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Five suggestions on how we can improve the way we Design for Health and how we communicate about it..
Five suggestions on how we can improve the way we Design for Health and how we communicate about it..
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Manage your Focus not your Time...for increased productivity
Manage your Focus not your Time...for increased productivity
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What I wish Early Career Staff knew about … career development and work-life balance
What I wish Early Career Staff knew about … career development and work-life balance
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Legacy and sustainability in design research: A global dialogue
Routledge
Creating a legacy after the project ends is a challenge for any research project, but it is one that poses a greater challenge for Global North researchers working in the Global South. On the one hand, many Global South research institutions still appear to lack capacity to self-sufficiently undertake research to translate findings into impact and policy. On the other, there have been far too many research projects that use practices of ‘parachuting’ researchers into Global South countries…
Creating a legacy after the project ends is a challenge for any research project, but it is one that poses a greater challenge for Global North researchers working in the Global South. On the one hand, many Global South research institutions still appear to lack capacity to self-sufficiently undertake research to translate findings into impact and policy. On the other, there have been far too many research projects that use practices of ‘parachuting’ researchers into Global South countries. These projects perform research work and fly the data out—with the results being learned only on publication. With more design researchers engaging in international project addressing global challenges in the Global South, this becomes a key consideration. This essay explores how, as design researchers operating in the Global South, we ensure embedded legacy and sustainability in our research project.
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The Little Book of Health Design in Latin America
Lancaster University
Health challenges require innovative solutions. This is where the power of design comes in.
The new Little Book of Design for Health in Latin America reveals how designers are tackling pressing healthcare needs across the region. Through 13 case studies, you’ll see examples of products, services, spaces, materials, tools, and education programs that are moving the needle on health equity and access.
For instance, in rural Colombia, an inexpensive neonatal transport…Health challenges require innovative solutions. This is where the power of design comes in.
The new Little Book of Design for Health in Latin America reveals how designers are tackling pressing healthcare needs across the region. Through 13 case studies, you’ll see examples of products, services, spaces, materials, tools, and education programs that are moving the needle on health equity and access.
For instance, in rural Colombia, an inexpensive neonatal transport incubator is enabling life-saving referrals. Meanwhile, designers in Peru completely reimagined a chaotic public healthcare center to improve efficiency. Other case studies showcase antimicrobial copper-infused papers to prevent infection transmission, and emergency emotional wellbeing kits for those experiencing trauma.
From large-scale health systems to everyday products, these projects demonstrate design’s versatility in strengthening health infrastructure throughout Latin America. But they also highlight pressing gaps that remain, from neonatal care to chronic disease management.
By sharing challenges and solutions across contexts, this Little Book promotes cross-pollination of knowledge across borders. It inspires designers to apply their skills towards Latin America’s unique healthcare needs. And it shows how design research methodologies like co-creation are engendering grassroots, context-appropriate innovation.
The editors issue an urgent call-to-action for policymakers to recognise design as a vital strategy for enhancing health equity in the face of complex challenges. Because as these cases reveal, design holds immense potential to reshape healthcare experiences for millions in the region. -
Developing home cleaning intervention through community engagement to reduce infections and antimicrobial resistance in Ghanaian homes
Scientific Reports
Globally Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) constitutes a health crisis, particularly in developing countries, where infectious disease are commonly fatal. There is clear evidence for microbial exposure and infection transmission within the home. Personal and environmental hygiene are the best ways of reducing household infections thus decreasing the need for antibiotics and consequently diminishing AMR. Despite this being an obvious step, research efforts to understand the home environment and its…
Globally Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) constitutes a health crisis, particularly in developing countries, where infectious disease are commonly fatal. There is clear evidence for microbial exposure and infection transmission within the home. Personal and environmental hygiene are the best ways of reducing household infections thus decreasing the need for antibiotics and consequently diminishing AMR. Despite this being an obvious step, research efforts to understand the home environment and its impact on AMR, cleaning and possible interventions on household cleaning are limited. We combined design and microbiology methods in an innovative mixed-method approach. A traditional survey design (n = 240), a design ethnography (n = 12), a co-design workshop and a pre-intervention microbiological dust sample analysis was undertaken to provide insights for codesign workshops in which new cleaning practices might be developed to minimise any AMR bacteria present in the household environments located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Microbiological analysis of household dust showed that 36.6% of bacterial isolates detected were found to carry at least one resistance to the panel of antibiotics tested. Four scenarios were generated from an economic segmentation of the survey data. 50 ethnographic insights were 'presented' and descriptions of 12 bacteria species that showed resistance to one or more antibiotics (representing 176 bacterial isolates that showed resistance to one or more antibiotics found in the dust samples) were presented to the participants in a codesign workshop. An intervention, a new regime of cleaning practices agreed through the co-design workshop and practiced for thirty days, was made in (n = 7) households. The high prevalence of multidrug resistance observed in this study indicate the need for antibiotics surveillance program, not only in hospital settings but also in the household environment.
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Exploring the contribution of housing adaptations in supporting everyday life for people with dementia: a scoping review
Ageing and Society Journal
The primary aim of this scoping review was to explore the contribution of housing adaptations to supporting everyday life for people with dementia living at home in the community. The study adopted a scoping review methodology which was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers Manual. Four review questions were developed which subsequently informed the inclusion criteria and search terms. Eight databases were searched resulting in 2,339 records, with 13 papers being included in the…
The primary aim of this scoping review was to explore the contribution of housing adaptations to supporting everyday life for people with dementia living at home in the community. The study adopted a scoping review methodology which was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers Manual. Four review questions were developed which subsequently informed the inclusion criteria and search terms. Eight databases were searched resulting in 2,339 records, with 13 papers being included in the review. Evidence from the review found that the most common adaptations were recommended and/or implemented to compensate for a person's physical limitations and for safety reasons, rather than adaptations to support activities of daily living for a person with dementia. Support to implement adaptations was provided by a range of professionals coupled with ‘trial and error’ approaches adopted by the person themselves, and these were seen as key enablers. Barriers to implementing and using adaptations were fourfold: (a) access to information, (b) knowing when to make changes, (c) carer resistance, and (d) the unsuitability of the home. It would appear that housing adaptations have a positive impact on both the person with dementia and the carer (where one is present), with some adaptations having a relatively sustained impact and being particularly effective if implemented early in the lived trajectory of dementia.
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The Ten Principles of Socially Responsible Digital Health Design
14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design: Safe Harbours for Design Research
We are now, more than ever, aware of the social challenges that face us globally, keeping healthy is at the top of the list. Increasingly in the last ten years, designers have turned their attention not just to designing to alleviate and prevent illness but designing specifically to increase individual and community wellness and health. Digital health design has been one of those dimensions adopted to address the challenge. In this opinion piece we posit that in the domain of digital health all…
We are now, more than ever, aware of the social challenges that face us globally, keeping healthy is at the top of the list. Increasingly in the last ten years, designers have turned their attention not just to designing to alleviate and prevent illness but designing specifically to increase individual and community wellness and health. Digital health design has been one of those dimensions adopted to address the challenge. In this opinion piece we posit that in the domain of digital health all design should be socially responsible in order for us to consider it good design. Drawing on the history of socially responsible design and the emergence of digital health applications we propose Ten Principles of Socially Responsible Digital Health Design.
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Community engagement: The key to tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) across a One Health context?
Global Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health problem underpinned by complex drivers and behaviours. This is particularly so in low – and middle-income countries (LMICs), where social and systemic factors fuel (mis)use and drive AMR. Behavioural change around antimicrobial use could safeguard both existing and future treatments. However, changing behaviour necessitates engaging with people to understand their experiences. This publication describes a knowledge-exchange cluster of six…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health problem underpinned by complex drivers and behaviours. This is particularly so in low – and middle-income countries (LMICs), where social and systemic factors fuel (mis)use and drive AMR. Behavioural change around antimicrobial use could safeguard both existing and future treatments. However, changing behaviour necessitates engaging with people to understand their experiences. This publication describes a knowledge-exchange cluster of six LMIC-based projects who co-designed and answered a series of research questions around the usage of Community Engagement (CE) within AMR. Findings suggest that CE can facilitate AMR behaviour change, specifically in LMICs, because it is a contextualised approach which supports communities to develop locally meaningful solutions. However, current CE interventions focus on human aspects, and demand-side drivers, of AMR. Our cluster suggests that broader attention should be paid to AMR as a One Health issue. The popularity of mixed methods approaches within existing CE for AMR interventions suggests there is interdisciplinary interest in the uptake of CE. Unfortunately, the specificity and context-dependency of CE can make it difficult to evaluate and scale. Nevertheless, we suggest that in synthesising learnings from CE, we can develop a collective understanding of its scope to tackle AMR across contexts.
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Exploring the use of speculative design as a participatory approach to more inclusive policy-identification and development in Malaysia
Design Studies
This Case Study paper presents the first exploration of Speculative Design as a participatory democracy method for navigating the future of ageing in Malaysia. Speculative Design in the context of Global South is emerging, but without much data on how it is applied within different socio-economic conditions from the Global North countries. This Case Study considers the challenges and opportunities of employing Speculative Design as policy identification and development method from the context…
This Case Study paper presents the first exploration of Speculative Design as a participatory democracy method for navigating the future of ageing in Malaysia. Speculative Design in the context of Global South is emerging, but without much data on how it is applied within different socio-economic conditions from the Global North countries. This Case Study considers the challenges and opportunities of employing Speculative Design as policy identification and development method from the context of Malaysia, a Global South country with its own unique characteristics. The paper concludes by suggesting that the novelty of Speculative Design as a policy-design approach in Global South countries, such as in Malaysia, requires the right selection of provocations and culturally familiar content to ease introduction of the methodology. Also, the efficacy of this approach as a participatory design application would require further enculturation within targeted communities, as well as sustained engagement through Champions.
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‘Making the dust fly’: (A case study of) design research promoting health and sustainability in addressing household infections
DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
Global health crisis, such as antimicrobial resistance, threaten planetary health, as they have a direct impact on the environment, as well as to humans and animals. Personal and environmental hygiene form the best and most natural ways of reducing home infections and hence the need to take antibiotics. Despite this our understanding of cleaning in the home and interventions on home cleaning are limited. In this paper we present a project, which combined design research with environmental…
Global health crisis, such as antimicrobial resistance, threaten planetary health, as they have a direct impact on the environment, as well as to humans and animals. Personal and environmental hygiene form the best and most natural ways of reducing home infections and hence the need to take antibiotics. Despite this our understanding of cleaning in the home and interventions on home cleaning are limited. In this paper we present a project, which combined design research with environmental microbiology, to address this issue and to co-design sustainable cleaning interventions for human and planetary health. We focus on the design of a co-design workshop which led to the development of cleaning interventions tested for a month by several households. We share the challenges faced and the lessons learnt, which we envisage will help guide design researchers moving into this exciting research field of planetary and human health.
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Design capabilities for community resilience: Towards dialogic practices and policies
DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
This paper draws on a pilot study insight into Brazilian informal-settlement communities’ problems, adaptative strategies and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although communities play a noteworthy role in resilience, emergency and recovery plans often lack sufficient community engagement. This contributes to leaving particularly disadvantaged communities behind. Inequalities were further exacerbated during the pandemic, urging the deployment of plural and sustainable measures, which can…
This paper draws on a pilot study insight into Brazilian informal-settlement communities’ problems, adaptative strategies and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although communities play a noteworthy role in resilience, emergency and recovery plans often lack sufficient community engagement. This contributes to leaving particularly disadvantaged communities behind. Inequalities were further exacerbated during the pandemic, urging the deployment of plural and sustainable measures, which can promote equity in a global health crisis. Design can play a meaningful role in tackling inequalities in emergency and recovery. However, this role of design is still under-researched in resilience. We expand on related work analyses to draw on key design capabilities for the development of dialogic practices and policies aiming to contribute to designing effective participation of communities in decision-making processes. These key design capabilities support the development of dialogic design practices and policies by enhancing and supporting collaboration and communication throughout policy co-design.
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Diving in: What will it take for consumers to transition to a circular economy ready-to-cook fish product? Insights from the UK
DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
To balance production needs with the need to sustain or regenerate the health of ocean ecosystems, stakeholders in the European fish and seafood sector are calling for transition to a circular economy. New industry methods will produce fish-based foods that consumers are not accustomed to eating so we ask, what will it take for consumers to adopt these industrial circular economy foods? Taking the Seafood Age consortium product prototype as a basis, we have created a design method for would-be…
To balance production needs with the need to sustain or regenerate the health of ocean ecosystems, stakeholders in the European fish and seafood sector are calling for transition to a circular economy. New industry methods will produce fish-based foods that consumers are not accustomed to eating so we ask, what will it take for consumers to adopt these industrial circular economy foods? Taking the Seafood Age consortium product prototype as a basis, we have created a design method for would-be consumers to reflect on their fish consumption practices and possible adoption of the fish product prototype prompted by a de-sign speculation. This paper reports on insights emerging from the research and recommendations for product adoption amongst consumers in the UK. Our findings have implications for food designers, design researchers and fish and sea-food, plus more broadly food industry stakeholders concerned with circular economy product and method adoption in industry.
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Values and challenges in rapid prototyping of global health policies
DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
This paper identifies the value and challenges in introducing rapid prototyping of policy to design non-expert and expert groups by analysing an online workshop series that was conducted with early-career professionals, policy makers, and design researchers. The COVID-19 pandemic evidenced, even more, the need for situated policies in the area of health as global health policies were ineffective in addressing livelihood diversity, particularly of underserved communities. Therefore, the untapped…
This paper identifies the value and challenges in introducing rapid prototyping of policy to design non-expert and expert groups by analysing an online workshop series that was conducted with early-career professionals, policy makers, and design researchers. The COVID-19 pandemic evidenced, even more, the need for situated policies in the area of health as global health policies were ineffective in addressing livelihood diversity, particularly of underserved communities. Therefore, the untapped potential of rapid prototyping for policy making in the area of global health is explored. We particularly analyse the creativity of the different groups who joined the workshop series and point out implications for the rapid prototype of situated global health policies in international low-resourceful settings.
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Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: does it WASH?
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
This transdisciplinary literature review paper aims at addressing the literature lacuna in community engagement and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan countries. By responding to a set of identified WASH-related questions to community engagement, it explores through different disciplinary lenses the challenges and opportunities in this significant area that impacts human health. This transdisciplinary review brought together the disciplines of water engineering, environmental…
This transdisciplinary literature review paper aims at addressing the literature lacuna in community engagement and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan countries. By responding to a set of identified WASH-related questions to community engagement, it explores through different disciplinary lenses the challenges and opportunities in this significant area that impacts human health. This transdisciplinary review brought together the disciplines of water engineering, environmental microbiology, public health and infectious disease, design research, women and gender studies, and developmental studies. It examined over 430 papers with 29 papers included in the final review. The main findings suggest integrating women into leadership roles in community water management and water and sanitation programmes can lead to more sustainability and can make water projects more effective. Second, cultural preferences should be a key factor when planning and implementing WASH technologies and interventions. Third, for community engagement to be effective, it should be done with intentionality and over a longer period; and employ existing culturally embedded leadership structures, such as schoolteachers, religious leaders and train change agents.
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Design for People Living with Dementia: Interactions and Innovations
Routledge, Design for Social Responsibility
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Case study: Good health and wellbeing (SDG3): A little dust-up: Co-designing cleaning practices in Ghanaian households to combat antimicrobial resistance
Routledge Design for Global Challenges and Goals
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Case study: Reduced inequalities (SDG10): ImaginAging Malaysia: Bringing participatory speculative design to Malaysia’s exploration of healthy ageing in place
Routledge Design for Global Challenges and Goals
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Opportunities and the future for global challenge design
Routledge Design for Global Challenges and Goals
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Urbanization and Cities as Drivers of Global Health
Handbook of Global Health. Springer International Publishing
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Bar charts versus plain numbers: Visualizations for enhancing the soccer-watching experience on TV via a second screen
The International Journal of Visual Design
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Challenges and Opportunities in Conducting and Applying Design Research beyond Global North to the Global South
Proceedings of DRS 2020 International Conference: Synergy: Volume 3 Co-Creation. vol. 3, 145, DRS 2020 Proceedings,
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Future Opportunities for IoT to Support People with Parkinson’s
CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
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The Little Book of Speculative Design for NGOs and Community Groups
Lancaster University
This Little Book tells you what Speculative Design is, what the benefits for policy-making are, and how it can be used by policy-makers.
This book is based on our research conducted for the ProtoPolicyAsia: empowering local communities and Government in Malaysia in addressing social issues in ageing and disabilities, funded by the AHRC. -
The Little Book of Speculative Design for Policy-makers
Lancaster University
This Little Book tells you what Speculative Design is, what the benefits for policy-making are, and how it can be used by policy-makers.
This book is based on our research conducted for the ProtoPolicyAsia: empowering local communities and Government in Malaysia in addressing social issues in ageing and disabilities, funded by the AHRC. -
Contemporary themes in the design of AT for the ageing population: Materiality, co-design and cultural influences
Springer: Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations
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Contemporary themes in the design of AT for the ageing population: Materiality, co-design and cultural influences
Springer: Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations
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Contemporary themes in the design of AT for the ageing population: Materiality, co-design and cultural influences
Springer: Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations
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Design for Desire! Why assistive technologies fall behind in older adult consumers’ adoption and how to reverse this
Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Population. Springer
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Participatory and co-design methods for wellbeing
Design for Wellbeing: an applied approach. (Design for Social Responsibility). Routledge
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Design research opportunities in the Internet of Health Things: a review of reviews.
Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference
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ImaginationLancaster: Open-Ended, Anti-Disciplinary, Diverse. She ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
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Mentian: Developing design fiction for dementia policy
Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference
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Speculative Requirements: Design Fiction and RE
26th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
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The Internet of Health Things: opportunities and challenges for ageing well
(Longevity Bulletin; Vol. 11). London: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
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Design for Health
Routledge
Design for Health illustrates the history of the development of design for health, the various design disciplines and domains to which design has contributed. Through 26 case studies presented in this book, the authors reveal a plethora of design research methodologies and research methods employed in design for health.
The editors also present, following a thematic analysis of the book chapters, seven challenges and seven areas of opportunity that designers are called upon to address…Design for Health illustrates the history of the development of design for health, the various design disciplines and domains to which design has contributed. Through 26 case studies presented in this book, the authors reveal a plethora of design research methodologies and research methods employed in design for health.
The editors also present, following a thematic analysis of the book chapters, seven challenges and seven areas of opportunity that designers are called upon to address within the context of healthcare. Furthermore, five emergent trends in design in healthcare are presented and discussed. This book will be of interest to students of design as well as designers and those working to improve the quality of healthcare.Other authorsSee publication -
Co-designing design fictions: a new approach for debating and priming future healthcare technologies and services
Archives of Design Research Jounral
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Using design fictions as a tool for engaging citizens in debating future pervasive health systems and services
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology
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Creative tools for producing realistic 3D facial expressions and animation
International Journal of Creative Computing
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Design fictions: a tool for debating societal, legal and ethical aspects of personal and pervasive health systems
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Springer
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Development and preliminary evaluation of a novel low cost VR-based upper limb stroke rehabilitation platform using Wii technology
Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
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Participatory design fictions: co-designing and debating dementia-friendly futures
Alzheimer Europe Conference
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Ambidexterity of design management in different approaches to digital design: Review of Organizational Attitudes in the East and the West in New Product Development Process
Proceedings form the R&D Management Conference 2015 in Pisa, Italy
This study discovered ambidexterity aspects of digital design in NPD projects, from international organizational perspectives. The findings offer key understandings that can explain the dilemmatic relations by examining key differences of design priorities in new digital product development in the East and the West: namely the East focusing on ‘design output’; whereas the West expecting ‘design outcomes’. Based on this we propose two major scenarios that represent the different approaches to…
This study discovered ambidexterity aspects of digital design in NPD projects, from international organizational perspectives. The findings offer key understandings that can explain the dilemmatic relations by examining key differences of design priorities in new digital product development in the East and the West: namely the East focusing on ‘design output’; whereas the West expecting ‘design outcomes’. Based on this we propose two major scenarios that represent the different approaches to managing design by organizational cultures.
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Co-designing playful interactions for public health in green spaces
Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Design4Health
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Co-designing playful urban park experiences for promoting community public health
11th World Congress on Design and Health
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Designing for the dichotomy of immersion in location based games
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
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Exposing WPA2 security protocol vulnerabilities
International Journal of Information and Computer Security
Wi–Fi protected access 2 (WPA2) is considered one of the most secure protocols employed in wireless local area networks (WLANs). This is despite of having significant security vulnerabilities. The aim of this paper is two–fold. Firstly it analyses the WPA2 security protocol and presents its weaknesses in detail. Secondly it presents a methodology that demonstrates how the WPA2 security protocol can be fully exposed by malicious attacks. Importantly, proposals on how to enhance its security are…
Wi–Fi protected access 2 (WPA2) is considered one of the most secure protocols employed in wireless local area networks (WLANs). This is despite of having significant security vulnerabilities. The aim of this paper is two–fold. Firstly it analyses the WPA2 security protocol and presents its weaknesses in detail. Secondly it presents a methodology that demonstrates how the WPA2 security protocol can be fully exposed by malicious attacks. Importantly, proposals on how to enhance its security are offered.
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Active Parks:’Phygital’ urban games for sedentary and older people
Springer Games for Health
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Design Guidelines for developing customised Serious Games for Parkinson’s Disease rehabilitation using bespoke game sensors.
Entertainment Computing, Elsevier
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Development and preliminary evaluation of a novel low cost VR-based upper limb stroke rehabilitation platform using Wii technology
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
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Exercising playfully: codesigning fun ways of keeping active in the park
ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play
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Exposing WPA2 security protocol vulnerabilities
International Journal of Information and Computer Security
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The Use of the Nintendo Wii in Motor Rehabilitation for Virtual Reality Interventions: A Literature Review.
Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1, 01/2014: pages 321-344; Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Holoscopic 3D Image Rendering for Autostereoscopic Multiview 3D Display
IEEE
The Autostereoscopic Multiview 3D Display is robustly developed and widely adopted by both home and professional users however Multiview 3D content generation remains a great challenge. This paper proposes a novel method for Multiview 3D content generation and it describes the necessary steps for Holoscopic 3D image rendering for autostereoscopic Multiview 3D display. The Holoscopic imaging technology mimics the imaging system of insects, such as the fly, utilizing a single camera, equipped…
The Autostereoscopic Multiview 3D Display is robustly developed and widely adopted by both home and professional users however Multiview 3D content generation remains a great challenge. This paper proposes a novel method for Multiview 3D content generation and it describes the necessary steps for Holoscopic 3D image rendering for autostereoscopic Multiview 3D display. The Holoscopic imaging technology mimics the imaging system of insects, such as the fly, utilizing a single camera, equipped with a large number of micro-lenses, to capture a scene, offering rich parallax information and enhanced 3D feeling without the need of wearing specific eyewear. In addition a 3D pixel mapping/conversion algorithm has been developed that is supported by the Multiview 3D display.
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Immersive 3D Holoscopic Video System
IEEE Multimedia
We demonstrated a 3D holoscopic video system for 3DTV application. We showed that using a field lens and a square aperture significantly reduces the vignetting problem associated with a relay system and achieves over 95 percent fill factor. The main problem for such a relay system is the nonlinear distortion during the 3D image capturing, which can seriously affect the reconstruction process for a 3D display. The nonlinear distortion mainly includes lens radial distortion (intrinsic) and…
We demonstrated a 3D holoscopic video system for 3DTV application. We showed that using a field lens and a square aperture significantly reduces the vignetting problem associated with a relay system and achieves over 95 percent fill factor. The main problem for such a relay system is the nonlinear distortion during the 3D image capturing, which can seriously affect the reconstruction process for a 3D display. The nonlinear distortion mainly includes lens radial distortion (intrinsic) and microlens array perspective distortion (extrinsic). This is the task of future work. Our results also show that the SS coding approach performs better than the standard HEVC scheme. Furthermore, we show that search and retrieval performance relies on the depth map's quality and that the multimodal fusion boosts the retrieval performance.
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Investigating the use and effectiveness of diverse types of materials in the delivery and support of lab sessions for multimedia subjects and students
British Journal of Educational Technology
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Community-led design capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021
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Designing community: creating resilience through collaboration
Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021
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Simulating the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier using modelling and simulation: scenarios and guidelines
Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation. Special Issue in Simulation and Intelligent Agents to support Defense and Homeland Security. Sage. (In press).
The operational range and manoeuvrability of the modern infantry soldier is restricted by the overall load and bulk of
equipment ranging from 50 to 75 kg. Today’s soldiers rely heavily on batteries to meet their power requirements, which
make up 25% of the overall load. This results in a significant increase on soldier’s physical stress and cognitive burden.
Recent developments in renewable energy, and more particularly the evolution of very thin and flexible wearable…The operational range and manoeuvrability of the modern infantry soldier is restricted by the overall load and bulk of
equipment ranging from 50 to 75 kg. Today’s soldiers rely heavily on batteries to meet their power requirements, which
make up 25% of the overall load. This results in a significant increase on soldier’s physical stress and cognitive burden.
Recent developments in renewable energy, and more particularly the evolution of very thin and flexible wearable photovoltaic
devices, provide promising solutions for the application of such technologies on the infantry soldier. However,
since these flexible substrate devices are still under development or produced at a very small scale, their application and
use has to be simulated prior to integrating to the infantry soldier. Such simulations need to take into account the specific
requirements and different fields of operation of the infantry soldier, in the context of weather, date and time, global
location and for different military mission environments. This paper presents a number of simulations performed for a
wide range of scenarios in the context of the Solar Soldier project. It discusses the key results, offering a set of guidelines
for the positioning and integration of such renewable energy technology on the modern infantry soldier. Moreover, this
paper suggests future improvements on the methodology and optimisation of the procedures.Other authors -
Solar Soldier: Virtual Reality Simulations and Guidelines for the Integration of Photovoltaic Technology on the Modern Infantry Soldier
Springer International Publishing
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Understanding public health communication design globally during the Covid-19 pandemic: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021
Projects
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The Future of Human Reproduction: transformative agendas and methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences
The project explores the cultural, ethical, legal and social challenges arising from advances in human reproductive technologies. develop new methods and research agendas to explore the complex issues that will emerge as technological advances fundamentally change the possibilities for human reproduction.
My role is to lead the research team and inisghts generation on the forsight and speculative design envisioning and creating future scenarios and protoypes.
Bringing together a…The project explores the cultural, ethical, legal and social challenges arising from advances in human reproductive technologies. develop new methods and research agendas to explore the complex issues that will emerge as technological advances fundamentally change the possibilities for human reproduction.
My role is to lead the research team and inisghts generation on the forsight and speculative design envisioning and creating future scenarios and protoypes.
Bringing together a broad range of voices from within and outside academia and using radical methods, such as Speculative Design, will enable the imagining of future scientific possibilities.
The team will explore the conceptual and ethical implications of a range of scenarios likely to be technologically possible within a generation including:
- The development of fetuses wholly outside the human body
- New methods of creating eggs and sperm that will allow the creation of children with two genetic parents of the same sex or multiple genetic parents
- Genome editing, enabling a greater degree of control over the genetic makeup of future people -
Making the Dust Fly: Creating a million plus conversations in Ghana on home cleaning and superbugs
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The project aims to grow and accelerate the impacts and findings of the Dust Bunny Project implemented from 2018-2021. Lancaster University UK and NMIR co-led the Dust Bunny
Project to develop home cleaning interventions through community engagement to reduce
infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghanaian Homes.
This research identified critical impacts and findings within the Madina, Adenta, and Ga-East Municipalities of Ghana, which has necessitated an increase in…The project aims to grow and accelerate the impacts and findings of the Dust Bunny Project implemented from 2018-2021. Lancaster University UK and NMIR co-led the Dust Bunny
Project to develop home cleaning interventions through community engagement to reduce
infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghanaian Homes.
This research identified critical impacts and findings within the Madina, Adenta, and Ga-East Municipalities of Ghana, which has necessitated an increase in awareness-raising, knowledge management, and information dissemination within the educational sector in Ghana. To this, end, the Making the Dust Fly Project seeks to:
❖ Further assess the research impact, since the project end, of the interventions and collect more
evidence;
❖ Widen community impact reach by disseminating more widely through media;
❖ Engage schools and schoolteachers to embed home cleaning and project insights into school
extra curriculum activities and
❖ Engage policymakers and other key stakeholders to disseminate project insights. -
Beyond Imagination: Providing fresh perspectives on real world issues and facilitating innovation
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Beyond Imagination is a radical £13.2 million research project, will explore and demonstrate how cutting-edge design research can create a healthier, more prosperous and sustainable world. The three-year project will provide fresh perspectives on the real world focusing on five key themes: home and living; communities and the public sector; factory and workplaces; cities and urban; and population and policy. These clusters, each to be managed by a leading design professor, are connected by four…
Beyond Imagination is a radical £13.2 million research project, will explore and demonstrate how cutting-edge design research can create a healthier, more prosperous and sustainable world. The three-year project will provide fresh perspectives on the real world focusing on five key themes: home and living; communities and the public sector; factory and workplaces; cities and urban; and population and policy. These clusters, each to be managed by a leading design professor, are connected by four themes: health, sustainability, international and prosperity.
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WASHable II Impact Accelerator: Participatory design and community engagement Network on WASH in Lusophone and Francophone African Countries
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The WASHable project, a collaboration between Lancaster University (UK) and the University of Buea (Cameroon) and the Catholic University of Angola, instigated a research network that provides knowledge exchange and capacity building, addressing the need for African academic organisations to open their doors and work with, in and for their communities. It is the first community-based research network on WASH in sub-Saharan African, especially Francophone and Lusophone Africa, and is a…
The WASHable project, a collaboration between Lancaster University (UK) and the University of Buea (Cameroon) and the Catholic University of Angola, instigated a research network that provides knowledge exchange and capacity building, addressing the need for African academic organisations to open their doors and work with, in and for their communities. It is the first community-based research network on WASH in sub-Saharan African, especially Francophone and Lusophone Africa, and is a steppingstone for the development of meaningful research collaborations that will be strengthened and sustained beyond the end of the project.
Objectives:
1) conduct capacity building workshops on community engagement (including gender) in WASH with relevant local researchers, NGOs, policy makers, communities and other stakeholders.
2) develop a collaborative research proposal (based on community involvement) to address drinking water, sanitation and hygiene as well as health in Angola.
3) publicize the project and develop a local and African network on WASH, Health and community engagement. -
SeaFoodAge: Smart and eco-innovative SEAFOOD processes and products for healthy AGEing
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SEAFOOD-AGE tackles a common social and economic challenge in the Atlantic Area: an ageing population (€2.2m). Healthy ageing requires a healthy diet, and seafood products provide essential nutrients not always accessible to older adults. The project will exploit the maritime dimension of the AA regions and will adopt circular economy concepts to generate ready-to-eat seafood for healthy ageing, produce novel eco-packaging and develop a smart label for better quality, safety and minimum food…
SEAFOOD-AGE tackles a common social and economic challenge in the Atlantic Area: an ageing population (€2.2m). Healthy ageing requires a healthy diet, and seafood products provide essential nutrients not always accessible to older adults. The project will exploit the maritime dimension of the AA regions and will adopt circular economy concepts to generate ready-to-eat seafood for healthy ageing, produce novel eco-packaging and develop a smart label for better quality, safety and minimum food waste.
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Healthier Fleetwood: accelerating the impact of the people’s partnership
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Leading this consultancy project on gathering insights on the value and impact of social prescribing for the residents of Fleetwood and the Healthier Fleetwood programme. The outcome of the consultancy will lead to reports and methods on replicating the health benefits of the Healthier Fleetwood programme to other UK coastal towns.
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CE4AMR: The One Health Approach
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is a network project supported by GCRF Challenge Cluster funding. Its aim is to exchange and synthesize knowledge from six existing projects to better understand how Community Engagement can support antimicrobial resistance (AMR) interventions in a variety of contexts across Low and Middle Income Countries.
I lead the insights synthesis and analysis and production of communication material, as well as the engagement with internal and external project stakeholders. -
Healthy Hands: making the invisible visible
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I am leading the project on developing capacity building for hygiene education in Ghana and Nigeria, in order to engage school children/University students, teachers and parents serving as agents of social change
Also leading the piloting a living lab in a school in Ghana and a University in Nigeria in order to collect insights on improving hygiene and health locally.
Engaging external stakeholders and community in the project to increase impact of living lab and develop new sustainable…I am leading the project on developing capacity building for hygiene education in Ghana and Nigeria, in order to engage school children/University students, teachers and parents serving as agents of social change
Also leading the piloting a living lab in a school in Ghana and a University in Nigeria in order to collect insights on improving hygiene and health locally.
Engaging external stakeholders and community in the project to increase impact of living lab and develop new sustainable development eductaion solutions. -
WASHable: Participatory design and community engagement Network on WASH in Lusophone and Francophone African Countries.GCRF AHRC
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The WASHable project, a collaboration between Lancaster University (UK) and the University of Buea (Cameroon) and the Catholic University of Angola, is developing a research network that provides knowledge exchange and capacity building, addressing the need for innovation in Africa.
I am responsible for leading all aspects of the programme (technical, administartive, marketing), managing the community group, and growing our following for the UK and Africa. -
Accelerating the adoption of circular sanitation demonstration systems for improved health outcomes (ACTUATE), Global Research Translation Awards, GCRF EPSRC
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ACTUATE will co-deliver two community-based pilot demonstration bioenergy systems in Ghana and Nigeria that will support an accelerated uptake of a safe circular water economy connecting waste, human health and energy, food and soil security. It will to grow transformational impact from the current Lancaster GCRF funded portfolio with West African partners and provide practical evidence that working with, in and for communities will deliver the most sustainable solutions for waste management in…
ACTUATE will co-deliver two community-based pilot demonstration bioenergy systems in Ghana and Nigeria that will support an accelerated uptake of a safe circular water economy connecting waste, human health and energy, food and soil security. It will to grow transformational impact from the current Lancaster GCRF funded portfolio with West African partners and provide practical evidence that working with, in and for communities will deliver the most sustainable solutions for waste management in sub-Saharan Africa.
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LatamHaus: sustainable, healthy and affordable homes
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I lead the project in co-designing a proof-of-concept for healthy and low-carbon homes and generating pilot data and establishing a new network of external stakeholders for futuer collaboration.
Ga`thering insights for the Passivhaus residential design impact on household air quality and low-carbon emissions in Mexico. Establishing the LatamHaus network to develop capacity building for Passivhaus projects in Mexico, focusing on low-carbon homes and household air pollution. -
The Digital University Africa
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Capacity-building, consultancy and action research around the development of an exemplar digital training programme (content and platform) that will ‘stimulate entrepreneurial thinking in scientists’ (SETS) in Africa, by focusing on digital content, tools and platforms. Project funded by the British Council.
I consulted on the digital content, stakeholder engagement and insights generation from the project. -
Dust Bunny: Exploring hygiene practices in different home environments in Ghana to understand the home as a source of infection of AMR bacteria carried by dust
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Apply design research methods coupled with microbiological analyses to address issues of home-based infections in Ghana, particularly those carrying antimicrobial resistance, resulting in a reduction of infection and in positive increase of health outcomes.
I lead the technical aspects as well as the admin (budget, milestones, timelines) and communication aspects of the project. -
ProtoPolicyAsia: empowering local communities and Government in Malaysia in addressing social issues in ageing and disabilities
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Aims to increase local community participation in the Malaysian national policy-making process to work together with relevant government agencies on social issues that relate to older persons and persons with disabilities.
I led the technical, admin aspects of the project and the engagement with external stakeholders. Provided consultancy of design thinking and innovation methods to Minitries and policy makers as well as NGOs in Malaysia. -
SODA Plus: Realizing Data Together
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SODA Project is the Lancaster section subcontracted from EU2020 SODA – scalable oblivious data analysis project, that is researching and developing data sharing technologies using Multi-Party Computing Technics (MPC). The project explores the spaces and knowledges emerging from using and designing medical data together with people living with dementia, caregivers, medical professionals and stakeholders, in the wider ecology of the social and material worlds of practicing wellbeing.
I…SODA Project is the Lancaster section subcontracted from EU2020 SODA – scalable oblivious data analysis project, that is researching and developing data sharing technologies using Multi-Party Computing Technics (MPC). The project explores the spaces and knowledges emerging from using and designing medical data together with people living with dementia, caregivers, medical professionals and stakeholders, in the wider ecology of the social and material worlds of practicing wellbeing.
I provided consultancy on enageging stakeholder groups of patients and people living with dementia in the project, leading to new insights for the development of the project novel technology. -
Dust Bunny Impact Acceleration
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UKRI GCRF Global Impact Acceleration Accounts Growth Fund project which increased the Impact of the Dust Bunny project by supporting additional dissemination and impact activities in Ghana. I led the engagement with external stakeholders increasing the project outcomes reach and generating new collaborations.
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PETRAS-The Internet of Things
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EPSRC Programme Grant (£10m total - £880k for Lancaster University) as part of UK Government £40m investment, consortium with University College London, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, University of Southampton and University of Surrey.
I provided consultancy on research at the intersections of health and IoT generating new insights for the project team. -
Creative Exchange Hub
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The Creative Exchange is a knowledge exchange AHRC-funded hub, exploring digital and the creative economy where anyone can access, explore and create content anywhere and at any time. It is is a collaboration between Lancaster University, Newcastle University and the Royal College of art, who bring expertise in designing experiences, digital prototyping and communication innovation.
I led the digital prototyping of health and wellbeing pilot projects, resulting in new insights and…The Creative Exchange is a knowledge exchange AHRC-funded hub, exploring digital and the creative economy where anyone can access, explore and create content anywhere and at any time. It is is a collaboration between Lancaster University, Newcastle University and the Royal College of art, who bring expertise in designing experiences, digital prototyping and communication innovation.
I led the digital prototyping of health and wellbeing pilot projects, resulting in new insights and collaborations with external stakeholders. -
ProtoPolicy: Using design fiction to help politicians and community groups imagine the future implications of policy initiatives in creative ways
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The project investigated how 'design fictions' -provocative visual texts (artefacts, images, films) that materialise scenarios about, or provide clues to, future ways of living-can be used to help politicians and community groups imagine the future implications of policy initiatives in creative ways.
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Ageing Playfully
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An AHRC
Creative Exchange research project offering a creative space during a series of
playful workshops, where by co-creating collages and models, participants with
dementia have an opportunity to catalyse imagination and social interaction, and
reclaim agency in the context of their own lives. Led to a number of practical
recommendations in playful co-creation workshops for people with dementia and
memory problems. -
Behaviours that Stick
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ESRC/Lancaster University funded pilot project on the exploration and design research of the emotional connection between home energy users and home energy objects (electrical appliances).
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CaTalyST: Citizens Transforming Society (Tools for Change)
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A research project, that brought together academics and communities to jointly imagine and build
the next generation of tools for social change, and to explore innovative, bottom-up
technology-mediated solutions to major problems in society. -
Numbers That Matter
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Project manager for Numbers That Matter, a collaborative research and design project from Creative Exchange, between Lancaster University, Dundee University and FutureEverything. Numbers That Matter aims to explore engaging communities with OpenData, Well-Being and Wearable technology.
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Active Parks: increasing physical activity in parks
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EPSRC Catalyst project researching and co-designing with the local community, City Council and Lancashire NHS Public Health a playful interactive park trail to encourage casual exercise in public urban spaces.
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London Fusion
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A two-year €2.6 million (total funding) project for the Greater London Authority, financed by the European Regional Development Fund, aimed at supporting up to 1,000 ambitious, growth-focused SMEs. Lead the health and wellbeing research theme.
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ReWiiRe: Research for Stroke Rehabilitation using the Wii remote
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NHS London Innovation Fund: research and design of playful intervention for stroke survivors based on the Nintendo Wii game technology. Phase 1: research with patients and therapists across 4 London NHS Trusts. Phase 2: Design, development and evaluation of a personalised stroke intervention using the Wii.
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3D VIVANT: Live Immerse Video-Audio Interactive Multimedia
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Live Immerse Video-Audio Interactive Multimedia (IST-7-248420-STREP) investigated the generation of a novel true 3D video technology, by taking advantage of 3D Holoscopic (Light field) imaging and holography technologies to carry out a feasibility study and develop a demonstrator of an end-to-end 3D broadcast system, which offers fatigue free 3D viewing independent of the viewer’s position. Led the design and creative aspect of the project, the project management, project dissemination…
Live Immerse Video-Audio Interactive Multimedia (IST-7-248420-STREP) investigated the generation of a novel true 3D video technology, by taking advantage of 3D Holoscopic (Light field) imaging and holography technologies to carry out a feasibility study and develop a demonstrator of an end-to-end 3D broadcast system, which offers fatigue free 3D viewing independent of the viewer’s position. Led the design and creative aspect of the project, the project management, project dissemination and
exploitation. -
Solar Soldier
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The EPSRC-funded Solar Soldier project investigated the design and development of Photo Voltaic-Thermo Electric technology for defence use. Led the design arm of the cross-disciplinary project.
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Barriers to Interactive Television (BITe)
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Barriers to Interactive Television (BITe) was a HEIF3 Creative MMI project that investigated users’ domestic exploitation of interactive audio visual technology and has resulted to the development of a commercially valued prototype for future home TV systems.
Honors & Awards
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Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship awarded for completion of my PhD studies from 2003-2006.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Greek
Native or bilingual proficiency
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German
Limited working proficiency
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Italian
Professional working proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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French
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab
Inclusive Policy Lab Expert
- PresentFields of expertise: Education, Health and wellbeing, Sustainable Development Goals, Urban development, Water and sanitation
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Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Policy and Governance
Organising Committee Member - Engagement and Events Lead
- PresentIt bring together researchers, designers, and academics to critically examine, promote, and explore the effect of design on innovation in policy and governance through an international context. My role is to lead international engegement activities and events that propote the SIG and its activities as well as to advise on policy for health matters.
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UrbanHealth360
External Advisor
- PresentUrbanHealth360 is a purpose driven, global institute focused on the health of urban populations across the world. UrbanHealth360 works to involve communities in the business of health through helping urban poor communities engage in organized efforts and activities that will improve individual, familial, and the collective community’s health.
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Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Global Health
Convenor
- PresentIts goal is to chapmion and engage in international debate and take action for worldwide Good Health by engageing in innovation projects that promote healthy lifestyles, preventive measures and modern, efficient healthcare for everyone. runs international events with a focus on the Global South, where several global health challenges and opportunities exist. My role is to champion the SIG vision, develop andoversee the work programme and develop new international partnerships liaising with…
Its goal is to chapmion and engage in international debate and take action for worldwide Good Health by engageing in innovation projects that promote healthy lifestyles, preventive measures and modern, efficient healthcare for everyone. runs international events with a focus on the Global South, where several global health challenges and opportunities exist. My role is to champion the SIG vision, develop andoversee the work programme and develop new international partnerships liaising with international experts.
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Design Research Society
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Association of Computer Machinery (ACM)
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ACM Special Interest Group in Human Computer Interaction (SIGCHI)
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International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
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ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH)
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International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)
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Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Member
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