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Sunil Rodger

Sunil Rodger

Alumni

s.d.rodger@newcastle.ac.uk

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I am a multidisciplinary social researcher, with a particular interest in how technologies are used by geographically disparate groups such as diasporas, disabled people and rare disease communities. My research spans HCI, health, sociology, and disability studies, and I have published at venues including CHI and CSCW.

During my PhD research, I have worked with powered wheelchair users to explore their experiences of mobility and to understand how they might use technology to convey these to other people. Participants led ‘go-along’ journeys, capturing smartphone video and data that they used in reflective interviews about their experiences, while subsequent Skype workshops facilitated collective sense-making and ideation. Learning from disabled people’s situated knowledge of barriers and facilitators to their mobility is essential in making environments and services more accessible. My PhD is supervised by Professors Janice McLaughlin, David Kirk, and John Vines.

Prior to my PhD, I worked in translational research to improve care for rare diseases, in roles enabling international collaboration between clinical, research, and patient stakeholders.

Project Title

Metro Futures: Co-designing the future of Tyne and Wear Metro

Design Futures
Project Title

Journeycam: Exploring experiences of accessibility and mobility among powered wheelchair users

Design Futures

2022

Metro Futures 2020: Enabling Participation at Varying Depths and Scales via Digital Technology

Bowen S Wilson A Rodger S Feltwell T Nappey T

2022 – International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Open website 10.1080/10447318.2022.2102085

2019

Exploring the Potential for Technology to Improve Cystic Fibrosis Care Provision: Patient and Professional Perspectives

Rodger S O'Hara K

2019 – Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Open website 10.1145/3359223

JourneyCam: Exploring Experiences of Accessibility and Mobility among Powered Wheelchair Users through Video and Data

Rodger S Jackson D Vines J McLaughlin J Wright P

2019 – Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019)

Open website 10.1145/3290605.3300860

2016

Technology and the Politics of Mobility: Evidence Generation in Accessible Transport Activism

Rodger S Vines J McLaughlin J

2016 – Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016)

Open website 10.1145/2858036.2858146

2015

Adult care for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the UK

Rodger S Woods KL Bladen CL Stringer A Vry J Gramsch K Kirschner J Thompson R Bushby K Lochmuller H

2015 – Journal of Neurology

Open website 10.1007/s00415-014-7585-3

Did Perception of the Economy Affect Attitudes to Immigration at the 2010 British General Election?

Johnson C Rodger S

2015 – Social Science Quarterly

Open website 10.1111/ssqu.12227

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