About Intel Labs PaPR

OUR PROGRAMS explore fundamental paradigms and phenomena of everyday life to help Intel think critically about how people, practices, and institutions matter to technological innovation and to conceive of provocative experiences in the future.

We use social science methods, qualitative and quantitative, to generate insights, models and demonstrations that help reframe 'what matters' to internal and external partners. We are developing capabilities in design in order to provide Intel with a unique perspective on what's possible today, tomorrow and in the coming years.

PaPR researchers and designers are working on topics that include the global production of consumers, plastic time in mobile technology use, national differences in technology metabolism, and new perspectives on confrontational computing. We have led innovation activities for Intel's business units. The contents of this brochure present some of the highlights.

PaPR & Intel Labs
Our home in the Intel Oregon Research Center places us within a community of research labs tasked with conducting highly innovative and disruptive programs for Intel. Our internal partners at Intel include the Intel Research Network of Labs, other research and development groups within Intel Labs, and Intel's business units. We have close ties with the academic community forged through program collaborations, publications, conferences and seminars.

A Brief History
In 1997, Intel hired several social scientists to form People and Practices Research. These researchers engaged the techniques of social science and design in order develop deep understanding of how people live and work and to draw out implications of the research for corporate strategy and technology development. Today, there are over 40 social scientists and designers at Intel.