I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Science. My research has focused on designing, developing and evaluating tools that support health and wellbeing. I hold a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the Univeristy of Madeira, where I was the holder of a National PhD studentship awarded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Before moving to Lisbon, I worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente.

I often publish in top-tier venues in the field of HCI, such as CHI and Ubicomp. My full list of publications can be found on google scholar.

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Goals for Goal Setting: A Scoping Review on Personal Informatics
Tina Ekhtiar, Armagan Karahanoğlu, Rúben Gouveia, Geke Ludden.
DIS 2023 pdf
Honorable Mention (Top 5%)

This Watchface Fits with my Tattoos: Investigating Customisation Needs and Preferences in Personal Tracking
Rúben Gouveia, Daniel Epstein.
CHI 2023 pdf

Transitions in Personal Informatics: Investigating Self-Tracking During Moments of Change
Catrin Feron, Tina Ekhtiar, Rúben Gouveia.
NordiCHI 2022 pdf

Reflection During Goal Setting: An Analysis of Popular Personal Informatics Apps
Tina Ekhtiar, Rúben Gouveia, Armagan Karahanoğlu, Geke Ludden.
DRS 2022 pdf

How Are Sports-Trackers Used by Runners? Running-Related Data, Personal Goals, and Self-Tracking in Running.
Armagan Karahanoğlu, Rúben Gouveia, Jasper Reenalda, Geke Ludden
Sensors 2022 pdf | publisher

Activity Tracking in vivo
Rúben Gouveia, Evangelos Karapanos, Marc Hassenzahl
CHI 2018. pdf | talk slides | recording talk | publisher