Research
I do research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) which can be roughly split into two groups:
- Digital Health [i.e. participatry digital health; digital mental health; conversational AI for health]
- Improving Design [i.e. design for wellbeing; deisgn for learning; design for autonomy; design for relatedness; ethical design; design strategies and methods]
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For a visual take on my research (with links to example publications)
< Check out my research cactus [PDF] |
Note to prospective PhD students: My department (Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity) does not yet have a PhD Programme (watch this space). As such, I cannot currently accept PhD candidates. I can co-supervise PhD students based in other departments (which my colleagues and I sometimes do). Therefore, prospective PhD students should seek primary supervisors in other Cambridge departments (e.g. psychology, computer science, etc.).
Current AND RECENT Projects
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CALMS - Culturally Appropriate Language Model Systems
In partnership with researchers and community health workers in Peru and Argentina, we're exploring how LLMs might be harnessed to improve healthcare in Latin America. > rXiv preprint | Project site |
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HEAT - High-risk EU AI Act Toolkit
A collaboration between AI Ethics scholars at the University of Cambridge and AI developers at Accenture, we've created an open access software-based compliance toolkit for the EU AI Act enhanced pro-justice methods and principles. > Paper at FACcT 2025 | Project Site |
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Brisa - A conversational agent for asthma support
For this EPSRC-funded project we partnered with specialist doctors, nurses and people with asthma to create a conversational agent (available online or via WhatsApp) that can help people better understand and manage their asthma. > Article in Digital Health | Project site |
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Wellbeing Supportive Design Toolkit
My ongoing work on operationalising design for psychological wellbeing includes development of measures, a model, an online workshop, and a set of 15 design heuristics, all of which are available open access. > Wellbeing Supportive Design Toolkit > Articles: Heuristics (IJHCI), Scales (Front. in Psychology), Spheres framework (IEEE Technology & Society) METUX Model (Front. in Psychology); more at ORCID |
I also have a gallery of previous projects on Behance: