Ask HN: Research into GUI programming

I've observed that the default choice of data structures in a programming language makes a huge difference in how the language works in practice - C arrays vs Python dicts vs Clojure maps for example. I know that the language designers have developed a body of research into high performance, flexible data structures.

Where should I look to find similar research for creating GUIs? It is easy to find implementations, but what do I look for to find the more fundamental concepts?