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Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., Correa, R., Mohan, M., Lawson, G., & Houghton, R. (2024). Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK. Ergonomics, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2343947

There is a lack of a clear and consistent definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0. This study identified the definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0 through a systematic literature review and used it to assess the readiness of Ergonomic... Read More about Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK.

Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice (2024)
Journal Article
Fletcher, D., Houghton, R., & Spence, A. (2024). Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0301781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301781

Our mental representation of the passage of time is structured by concepts of spatial motion, including an ego-moving perspective in which the self is perceived as approaching future events and a time-moving perspective in which future events are per... Read More about Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice.

The Challenges of Conducting Transdisciplinary Engineering Research: A Case Study of the Made Smarter Innovation: Centre for People-Led Digitalisation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lattanzio, S., Goh, Y. M., Houghton, R., & Newnes, L. (2023). The Challenges of Conducting Transdisciplinary Engineering Research: A Case Study of the Made Smarter Innovation: Centre for People-Led Digitalisation. In Proceedings of the 30th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, Hua Hin Cha Am, Thailand, July 11–14, 2023 (751-760). https://doi.org/10.3233/atde230672

In order to meet growing complexity in societal and industrial requirements for engineering projects, there is a growing need for research projects that transcend traditional single discipline silos. Widespread experience and a growing academic liter... Read More about The Challenges of Conducting Transdisciplinary Engineering Research: A Case Study of the Made Smarter Innovation: Centre for People-Led Digitalisation.

The Need for a Symbiotic Interface for a Digital Twin (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Palmer, C., Goh, Y. M., Hubbard, E.-M., Grant, R., & Houghton, R. (2023). The Need for a Symbiotic Interface for a Digital Twin. In Leveraging transdisciplinary engineering in a changing and connected world : proceedings of the 30th ISTE international conference on transdisciplinary engineering (873 - 882). https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE230685

Human interaction with a Digital Twin is an emerging concept for which there are no common definitions. This paper considers the various types of human interaction with Digital Twins. There is very little research considering human cognitive interact... Read More about The Need for a Symbiotic Interface for a Digital Twin.

Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks (2021)
Journal Article
Khan, N., Houghton, R., & Sharples, S. (2022). Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks. Cognition, Technology and Work, 24, 393-421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-021-00690-z

The exploitation of so-called insiders is increasingly recognised as a common vector for cyberattacks. Emerging work in this area has considered the phenomenon from various perspectives including the technological, the psychological and the sociotech... Read More about Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks.

Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance (2019)
Journal Article
Sprinks, J., Houghton, R., Bamford, S., & Morley, J. G. (2019). Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 54(6), 1325-1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13277

Virtual citizen science platforms allow nonscientists to take part in scientific research across a range of disciplines, including planetary science. What is required of the volunteer can vary considerably in terms of task type, variety, judgment req... Read More about Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance.

A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016 (2019)
Journal Article
Houghton, R., Sprinks, J., Wardlaw, J., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (2019). A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010201

We discuss the potential application to virtual citizen science of a recent standard (BS ISO 27500:2016 “The human-centred organisation”) which encourages the adoption of a sociotechnical systems perspective across a wide range of businesses, organiz... Read More about A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016.

Human performance and strategies while solving an aircraft routing and sequencing problem: an experimental approach (2018)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. M., Houghton, R. J., Atkin, J., de Maere, G., Moore, T., & Morvan, H. (2018). Human performance and strategies while solving an aircraft routing and sequencing problem: an experimental approach. Cognition, Technology and Work, 20(3), 425–441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-018-0480-4

As airport resources are stretched to meet increasing demand for services, effective use of ground infrastructure is increasingly critical for ensuring operational efficiency. Work in operations research has produced algorithms providing airport towe... Read More about Human performance and strategies while solving an aircraft routing and sequencing problem: an experimental approach.

How relevant is copyright to online artists? A qualitative study of understandings, coping strategies, and possible solutions (2016)
Journal Article
Dowthwaite, L., Houghton, R. J., & Mortier, R. (2016). How relevant is copyright to online artists? A qualitative study of understandings, coping strategies, and possible solutions. First Monday, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i5.6107

Online copyright law is a major issue for many in the creative industries. Independent artists often rely on sharing their work across social media and content-sharing sites, leaving them open to having their work stolen or misused. This paper discus... Read More about How relevant is copyright to online artists? A qualitative study of understandings, coping strategies, and possible solutions.

Span of control in supervision of rail track work (2016)
Journal Article
Houghton, R. J., White, C., Golightly, D., & Wilson, J. R. (2016). Span of control in supervision of rail track work. Cognition, Technology and Work, 18(2), 361-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-016-0364-4

The supervision of engineering work on the railways has received relatively little examination despite being both safety-critical in its own right and having wider implications for the successful running of the railways. The present paper is concerne... Read More about Span of control in supervision of rail track work.

MarathOn Multiscreen: group television watching and interaction in a viewing ecology (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anstead, E., Benford, S., & Houghton, R. (2016). MarathOn Multiscreen: group television watching and interaction in a viewing ecology.

This paper reports and discusses the findings of an exploratory study into collaborative user practice with a multiscreen television application. MarathOn Multiscreen allows users to view, share and curate amateur and professional video footage of a... Read More about MarathOn Multiscreen: group television watching and interaction in a viewing ecology.

Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dowthwaite, L., Houghton, R., & Mortier, R. (2015). Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share. In Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015 (355-362). https://doi.org/10.1201/b18293

Online social networks are complex systems that are traditionally discussed in several different ways, often revolving around either the technology and design of the platforms themselves, or the behaviour and social interactions of the communities th... Read More about Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share.