SHARE Lab
Management Science and Engineering, University of Waterloo.
Carl A. Pollock Hall
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON
The SHARE Lab (Social and Human-centered AI for Reimagined Engagement) at the University of Waterloo is led by Prof. Sharon Ferguson, and focuses on enabling successful human-human collaboration through thoughtful technology design. We conduct research at the intersection of the Future of Work, Human-AI Interaction, and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.
Prof. Ferguson an Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and is associated with the Future of Work Institute, the Games Institute and the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. She completed her Bachelors and PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, supervised by Dr. Alison Olechowski.
We are always looking for enthusiastic students to join our lab! If you are interested, please fill out the interest form.
Areas of Interest Human-Computer Interaction | Flexible Working Practices | Collaboration and Teamwork | Collaboration Technology | Enterprise Communication Platforms | Artificial Intelligence | Engineering Education
news
| Oct 12, 2025 | Sharon will be at CSCW 2025 in Bergen, Norway supporting the presentation of Marjan’s work: Two Sides to Every Story: Exploring Hybrid Design Teams’ Perceptions of Psychological Safety on Slack |
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| Jul 15, 2025 | Sharon received a Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed Grant from the University of Waterloo to continue investigating student persistence in Artificial Intelligence. |
| May 26, 2025 | In collaboration with Dr. Anastasia Kuzminykh and Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Sharon led a workshop entitled ``The Role of AI-Empowered Machine Subjectivity in HCI Tasks’’ at the 2025 Graphics Interface Conference in Kelowna, BC. |
| Apr 26, 2025 | Our paper, “Matter of Perspective(s): Contrasting Human and LLM Argumentation in Subjective Decision-Making on Subtle Sexism” was published at CHI 2025, and presented in Yokohama, Japan by Paula Akemi Aoyagui. |
| Jan 01, 2025 | Sharon officially started as an Assistant Professor in Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo! |