Felix A. Epp, Dr. Sci. (Tech)
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Career and Research Areas

Felix A. Epp is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Professorship of Societal Computing. A transdisciplinary design researcher, he studies how ideas shape interactive technologies. His work is defined by methodological agility, drawing on research through design, speculative design, codesign, and ethnography, and on bringing futures thinking into Human-computer Interaction and design.
His current research examines the political dimensions of interactive technologies as part of the Digital Ideologies project at the University of Helsinki. He earned his doctorate in Computer Science at Aalto University in 2023. At Aalto's Department of Design, Felix established himself as a design researcher, where, alongside his dissertation on the everyday identity practices with wearable technology, he developed futures methods such as Future Ripples during his postdoc. He holds a B.A. in Interactive Media Design and an M.A. in Media Direction from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, where he also taught from 2014–2017.
Throughout his career, Felix stayed in design practice and applied research, building web interfaces, room-scale installations, automotive interfaces, and wearables in agencies and industry, including the adidas Group, and at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology. Outside the university, Felix is at home across Europe and a longtime contributor to open-source communities.
Recent Publications (selection)
Epp, Felix Anand; Haapoja, Jesse; Nelimarkka, Matti; (2025). “Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right” Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), Volume 9, Issue 7 Article No.: CSCW365, Pages 1–24 https://doi.org/10.1145/3757546
Sanchez, Camilo; Wang, Sui; Savolainen, Kaisa; Epp, Felix Anand; Salovaara, Antti; (2025). “Let’s Talk Futures: A Literature Review of HCI’s Future Orientation” CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article No.: 487, Pages 1 - 36 https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713759
Epp, Felix Anand; Poikolainen Rosén, Anton; Salovaara, Antti; Sanchez, Camilo; (2024) “Uncertainties as Generative Resources in Research through Design” ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Volume 31, Issue 6 Article No.: 70, Pages 1 - 31 https://doi.org/10.1145/3689041
Further Information
For further information, please visit felix.science
Contact information
felix.epp(a)tum.de
+49 (0) 177 198 89 46