All Outputs (4)

Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sharafkhani, M., Argyle, E., Cobb, S., Tennent, P., & Houghton, R. (2019). Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort. In Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Comfort ICC2019

Aircraft passengers’ physical activity levels are often limited during flight for extended periods of time, which can have serious impact on health, comfort, and passenger experience. Passengers are generally advised to walk around the plane and do c... Read More about Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort.

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 factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system (2019)
Report
Golightly, D., Houghton, R., HUGHES, N., & Sharples, S. (2019). Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system. Foresight, Government Office for Science

Transport sharing describes a growing set of practices, systems and services that sit between traditional notions of private and public transport provision, and may have benefits in terms of both improving mobility in society and helping to address e... Read More about Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system.