All Outputs (25)

Entangling with light and shadow: Layers of interaction with the pattern organ, a camera-based wavetable synthesiser (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the design and use of a camera-based digital musical instrument as a thinking tool for considering entangled, post-human perspectives. The design of the pattern organ, inspired by experimental optical sound-on-film practices, empl... Read More about Entangling with light and shadow: Layers of interaction with the pattern organ, a camera-based wavetable synthesiser.

Looping slowly: Diffraction through the lens of nostalgia (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper concerns magnetic tape and the nostalgia of media, finding new relevance in old technology, remaking and adapting practices to fit within a modern workflow. Pushing against the driving force of economic structures, which emphasises a conti... Read More about Looping slowly: Diffraction through the lens of nostalgia.

Hive mind for Net Zero: Towards a social engagement model for collective home energy behaviour change (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Higher education matters vodcast: Exploring AI in higher education (2025)
Digital Artefact

In this thought-provoking episode, host Antony Hill is joined by Michal Bobula and Jim Smith to explore:

•How AI is reshaping teaching and learning practices
•The benefits and challenges of integrating AI into education
•Ethical considerations a... Read More about Higher education matters vodcast: Exploring AI in higher education.

The missed opportunity of local air quality management. In Lewis J. (Ed) Speaking up for science and the environment. Case studies for effective environmental engagement throughout the policy process. (2025)
Report

Case study eight, from James Longhurst, takes a longer-term view of policy delivery in practice, analysing how Local Air Quality Management has been delivered through local government. The case study provides a perspective on the limiting factors th... Read More about The missed opportunity of local air quality management. In Lewis J. (Ed) Speaking up for science and the environment. Case studies for effective environmental engagement throughout the policy process..

From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The textile industry is a global giant whose environmental consequences are severe. Textile processing accounts for 51% of a textile's overall carbon footprint (WRAP, 2022) and is estimated to contribute up to 20% of global industrial water pollution... Read More about From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design.

Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports a new process which can be used to re-purpose a robot at the end of its primary life. Repurposing a robot enables it to continue delivering value beyond the point at which it might have been otherwise recycled or scrapped. The repu... Read More about Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy.

A preliminary investigation into the reliability of soil carbon analytical techniques (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The estimation of soil carbon is essential to land management recommendations and policy realisation and climate change abatement. The measurement of soil carbon relies on new and established techniques that are of uncertain reliability but neverthel... Read More about A preliminary investigation into the reliability of soil carbon analytical techniques.

Carbon data mining (2024)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman talks to Caroline Saltzwedel of Hirundo Press, Hamburg about her new works exploring the histories of coal.

Wholesale building moving in Northern Sweden: Here, now and then (2024)
Journal Article

This study is part of continuing collaborative research into the phenomena of wholesale moving buildings in northern Sweden. It raises questions about sustainability, through consideration of re-use in a moment of the further extensive application of... Read More about Wholesale building moving in Northern Sweden: Here, now and then.

Findings: Survey of Airlander in South Yorkshire (2024)
Report

The study explored public perceptions of Airlander in the Doncaster area, focusing on:
1.Its economic and environmental impacts.
2.Public awareness and alignment with the UKRI Future Flight initiative.
Broad Awareness: 75% of respondents had heard... Read More about Findings: Survey of Airlander in South Yorkshire.

Making and knowledge exchange for repair and sustainability (2024)
Report

The MAKERS project at UWE Bristol enhances belonging among diverse engineering students through sustainability and repair activities, whilst tackling the Climate and Ecological Emergency in partnership with local communities.
Launched in 2023, a mo... Read More about Making and knowledge exchange for repair and sustainability.

In between: Ghostly control through slowness and the relational (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation is about space and sustainability, exploring Massey’s theory of space and how it can enform musical interface design. In particular, how something can be imagined from the old and remade anew.

The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings (2024)
Journal Article

The mobility of persons is changing due to technological innovation linked to autonomous and electric vehicles or to connectivity and data communication technologies. Furthermore, it is being conditioned by social behaviours. Qualitative research bas... Read More about The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings.

Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Repair Cafés offer an effective challenge to the “throwaway society” providing a space where communities can work together to repair. Meanwhile, it has been shown that for engineering students from under-represented backgrounds, hands-on environments... Read More about Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students?.

Let them eat data – trusted data spaces from farm to fork (and back to the farm) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper introduces an approach to augment the farm-to-fork value chain through thorough data consolidation and use case sharing. Capitalizing on cutting-edge data analytics and digital transformation strategies, the approach seeks to mitigate pred... Read More about Let them eat data – trusted data spaces from farm to fork (and back to the farm).

Exploring IPD as an antidote to fragmentation within the UK construction sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Construction Industry has for long been criticised for poor performance and lack of collaborative culture. Studies over the years have linked these to fragmentation amongst project teams - which still leads to cost overruns and project delays. Co... Read More about Exploring IPD as an antidote to fragmentation within the UK construction sector.

Risks and opportunities of the metaverse (2024)
Report

Expert memorandum prepared by Verity McIntosh and Catherine Allen, at the request of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, Parliamentary Authority of the Council of Europe.

The ‘metaverse’ represents a new frontier for digital te... Read More about Risks and opportunities of the metaverse.

SmartBioC Top Trumps (2024)
Physical Artefact

"SmartBioC’s Top Trumps" is a card game designed to playfully display information on the performance of biobased building assemblies and compare them against traditional construction methods.

The cards use SmartBioC’s multi-criteria assessment fra... Read More about SmartBioC Top Trumps.

Understanding consumer attitudes towards second-hand robots for the home (2024)
Journal Article

As robot numbers in the home increase, creating a market for second-hand robotic systems is essential to reduce the waste impact of the industry. Via a survey, consumer attitudes of United Kingdom participants towards second-hand robots were investig... Read More about Understanding consumer attitudes towards second-hand robots for the home.