I am Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Monash University, Australia.

I founded and led (until my move to Monash in 2018) Open Lab, Newcastle University's centre for cross-disciplinary research in digital technologies (previously called the "Digital Interaction Group" but renamed when we moved out of Culture Lab in May, 2015).

My particular research interests include the application of social and ubiquitous computing to education, health and wellbeing, as well as the development of new approaches for interaction (such as novel sensing platforms and interaction techniques) and human-centred design methods.

I was Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics (55 PhD students over 8 years, from 2014-2022). The CDT was supported by a £4.7m award from the EPSRC and seeks to train the next generation of researchers in the design, deployment and evaluation of digital community and local government services. I was also Principal Investigator and Director of the £10.4m Digital Economy Research Centre in Digital Civics (25 postdoctoral researchers, 2015-2020) supported in part by a £4m award from the EPSRC.

To get a more detailed idea of my research interests and career history, take a look at my Google Scholar page or my ORCID.