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ELVIRA PEREZ VALLEJOS

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ELVIRA PEREZ VALLEJOS

Professor of Digital Technology For Mental Health


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.

An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Dowthwaite, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Portillo, V., Patel, M., Zhao, J., & Creswick, H. (2023). An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing. In TAS ‘23: Proceedings of The First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems 11-12 July 2023 Edinburgh, UK. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3599708

Internet users often report feelings of stress, anxiety, and a lack of control, often related to uncertainty about the use of algorithms and autonomous systems (AS) behind what they encounter. This may lead to a loss of trust in the services, content... Read More about An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing.

“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.

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
Vallejos, E. P., Dowthwaite, L., Barnard, P., & Coomber, B. (2023). Reflections on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS): A message from Journal of Responsible Technology Special Issue's editors. Journal of Responsible Technology, 14, Article 100059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100059

What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people (2023)
Journal Article
Curran, T., Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., & Crawford, P. (2023). What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people. Journal of Mental Health, 32(3), 612-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2182412

Background: In 2021, the Arts and Humanities Research Council commissioned a mass-media mental health campaign called “What’s up With Everyone?” Here, innovative co-created messages were professionally storied and animated by an internationally recog... Read More about What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people.

Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study (2023)
Journal Article
Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Logathasan, S., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2023). Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study. JMIR Mental Health, 10, Article e38346. https://doi.org/10.2196/38346

Background: There is a pressing need to create resources to promote mental health literacy among young people. Digital media is one of the methods that can be used to successfully promote mental health literacy. Although digital mental health resour... Read More about Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study.

The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Dowthwaite, L., Wagner, H. G., Babbage, C. M., Fischer, J. E., Barnard, P., Nichele, E., …McAuley, D. (2022). The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK. PLoS ONE, 17(10), Article e0276661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276661

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.

Health Expectations Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 4 (2022)
Journal Article
Ito‐Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2022). Health Expectations Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 4. Health Expectations, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13575

The cover image is based on the Research Article What's Up With Everyone?: A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of co-created online animations to promote mental health literacy by Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger et al.,