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Building accountability into the Internet of Things: the IoT Databox model (2018)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., Lodge, T., Colley, J., Greenhalgh, C., Glover, K., Haddadi, H., …McAuley, D. (2018). Building accountability into the Internet of Things: the IoT Databox model. Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, 4(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40860-018-0054-5

© 2018, The Author(s). This paper outlines the IoT Databox model as a means of making the Internet of Things (IoT) accountable to individuals. Accountability is a key to building consumer trust and is mandated by the European Union’s general data pro... Read More about Building accountability into the Internet of Things: the IoT Databox model.

The ludic takes work (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Koutsouras, P., Martindale, S., & Crabtree, A. (2017). The ludic takes work. . https://doi.org/10.18420/ecscw2017-8

Games that revolve around user-generated content have been explored mainly from a ludic perspective, leaving the work practices that are entailed in content production underexplored. What we argue in this paper is that there is an underlying economy... Read More about The ludic takes work.

Data Work: How Energy Advisors and Clients Make IoT Data Accountable (2017)
Journal Article
Fischer, J. E., Crabtree, A., Colley, J., Rodden, T., & Costanza, E. (2017). Data Work: How Energy Advisors and Clients Make IoT Data Accountable. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 26(4-6), 597-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-017-9293-x

© 2017, The Author(s). We present fieldwork findings from the deployment of an interactive sensing system that supports the work of energy advisors who give face-to-face advice to low-income households in the UK. We focus on how the system and the da... Read More about Data Work: How Energy Advisors and Clients Make IoT Data Accountable.

Accountable Internet of things?: outline of the IoT Databox model (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crabtree, A., Lodge, T., Colley, J., Greenhalgh, C., & Mortier, R. (2017). Accountable Internet of things?: outline of the IoT Databox model.

This paper outlines the IoT Databox model as a means of making the Internet of Things (IoT) accountable to individuals. Accountability is a key to building consumer trust and mandated in data protection legislation. We briefly outline the ‘external’... Read More about Accountable Internet of things?: outline of the IoT Databox model.

Repacking ‘privacy’ for a networked world (2017)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., Tolmie, P., & Knight, W. (2017). Repacking ‘privacy’ for a networked world. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 26(4-6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-017-9276-y

In this paper we examine the notion of privacy as promoted in the digital economy and how it has been taken up as a design challenge in the fields of CSCW, HCI and Ubiquitous Computing. Against these prevalent views we present an ethnomethodological... Read More about Repacking ‘privacy’ for a networked world.

Challenges of using personal data to drive personalised electronic programme guides (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sailaja, N., Crabtree, A., & Stenton, P. (2017). Challenges of using personal data to drive personalised electronic programme guides.

Media researchers are adopting personalisation in diverse ways to deliver increasingly context-sensitive and customised media experiences. This paper explores user attitudes towards a personalised Electronic Programme Guide which tailors media recomm... Read More about Challenges of using personal data to drive personalised electronic programme guides.

Valorising the IoT Databox: creating value for everyone (2016)
Journal Article
Perera, C., Wakenshaw, S. Y., Baarslag, T., Haddadi, H., Bandara, A. K., Mortier, R., …Crowcroft, J. (2017). Valorising the IoT Databox: creating value for everyone. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 28(1), Article e3125. https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3125

The Internet of Things is expected to generate large amounts of heterogeneous data from diverse sources including physical sensors, user devices and social media platforms. Over the last few years, significant attention has been focused on personal d... Read More about Valorising the IoT Databox: creating value for everyone.

“We don’t sell blocks” exploring Minecraft’s commissioning market (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Koutsouras, P., Martindale, S., & Crabtree, A. (2016). “We don’t sell blocks” exploring Minecraft’s commissioning market.

In recent years, we have experienced the proliferation of videogames that have, as their main mode of play, the creation of in-game content. Even though existing literature has looked into various characteristics of these games, one of their aspects... Read More about “We don’t sell blocks” exploring Minecraft’s commissioning market.

Enabling the new economic actor: data protection, the digital economy, and the Databox (2016)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., Lodge, T., Colley, J., Greenhalgh, C., Mortier, R., & Haddadi, H. (2016). Enabling the new economic actor: data protection, the digital economy, and the Databox. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 20(6), 947-957. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-016-0939-3

© 2016, The Author(s). This paper offers a sociological perspective on data protection regulation and its relevance to design. From this perspective, proposed regulation in Europe and the USA seeks to create a new economic actor—the consumer as perso... Read More about Enabling the new economic actor: data protection, the digital economy, and the Databox.