I'm an Asistant Professor in Ethical Design at the University of Cambridge, based at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (where I was previously Associate Director) and which is part of the University's Institute for Technology and Humanity. I'm also a Visiting Fellow at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London and a Senior Research Associate of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge.
I've written two books: Positive Computing - Technology for wellbeing and human potential with Rafael Calvo (MIT Press) which has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and Interface Design for Learning - Design Strategies for Learning Experiences (Pearson). I am also on the editorial board of the journal, AI & Ethics.
Research areas
HCI, HCAI; digital health; digital mental health; UI/UX; ethical deisgn; conversational AI;
design for: wellbeing, human autonomy and learning
Experience
I specialise in design for health and wellbeing, human autonomy, and learning; design ethics; and translation of research to practice. I have worked in participatory digital health and mental health across age groups with communities in the UK, Australia and South America. My current work focuses on 1) the need for a multidimensional approach to digital health that addresses both the psychosocial and physical dimensions of health and 2) on the role of front-end design in AI ethics.
I teach, publish articles, run workshops, give talks, and collaborate with technologists, social scientists and stakeholders to co-create human-centred, context-sensitive and research-driven technologies in ways that respect psychological needs.
Until moving to the UK in 2019, I was Creative Leader at the Wellbeing Technology Lab at the University of Sydney, and before that, Educational Multimedia Designer at the Centre for Computer Supported Learning and Cognition. I've carried out design, research, and training for a range of business and non-profit organizations including Movember Foundation, ReachOut, Ieso Digital Health, Honda, Phillips, Google and Sony.
I teach, publish articles, run workshops, give talks, and collaborate with technologists, social scientists and stakeholders to co-create human-centred, context-sensitive and research-driven technologies in ways that respect psychological needs.
Until moving to the UK in 2019, I was Creative Leader at the Wellbeing Technology Lab at the University of Sydney, and before that, Educational Multimedia Designer at the Centre for Computer Supported Learning and Cognition. I've carried out design, research, and training for a range of business and non-profit organizations including Movember Foundation, ReachOut, Ieso Digital Health, Honda, Phillips, Google and Sony.
Sitting squarely at the intersection of technology and the arts/humanities, I often fulfill the the role of cross-disciplinary translator, helping my colleagues in disparate fields (engineers, doctors, philosophers) to understand each other and work together more seamlessly through facilitation, shared language and tools. I also enjoy translating academic discoveries into actionable knowledge for professionals and the general public.
EDUCATION
I hold a PhD in Design and Master of Multimedia Design from The University of Sydney and a Bachelors in Writing and Directing from Carnegie Mellon.
