An Ethics and Information Technology article examining dark patterns through four dimensions of autonomy: agency, freedom of choice, control and independence.
A CHI 2026 paper mapping dark patterns to deception, manipulation and the distortion or impairment of choice, and identifying the design factors involved.
A Design and Culture article reviewing the concept of autonomy and exploring its use in service design through case studies of services for older people.
GOV.UK Service Manual guidance on informed, voluntary participation: participant information, consent records and the right to withdraw.
Department for Education user research guidance on gathering, confirming and recording consent, including checking that people still agree as a session goes on.
UKRI and ESRC research ethics guidance on contextual vulnerability and actively given, informed consent, including the problem of passive or gatekeeper assent.
Other topics
- Service blueprinting
- Journey mapping
- User research
- Discovery
- Stakeholder mapping
- Co-design
- Prototyping
- Public sector
- Health
- Systems thinking
- Systemic design
- Participatory design
- Design research
- Service organisations
- Professional practice
- Introductions
- Policy
- Futures
- Measurement
- Service standards
- Collaboration
- Education
- Power dynamics
- Design ethics
- Research ethics and consent
- Interviewing
- Memory and evaluation
- Dark patterns
- Culture and context
- Inclusion