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Our People

The Research Team

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Professor Richard Harper

Principle Investigator and Co-Director, The Institute for Social Futures.

Richard's research is on the human side of computing and asks such things as what is it people want to do with technologies - and this is not always what technologies were designed for!

Email: r.harper@lancaster.ac.uk

Professor Nigel Davies

Co-Investigator and Co-Director of The Data Science Institute

Email: n.a.davies@lancaster.ac.uk

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Professor Charlie Gere

Co-Investigator and Professor of media theory and history at The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

Charlie is interested in new ways of thinking and writing about landscape and the environment, especially in the North West

Email: c.gere@lancaster.ac.uk

Professor Jo Knight

Professor of Applied Data Science, Lancaster Medical School and Research Director for the Lancashire and Cumbria NHS Secure Data Environment

Jo undertakes research using routinely collected health data with the goal of improving health outcomes, she also works with the NHS to support the building infrastructure, capacity and expertise to support others to deliver research using this data.

Email: jo.knight@lancaster.ac.uk

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Dr Rachel Marshall

Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Lancaster Environment Centre

Rachel's work looks to link communities of practice (from farmers to policy makers) with researchers to enable us to better co-design and develop new ideas, projects and research around the future of food in our place.

Email: r.marshall2@lancaster.ac.uk

Nick King

Partnerships and Impact Manager

Nick's interest is working with stakeholders and communities to identify shared interests and supporting the resulting collaborations in delivering tangible positive impact.

Email: n.king@lancaster.ac.uk

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Jan Hollinshead

Senior Research Associate

Jan’s research looks at the relationship between data, people and the places they live - the way data impacts decision making, guides change, and shapes the future.

Email: j.hollinshead1@lancaster.ac.uk

Karen Lloyd

Writer in Residence

Karen Lloyd will be looking at ways to build engagement with communities, ecologists, scientists and others to inform new writing about the north-west and in particular Morecambe Bay and Cumbria.

Email: k.lloyd2@lancaster.ac.uk

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Andrea Baumann

PhD Student, Computing and Communications

Andrea’s research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) explores user engagement with pervasive technologies through real-world deployments and user-centred evaluations conducted in the wild (e.g. care homes).

a.baumann1@lancaster.ac.uk

Ludwig Trotter

Ludwig's research explores how data can reshape the first mile of charitable giving, fostering a meaningful connection between donors and the causes they support.

Email: l.k.trotter@lancaster.ac.uk

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Additional Key staff
Rachel Cooper

Professor Rachel Cooper

Chair in Design

Energy Lancaster, HighWire Doctoral Training Centre, Imagination Lancaster, School of Design

Gordon Blair

Professor Gordon Blair

Emeritus Professor

Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, DSI - Environment, FST Sustainability Advisory Committee, HighWire Doctoral Training Centre, SCC (Distributed Systems)

C15, C - Floor, Infolab
Paul Coulton

Professor Paul Coulton

Professor of Speculative and Game Design

Imagination Lancaster, More than Human , School of Design

Leon Cruickshank

Professor Leon Cruickshank

Professor of Design and Creative Exchange

Evaluation, Health Equity Network, HighWire Doctoral Training Centre, Imagination Lancaster, Practices, School of Design

Adrian Friday

Professor Adrian Friday

Professor of Computing and Sustainability

DSI - Environment, Energy Lancaster, MSF Supervisors 2019/20, Network and Systems, Pentland Centre, SCC (Pervasive Systems)

C57, C - Floor, InfoLab21
Bran Knowles

Professor Bran Knowles

Professor of Sociotechnical Systems

Artificial Intelligence, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, DSI - Society, SCC (Pervasive Systems)

+44 (0)1524 522030 C54, C - Floor, InfoLab21
Amber Leeson

Dr Amber Leeson

Reader in Glaciology

Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, DSI - Environment, Geospatial Data Science

+44 (0)1524 521867
David Leslie

Professor David Leslie

Professor of Statistics

DSI - Foundations, Statistical Artificial Intelligence, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

+44 (0)1524 593063 B73, B - Floor, PSC
Nicholas Race

Professor Nicholas Race

Professor of Networked Systems

Cyber Security Research Centre (Networking), DSI - Foundations, SCC (Networking), Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Networks), Security Lancaster (Systems Security)

+44 (0)1524 510123 D33, D - Floor, InfoLab21
Corina Sas

Professor Corina Sas

Professor

Digital Health Group, Institute for Social Futures Fellow, SCC (Pervasive Systems)

C55, C - Floor, InfoLab21