All Outputs (14)

Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space (2024)
Conference Proceeding

While ethical challenges are widely discussed in HCI, far less is reported about the ethical processes that researchers routinely navigate. We reflect on a multispecies project that negotiated an especially complex ethical approval process. Cat Royal... Read More about Charting Ethical Tensions in Multispecies Technology Research through Beneficiary-Epistemology Space.

Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support Using a Smart Mirror (2023)
Journal Article

The home is becoming a key location for healthcare delivery, including the use of technology driven by autonomous systems (AS) to monitor and support healthcare plans. Using the example of a smart mirror, this paper describes the outcomes of focus gr... Read More about Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support Using a Smart Mirror.

TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Cat Royale is an artist-led exploration of trustworthy autonomous systems (TAS) created by the TAS Hub's creative ambassadors Blast Theory. A small community of cats inhabits a purpose built 'cat utopia' at the centre of which a robot arm tries to en... Read More about TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals.

A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress (2023)
Conference Proceeding

Online misinformation is a serious problem that can have a negative impact on individuals, societies, and democracies. It can lead to the spread of false information, the erosion of trust in institutions, and the polarisation of political discourse.... Read More about A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress.

Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support using a Smart Mirror (2023)
Working Paper

The home is becoming a key location for healthcare delivery, including the use of technology driven by autonomous systems (AS) to monitor and support healthcare plans. Using the example of a smart mirror, this paper describes the outcomes of focus gr... Read More about Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support using a Smart Mirror.

Reflections on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS): A message from Journal of Responsible Technology Special Issue's editors (2023)
Journal Article

Infrastructures for Virtual Volunteering at Online Music Festivals (2023)
Journal Article

Volunteering benefits recipients, volunteers, communities, and society, while digital technologies establish new opportunities for virtual volunteering. We describe how volunteers transitioned the UK's long-established Oxjam grassroots music festival... Read More about Infrastructures for Virtual Volunteering at Online Music Festivals.

Communicating health threats: Linguistic evidence for effective public health messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic (2023)
Report

Designing for Trust: Autonomous Animal-Centric Robotic & AI Systems (2022)
Conference Proceeding

From cat feeders and cat flaps to robot toys, humans are deploying increasingly autonomous systems to look after their pets. In parallel, industry is developing the next generation of autonomous systems to look after humans in the home – most notably... Read More about Designing for Trust: Autonomous Animal-Centric Robotic & AI Systems.

The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK (2022)
Journal Article

During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital contact-tracing has been employed in many countries to monitor and manage the spread of the disease. However, to be effective such a system must be adopted by a substantial proportion of the population; therefore... Read More about The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK.

Reflections on RRI in “TAS for Health at Home” (2022)
Journal Article

We reflect on our experiences using Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in the project “TAS for Health at Home”. Driven by a multi-disciplinary research team that consisted of experts in mental health, stroke rehabilitation, management of multi... Read More about Reflections on RRI in “TAS for Health at Home”.

Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson (2021)
Report

This study analyses the language of speeches about COVID-19 delivered by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 3rd March 2020 and 5th April 2021. We use transcribed speeches to construct a digitised body of texts called a... Read More about Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson.

Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey (2019)
Journal Article

Background Genomic services are increasingly accessible to young adults starting their independent lives with responsibility for their self-care, yet their attitudes to sharing genomic information remain under-researched. This study explored attitud... Read More about Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey.

Privacy Preserving Corpus Linguistics: Investigating the Trajectories of Public Health Messaging Online
Report

The Coronavirus Discourses project supports public health partners Public Health Wales, Public Health England, and NHS Education for Scotland in addressing key challenges that the coronavirus pandemic presents in terms of understanding the flow and i... Read More about Privacy Preserving Corpus Linguistics: Investigating the Trajectories of Public Health Messaging Online.