Research studies involving human participants present challenges, including strict ethical considerations, participant recruitment, costs, and many human factors. While human-computer interaction researchers are familiar with these challenges and current solutions, expert-centred studies can be even more challenging in ways that researchers may not anticipate. This issue is particularly important as research grants are increasingly based on practical and real-world problems, which necessitate close collaboration with experts. In this paper, we reflect on and discuss the challenges, solutions, and specific requirements that arose during our expert-centred studies conducted over three years of a PhD study exploring immersive forensic investigation.
@article{arxiv.2512.15220,
title = {Lessons Learnt from Expert-Centred Studies Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Immersive Forensic Investigation},
author = {Vahid Pooryousef and Tim Dwyer and Richard Bassed and Maxime Cordeil and Lonni Besançon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.15220},
year = {2025}
}