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Designing with digital and emerging technologies

Deepening understanding of the interface of human experience and technology
Our research explores the role of design for speculating on the future, and to envision, define and inform the interactions and experiences between people and digital and emerging technologies.

We conduct research that experiments with a wide range of approaches, from biomaterials to AI to human-computer interaction. We investigate the application of emerging technologies in cities, with a strong focus on the interface of technology and vital experience, both human and non-human. Our researchers draw on knowledge, methodologies and theories from fields such as smart cities, experience design, urban health, digital placemaking and community engagement.

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An interaction model for human–machine creative collaboration

How can we enhance creative work through interacting with artificial intelligence (AI)? It’s a crucial question for our times and addresses an opportunity that is largely unexplored as things stand right now.
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Broadening horizons: using curiosity to diversify behaviour

Design shapes worlds and behaviours, and at its heart this project explores how interactive systems can encourage their users to try new things.
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Shared-space interactions between people and autonomous vehicles

The project investigates whether people are more likely to trust the technology and feel safe if they are able to understand how the system makes decisions and to directly influence its behaviour.
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Trust and Safety in Autonomous Mobility Systems

This project aims to develop new interfaces for autonomous vehicles to communicate with the people around them, and how this is linked to perceived trust and safety.

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