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“It becomes more of an abstract idea, this privacy” – Informing the design for communal privacy experiences in smart homes (2023)
Journal Article
Kraemer, M. J., Chalhoub, G., Webb, H., & Flechais, I. (2023). “It becomes more of an abstract idea, this privacy” – Informing the design for communal privacy experiences in smart homes. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 180, Article 103138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103138

In spite of research recognizing the home as a shared space and privacy as inherently social, privacy in smart homes has mainly been researched from an individual angle. Sometimes contrasting and comparing perspectives of multiple individuals, resear... Read More about “It becomes more of an abstract idea, this privacy” – Informing the design for communal privacy experiences in smart homes.

Digitally Un/Free: the everyday impact of social media on the lives of young people (2023)
Journal Article
Bibizadeh, R. E., Procter, R., Girvan, C., Webb, H., & Jirotka, M. (in press). Digitally Un/Free: the everyday impact of social media on the lives of young people. Learning, Media and Technology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2237883

This article offers an original contribution to the crucial question of how digital media impacts children and young people’s everyday lives. Focus groups with young people aged 11–21 years, and interviews with teachers in schools in England revealed... Read More about Digitally Un/Free: the everyday impact of social media on the lives of young people.

Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., Patel, M., Inglesant, P., Portillo, V., Webb, H., Dowthwaite, L., …Jirotka, M. (2023). Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project. Journal of Responsible Technology, 15, Article 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100064

Responsible Innovation (RI) aims to enable research and innovation to take a more systematic approach to anticipating potential risks and consequences of planned research/innovative outputs. The Anticipation, Reflection, Engagement and Action (AREA)... Read More about Navigating the labyrinth of RI through a practical application — A case study in a cross-disciplinary research project.

Five Provocations for a More Creative TAS (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Benford, S., Hazzard, A., Vear, C., Webb, H., Chamberlain, A., Greenhalgh, C., …Marshall, J. (2023). Five Provocations for a More Creative TAS. In TAS ‘23: Proceedings of The First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems 11-12 July 2023 Edinburgh, UK. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3599709

Conventional wisdom has it that trustworthy autonomous systems (AS) should be explainable, dependable, controllable and safe tools for humans to use. Reflecting on a portfolio of artistic applications of TAS leads us adopt an alternative stance and t... Read More about Five Provocations for a More Creative TAS.

Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Piskopani, A. M., Webb, H., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023). Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3599700

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) offers the opportunity to ameliorate the quality of life for people with health issues. However, there are still considerable barriers linked to the lack of acceptance of these technologies, particularly as... Read More about Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care.

“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R., Babbage, C. M., Wagner, H. G., Price, D. J., Martindale, S., Chadborn, N. H., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. In DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (987-1001). https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595962

We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distingui... Read More about “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories.

TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety (2023)
Journal Article
Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406923118696

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety.

TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety (2023)
Journal Article
Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231186965

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety.

Assessing responsible innovation training (2023)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C., Aicardi, C., Brooks, L., Craigon, P. J., Cunden, M., Burton, S. D., …Webb, H. (2023). Assessing responsible innovation training. Journal of Responsible Technology, 16, Article 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100063

There is broad agreement that one important aspect of responsible innovation (RI) is to provide training on its principles and practices to current and future researchers and innovators, notably including doctoral students. Much less agreement can be... Read More about Assessing responsible innovation training.

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) prompts and practice cards (version 2.1, August 2022) (2022)
Other
Portillo, V., Greenhalgh, C., Craigon, P., Dowthwaite, L., Stahl, B., Perez Vallejos, E., …Wagner, H. (2022). Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) prompts and practice cards (version 2.1, August 2022). [https://www.horizon.ac.uk/rri-into-practice-launching-and-using-the-horizon-rri-prompts-and-practice-cards/]

These printable cards highlight 18 different aspects of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) that may be relevant to researchers and innovators. You can use the cards to reflect on a project and plan RRI activities. You can use the cards to faci... Read More about Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) prompts and practice cards (version 2.1, August 2022).

Explanations in Autonomous Driving: A Survey (2021)
Journal Article
Omeiza, D., Webb, H., Jirotka, M., & Kunze, L. (2022). Explanations in Autonomous Driving: A Survey. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(8), 10142-10162. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2021.3122865

The automotive industry has witnessed an increasing level of development in the past decades; from manufacturing manually operated vehicles to manufacturing vehicles with a high level of automation. With the recent developments in Artificial Intellig... Read More about Explanations in Autonomous Driving: A Survey.

What happens when patients say “no” to offers of referral for weight loss? - Results and recommendations from a conversation analysis of primary care interactions (2021)
Journal Article
Albury, C., Webb, H., Ziebland, S., Aveyard, P., & Stokoe, E. (2022). What happens when patients say “no” to offers of referral for weight loss? - Results and recommendations from a conversation analysis of primary care interactions. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(3), 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.017

Objective: Guidelines recommend that clinicians should offer patients with obesity referrals to weight management services. However, clinicians and patients worry that such conversations will generate friction, and the risk of this is greatest when p... Read More about What happens when patients say “no” to offers of referral for weight loss? - Results and recommendations from a conversation analysis of primary care interactions.

“It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency (2019)
Journal Article
Webb, H., Patel, M., Rovatsos, M., Davoust, A., Ceppi, S., Koene, A., …Cano, M. (2019). “It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 17(2), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/jices-11-2018-0092

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on empirical work conducted to open up algorithmic interpretability and transparency. In recent years, significant concerns have arisen regarding the increasing pervasiveness of algorithms and the impac... Read More about “It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency.