Rob Anderson (he/him)
Senior Research Software Engineer
I have a background in computers and technology. My role in Open Lab is to design, build and deploy apps and websites for various research projects and to administer internal systems to help other researchers. I'm particularly interested in creating accessible and engaging interactions and experimenting with new technologies.
Some of my projects include:
- Deconf — Open Source libraries for running virtual conferences used by the IFRC & Mozilla
- Iris Msg - An SMS donation platform for greek solidarity movements
- Not-Equal Catalyst - A networking & brokerage system for creating & finding collaborators backed by Trello and Google Forms
- This website – Open Lab's public website
- whatfutures.org - A global future-forecasting game ran through WhatsApp
- make.place - A mapping platform for digital consultations
- ⚗️ Alembic — Open Lab's design toolkit
Away from the Lab, I enjoy designing and making my own games and experimenting with technology.
EPSRC Northern Health Futures Digital Health Hub
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IFRC climate:red virtual climate summit
Metro Futures: Co-designing the future of Tyne and Wear Metro
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Let's Talk Parks: creating collaborative spaces to envision and transform public parks services
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Connecting volunteers with community needs in Lebanon
WhatFutures: engaging youth volunteers using WhatsApp
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Gabber: Collaboratively record and analyse audio conversations
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H2020 gE.CO Living Lab: Tools for generating commons
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Not-Equal: Exploring social justice in the digital economy
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Spokespeople: helping cyclists record incidents on the road
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Make Place: an open-source mapping and survey tool
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2024
Design Implications for a Social and Collaborative Understanding of online Information Assessment Practices, Challenges and Heuristics
2024 – Proceedings of 22nd European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
2020
Metro Futures: Experience-Centred Co-Design at Scale
2020 – CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2019
Infrastructuring public service transformation: Creating collaborative spaces between communities and institutions through HCI research
2019 – ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
WhatFutures: Designing Large-Scale Engagements on WhatsApp
2019 – 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Gabber: Supporting Voice in Participatory Qualitative Practices
2019 – CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2018
Spokespeople: Exploring Routes to Action through Citizen-Generated Data
2018 – Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18)
Streets for People: Engaging Children in Placemaking Through a Socio-technical Process
2018 – Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings