018) Problematising heritage crafts authorship and ownership: Steps towards the intellectual property protection of the traditional Romanian blouse. In Brown, AEL and Waelde, C (ed) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.183-198, ISBN: 978 1 78643 116 5. DOI: 10.4337/9781786431172.

Vermeeren, APOS, Calvi, L, Sabiescu, A, Trocchianesi, R, Stuedahl, D, Giaccardi, E, Radice, S (2018) Future Museum Experience Design: Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies. In Springer Series on Cultural Computing, Springer International Publishing, pp.1-16, ISBN: 9783319585499. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5_1.

Sabiescu, A and Charatzopoulou, K (2018) The Museum as Ecosystem and Museums in Learning Ecosystems. In Springer Series on Cultural Computing, Springer International Publishing, pp.325-345, ISBN: 9783319585499. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5_16.

Sabiescu, A (2018) A Critical Reflection on Three Paradigms in Museum Experience Design. In Springer Series on Cultural Computing, Springer International Publishing, pp.259-276, ISBN: 9783319585499. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58550-5_13.

Sabiescu, AG, Woolley, M, Cummings, K, Prins, J, Forbes, N (2017) Online Maker Communities: Craft and New Spaces of Engagement with Cultural Heritage. In Ciolfi, L, Damala, A, Hornecker, E, Lechner, M, Maye, L (ed) Cultural Heritage Communities Technologies and Challenges, Routledge, pp.38-59, ISBN: 9781315522418. DOI: 10.4324/9781315522456.

Whatley, S and Sabiescu, AG (2016) Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Creation of Digital Dance and Performance: A Critical Examination. In Borowiecki, K, Forbes, N, Fresa, A (ed) Cultural Heritage in a Changing World, Springer, pp.17-35, ISBN: 9783319295442.

Rey-Moreno, C, Sabiescu, AG, Masbulele, JS (2015) Towards Self-sustaining Community Networks in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: Understanding local ownership. In Steyn, J and van Greunen, D (ed) ICTs for Inclusive Communities in Developing Societies, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.144-165, ISBN: 9781443886260.

Sabiescu, A (2015) Narratives and counter-narratives in the representation of The Other. The case of the Romani ethnic minority. In At the Intersection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Technology Design, Informing Science, pp.67-87, ISBN: 9781932886993.

Maiorani, A, Jones, C, Starc, S (2015) Introduction. In Meaning Making in Text: Multimodal and Multilingual Functional Perspectives, Palgrave, pp.1-4.

Reports

Tacchi, J, Sabiescu, A, Gordano, C (2019) Communicative ecologies in adult education, Tampere University, ISBN: 9789520313968.

Sabiescu, A (Accepted for publication) The art of (re) engaging the young learner: insights from informal learning workshops run by the V&A Museum.

Sabiescu, A (Accepted for publication) Developing aspirations through social assemblages: towards a conceptual model.

Sabiescu, A (Accepted for publication) Museums and young people’s creative career choices: young people profiles and information needs.

Sabiescu, A and Zajzon, N (Accepted for publication) Aspirations mapping and participatory photography.

Sabiescu, A (Accepted for publication) Aspirations mapping and communicative ecologies.

Sabiescu, A and Zajzon, N (Accepted for publication) Museums and young people’s creative careers.

Other

Sabiescu, A, Zajzon, N, Rega, I, Ling Hou, H (Accepted for publication) Connect2Aspire Aspirations Mapping Toolkit, The Connect2Aspire Aspirations Mapping Toolkit has been designed to support research and engaged practice with young people finding themselves at a crossroads, having to make choices that will define the rest of their life and career pathways: young people in transition. The toolkit places the young person at its centre, focusing on an inner determinant that can function simultaneously as a beacon, a vehicle, and a driver for learning, life, and career development: life and career aspirations. As a psychological construct, aspirations are more than wishes, dreams, or distant and abstract goals. They emerge at the intersection between what a person wilfully seeks to attain and their understanding of their own capacity to move towards it. This understanding is accompanied by growing awareness of what needs to be built or shaped along the way, such as skills, competences, social networks, and access to opportunities. From this perspective, aspirations are not simply discovered; they are progressively crystallised and constructed. Grounded in a youth-centred approach, the toolkit is designed to foster awareness of aspirations and to support reflexive engagement with them, enabling young people to articulate, interrogate, and shape their futures.Who is this toolkit for?The toolkit addresses researchers and practitioners whose work involves supporting young people across a range of fields, including career development, education, social care, communication for social change, and related areas. Practice-based researchers may draw on the toolkit to develop novel, richer data collection protocols for investigating the relationships between aspirations, communication, and creative engagement. The materials provided offer applied guidance for conducting aspirations mapping workshops alongside theoretical insight to support data analysis, drawing on the multidisciplinary body of theory surrounding aspirations research. Practitioners will find a series of ready-to-use templates for facilitating aspirations mapping workshops with young people. These materials can be adapted to suit specific contexts, groups, and objectives.Across both research and practice, the toolkit design is underpinned by a commitment to knowledge generation that integrates participant youth reflexivity. As a research tool, the kit adopts a practice-based approach, using workshops and creative engagement techniques to generate rich, reflective data on young people’s aspirations. As a practice tool, it incorporates a knowledge-generating component that can deepen understanding of the forms of support young people require as they are supported to advance towards their aspirations and goals.Toolkit contentsThe toolkit consists of three stand-alone components, each offering a distinct strategy for engaging young people in aspirations mapping:(1) Aspirations mapping through creative expression: explores the reflexive and expressive potential of participatory photography and zine-making as tools for articulating and reflecting on aspirations.(2) Aspirations mapping and communicative ecologies: Focuses on the role of media, communication, and social networking in shaping aspirations, while also examining how social connections can support young people in crystallising and pursuing their goals.(3) Mapping pathways to creative careers: Supports young people interested in creative careers to reflect on relevant skills, opportunities, and pathways into creative sectors, ideally facilitated through engagement with creative practitioners and employers.Each component includes guidance and resources for both research and application. Research materials comprise working papers that outline the theoretical foundations of each strand and reflective briefs derived from workshops conducted within the Connect2Aspire project.Application materials provide structured guidance and downloadable resources for workshop-based engagement, including personal boards, zines or careers maps, facilitation cards, and workshop guides, all designed to be adaptable to different settings.Credits and acknowledgmentsThis toolkit was created within the framework of the AHRC ECR Leadership Fellowship Connect2Aspire: Cultural Engagements and Young People’s Professional Aspirations, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/S004424/1).Conceptual direction and research leadership: Dr Amalia G. Sabiescu Research collaborator: Professor Isabella RegaExperience and graphic design: Dr Noémi Zajzon Experience and graphic design for the creative careers strand: Dr Holly Ling Hou The toolkit design has been informed by research conducted with project partners, including Victoria and Albert Museum; Bournemouth University; The Roma Project (Coventry); and Coventry Boys and Girls Club (Coventry).© the authors.