Archive Projects
DWRC has completed projects investigating how people communicate, live, play, shop and work. The projects listed below are organised thematically - Communicate | Live | Play | Shop | Work. (under construction)
Communicate - by mobile and other methods
Communicating Uncertainty : An investigation into mobile telecom health risks sponsored by Mobile Telecoms and Health Research Programme
The Social Shaping of 3G : Studies for the UMTS Forum
Vodafone Surrey Scholar : Sponsored by Vodafone
How much can I afford to spend on my mobile? : Sponsored by Vodafone
STEMPEC : The Socio-Technical Shaping of Multimedia Personal Communications: a DTI LINK project
Live - Technology in the home, health issues
Orange Smart House : A project looking into smart homes for Orange
Chameleon : Understanding and improving the design, deployment and use of electronic health records – sponsored by the EPSRC
Communicating Uncertainty : An investigation into mobile telecom health risks sponsored by Mobile Telecoms and Health Research Programme
Paper-mail : The future of paper-mail in the digital age - for the Post Office
Users, Spaces, Times : Investigating information usability - for Lloyds TSB, the Post Office and ICL (now Fujitsu)
ASSIST : Achieving Sustainability through Substitutive Information Society Technologies: a Fifth Framework EU Project
Play - Entertainment, games, broadcast media
Interactive Digital TV : Designing an electronic product guide - for the BBC
Users, Spaces, Times : Investigating information usability - for Lloyds TSB, the Post Office and ICL (now Fujitsu)
Shop - E-commerce and economic issues
Guernsey Benchmarks : An investigation into web site usability for the Bailiwick of Guernsey
How much can I afford to spend on my mobile? : Sponsored by Vodafone
EICSTES : An analysis of navigation tools for web commerce & data production - a Fifth Framework EU Project
Users and Spaces, Times : Investigating information usability - for Lloyds TSB, the Post Office and ICL (now Fujitsu)
Interactive Kiosks : A project for ICL (now Fujitsu)
Work - Work methods and processes
Chameleon : Understanding and improving the design, deployment and use of electronic health records – sponsored by the EPSRC
SEIN : An analysis of how self-organising Innovation Networks operate - a Fourth Framework EU Project
BOWMAN : A report for the National Audit Office on the introduction of the MOD’s Project BOWMAN
Digital Remastering : Information re-use in knowledge work: a project for Hewlett-Packard
COMMORG : Organisational Consequences of E-mail Introduction, Adoption and Diffusion: a Fifth Framework EU Project