A5027483320- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Architecture and Computational Design
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Digital Games and Media
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
- Mobile Agent-Based Network Management
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Data Management and Algorithms
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Information Society and Technology Trends
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Literacy, Media, and Education
University of Plymouth
2011-2025
University of Siegen
2009-2011
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2006-2009
Folkwang University of the Arts
2009
University of Bremen
2006
The Sustainable Development Goals for creating sustainable, resilient cities and addressing human impacts upon coastal waters marine environments create a mandate to empower local communities value city seascapes. One key way achieve this is through more inclusive pathways connect the sea using participatory methods. This research used co-design approach in Plymouth—the UK’s first national park—to explore potential place-based digital engagement people with sea, especially deprived...
This paper presents an exploratory study on the potential for sharing urban data; one where citizens create their own data and use it to understand influence planning decisions. The aim of is explore new models participation through emotional focuses relationship between physical space emotions identifying links stress levels specific features environment. It addresses problem in that, while people’s connection with setting often valued, rarely recognised or used as a source future decision...
In this paper we introduce WiMo, a location-based social networking tool that enables users to share and store their emotional feelings about places. WiMo creates mobile network based on common interests not just information but also opinions, experiences passions. The application uses geo-emotional tagging system running GPS enabled phone ascribe emotions describe the development of an emotion interface present case study scenario situate in real world setting. We then work-in-progress...
In the smart city agenda, data plays a key role in shaping governance and participation around urban planning, this is increasingly derived from sensors of all kinds. These include physiological sentiment analysis to gauge emotional states citizens. has so far been conceptualised as 'people sensors' where used create an aggregated emotion layer for real-time planning. This paper argues approach does not enable citizens any meaningful contrast, demonstrates what can 'do' when citizen actively...
Green infrastructure, particularly public greenspaces such as urban parks, plays an important role in environments, and improving participation greenspace practices encouraging environmental stewardship can help to address some of the challenges governance. We identify a gap research whether citizen science projects enhance connections between people place encourage better community parks greenspaces. The adopts Living Lab approach utilise inherent knowledge local developing digital...
Our everyday lives are characterised by encounters, some fleeting and ephemeral others more enduring meaningful exchanges. Shared encounters the glue of social networks have a socializing effect in terms mutual understanding, empathy, respect thus tolerance towards others. The quality characteristics such affected setting, or situation which they occur. In world shaped communication technologies, non-place-based often coexist alongside to traditional local face-to-face networks. As these...
In this paper, we introduce and implement a model for context-aware interaction, demonstrate its usefulness through an empirical study of interaction in wayfinding task. Firstly, outline the challenge modeling context-awareness dynamic arising from navigation assistance applications. The conceptual is developed explained with emphasis on three aspects such interactions. Secondly, experiment used to model. We finish by concluding that proposed enables dynamically inter-relational concept...
In this paper we look at how ICTs can become integrated into the workings of rural communities; they might find their place -- both metaphorically in terms sense community, and literally as a particular space. This is set context challenges villages face, particularly around social, economic geographic marginalization whether access to digital infrastructure help contribute more socially digitally inclusive communities. We describe results study Cornwall, UK, region characterized by...
Objectives Health and care resources are under increasing pressure, partly due to the ageing population. Physical activity supports healthy ageing, but motivating exercise is challenging. We aimed explore staff perceptions towards a virtual reality (VR) omnidirectional treadmill (MOTUS), at physical for older adult home residents. Design Interactive workshops qualitative evaluation. Settings Eight interactive were held six homes two university sites across Cornwall, England, from September...
This paper presents a pilot of method which measures quantitative biometric data to understand the emotional response people their physical environment. The aim audit is address problem lack accessibility public buildings for those with hidden disabilities. People invisible disabilities such as Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD, Autism) sometimes feeling forced withdraw from spaces and communities unfamiliar or busy environments art galleries can be particularly problematic (Amaze, 2018). As...
In this paper we seek to reflect on the way in which 'digital cities' later re-emerge as 'smart (both terms of approaches and also actual cities) what lessons can be learned about role ICTs how they shape urban space. We will focus looking at lack understanding city a 'place' is often common factor longevity city' initiatives discuss corresponding implications for emergence cities'. draw study Bristol, UK order look variety that took Bristol from 1990's digital current 'smart' projects....
Although our emotional connection with the physical urban setting is often valued, it rarely recognised or used as a resource to understand future actions in city planning. Yet, despite importance of emotion, citizens’ emotions are typically seen difficult quantify and individualistic, even though knowledge about people’s response space could help planners behaviours learn how citizens use live city. The study explores relationship between through identifying links stress...
The first words communicated using the medium of telephone reveal inherently social nature communication technology (Bell, 1876, 40-41). In Graham Bell’s successful call enabling between two people in separate locations his opening instruction was to ask person at other end line come where he was. This underlines way understanding world so very often requires visual presence authenticate experience. many aspects our everyday life we tend ‘believe it when see it’. Our experience physical...
We describe the development of a toolkit using locative media and Internet Things (IoT) technologies as an approach to enabling neighbourhoods engage with their local built social environment. address how community informed concept, presentation projects through series public consultation workshops events where neighbourhood residents were invited trial projects. The paper describes documents work in progress.