Funded Projects
CURRENT PROJECTS
SUS-IT
Sustaining IT use in older people. New Dynamics of Ageing project.
Interactive Newsprint
A new platform for community news display. EPSRC Research in the Wild, Digital Economy Programme.
Community-Generated Media for the Next Billion
How social-media sharing systems should be designed and deployed to benefit many billions of people.
University of the Village
How should rural communities connect with universities? AHRC Connected Communities pilot project.
Genealogies of place
Engaging the future by connecting with the past through story, archive and new technology. AHRC Connected Communities network.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
LUCID: Learning, understanding and communication about information design.
AHRC network.
Bespoke
Increasing social inclusion through citizen journalism and bespoke design. EPSRC Digital Economy project.
Big Society Research
A roadmap for big society research and impact. AHRC Connected Communities network.
Storybank
EPSRC-funded project supporting audo-visual story sharing in an Indian village community.
ForgottenImages
Kodak funded project examining the triggers and patterns for photo re-use in the home.
Cross-Media Communication
BT and DTI funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
Sonic Interventions
Microsoft-funded project on the character and management of the domestic soundscape.
Teen Use of Mobiles
A Vodafone-funded study of the use of mobile phones by 11-16 year olds.
Weegie
Community storytelling on the audiophoto desk. EPSRC Leonardo Network project.
ARCHIVED PROJECTS
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
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
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
Interactive Digital TV
Designing an electronic product guide - for the BBC
Guernsey Benchmarks
An investigation into web site usability for the Bailiwick of Guernsey
EICSTES : An analysis of navigation tools for web commerce & data production
a Fifth Framework EU Project
Interactive Kiosks
A project for ICL (now Fujitsu)
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