Janine Morley is a Researcher in the DEMAND Centre at Lancaster University. She has a background in social science, and her PhD research, jointly supervised by Prof. Shove (Sociology) and Dr. Hazas (Computing and Communications), was a cross-disciplinary investigation into the diverse nature of energy demand in everyday practice.
Oliver Bates is a Researcher in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. Oliver is currently working on FTC 2050, looking to reduce the carbon footprint of urban parcel deliveries. Oliver is interested in using ICT to build up new knowledge bases and data sets to encourage more sustainable design and interventions. He is also interested in understanding how ICT and data can be used to drive more sustainable policies. Oliver’s PhD, supervised by Dr. Hazas, focused on understanding the impacts of media and IT in everyday life.
Ally Gormally is a Geographer and holds a lectureship in the Lancaster Environment Centre. She has a general interest in all things energy related and has worked across disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities around low carbon transitions. Past research has included looking at both the physical and societal dimensions of community-based renewables, (funded through the UK Energy Research Centre), sustainability in Higher Education specifically around energy policies and patterns of energy supply and demand within a HE setting (funded through Energy Lancaster), and working with HCI researchers on practices of thermal comfort. Most recently Ally has been collaborating with the British Geological Survey on better understanding society’s interaction with subsurface processes.
Kelly Widdicks is a Lecturer in Computer Science in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University, interested in understanding and mitigating the negative impacts of digital technology on society and the environment. She is experienced in utilising quantitative and qualitative data studies within the multidisciplinary field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to uncover the socio-technical impacts of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Most recently, she has been co-investigating how ICT can be sustainably and responsibly designed to align with the Paris Agreement (EP/V042378/1).
Kathy New is a PhD student working on adaptive thermal comfort in non-domestic buildings supervised by Adrian Friday, Mike Hazas and Ally Gormally. Kathy is funded by CGE (Centre for Global Eco-innovation) and Hardy and Ellis Innovations. Kathy has an eclectic background including managing energy efficiency and fuel poverty projects across the North West, teaching (among other things) science, animal management, teacher training, and environmental consultancy work. She has worked with private, public and third sector organisations on a range of sustainability projects, and is interested in technological solutions to promote sustainable living, and social justice issues.
Adam Tyler is a PhD student, looking at combining adaptive and Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) methods to achieve low energy multi factor thermal comfort; he is co-supervised by Mike Hazas and Adrian Friday. With experience in the fields of mechanical engineering, renewable energy, building energy management, and control engineering, he has an interest in bringing together these with computing to develop practical energy reducing solutions for sustainability challenges.
Christina Bremer is a PhD student in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. She is funded through the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Training Programme in Material Social Futures. In her PhD, co-supervised by Bran Knowles and Adrian Friday, she looks at building automation from a socio-technical perspective and the various factors that limit its energy saving potential. More generally, Christina feels excited about research that holistically addresses the environmental and societal impact of technology.
Adrian Friday is Professor of Computing and Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK. His work focuses on how ubiquitous systems, data and empirical studies reveal the externality and impacts of everyday life, and offer new and more sustainable ways of doing. He has led a series of collaborative and multidisciplinary research projects exploring energy use in the home, thermal comfort, sustainable food shopping, and last-mile logistics. His latest work focuses on environmental and social justice for gig economy (EP/S027726/1), in FuturePlaces and a significant new programme exploring time series statistics, HCI & human geography and machine learning might provide energy insights toward net zero (EP/T025964/1).
Iman Hussain is a graduate Researcher working with the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation and National Air Quality Testing Services alongside the School of Computing at Lancaster University. His current project involves using a mesh network of smart sensors to monitor indoor air quality and balance energy usage and stakeholder requirements. Iman’s previous skills in green-focused logistical solutions have seen him work with IBM, CapGemini and Highways England. He’s keen to continue exploring how technology can solve the problems of sustainability, the green economy and health and wellbeing.
Mike Hazas is a Professor at Department of Information Technology, at University of Uppsala, Sweden. His research is concerned with everyday practices and digital technologies, and how they can be related to sustainability (energy demand and carbon emissions). Much of his recent work has focused on the proliferation of online services (streaming, social networking, gaming); and their invisible impacts due to the Internet and data centres. I have also spent significant time researching thermal comfort; and digital automation. I employ both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Formerly, Mike was Co-Investigator on DEMAND (EP/K011723/1) and Encouraging Low Carbon Food Shopping with Ubicomp Interventions (EP/K012738/1).
Carolynne Lord is a Sociologist based in both the School of Computing and Communications and the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. She is currently working on the FlipGig project and is interested in how algorithms shape the working practices and resulting pay of Deliveroo couriers. More generally, Carolynne is interested in how technologies influence and change the social practices that they are a part of.
Christian Remy is a Senior Research Associate at the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. He is currently working on the net0i project that aims to analyse energy data from various stakeholders to investigate how such data can be used to inform decision-making processes of key stakeholders, such as facility managers or energy managers, to reduce energy demand, increase energy efficiency, and overall contribute to a more sustainable future. Before coming to Lancaster University, Christian completed a PhD and postdoc at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, working on issues of obsolescence in consumer electronics, and was Assistant Professor at the Centre for Digital Creativity at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Past Members
Vanessa Thomas was a PhD Candidate with the HighWire Centre for Doctoral Training, and a Research Associate with the Institute for Social Futures. Her doctoral research examined a set of social practices and public policies that influence the environmental footprint of digital technologies. She is a self-described disciplinary mutt with a diverse academic and professional background. Much like the Fresh Prince, on the playground was where she spent most of her days.
Adrian Clear worked as a Senior Research Associate in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University until 2015. Adrian’s background is in ubiquitous computing, and his work has included tool support for data-rich, context-aware application development and smart-home platforms for sustainable living. His current research is in the area of technology design for environmental sustainability in domestic, everyday life. Adrian was a Researcher Co-investigator on Encouraging Low Carbon Food Shopping with Ubicomp Interventions (EP/K012738/1).