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I am a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath. I research Computer-Supported Collaborative Work and Human-Robot Interaction, focusing on the analysis and design of interactive systems as they serve to help people appreciate and understand one another's concerns. My work puts people and their feelings right at the centre of interaction design problems, including in choreography as a form of embodied expression, political discussion, chronic health, cognitive rehabilitation, or the coordination of work in physical settings.
Interactive technologies routinely mediate between people: we are able to understand, or may be put at odds with one another, by virtue of the structures and processes embedded in the technologies we use. Technologically mediated interactions frame 'social cognition'; how people perceive one another as social agents, how social actions are interpreted, and how social situations are understood. Interactive systems can have this effect because they ampilfy some aspects of human behaviour, hide others and also open up new ways of acting that have no natural analogue. So interactive systems impose themselves on human relationships and have become a key part of human experience. If they are to work well, interactive systems must assist people to express themselves and also help show whether or not they recognise the feelings of others.
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Investing Care and Appreciating Effort in the Use of Personal Communication Technologies
28/04/14 → 27/04/17
Project: UK charity
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The Language of Collaborative Manufacture
Johnson, P., Jones, S., Payne, S. & Watts, L.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/07/13 → 31/07/18
Project: Research council
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The Language of Collaborative Manufacture
Johnson, P., Payne, S. & Watts, L.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/02/13 → 30/05/13
Project: Research council
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The Diplomat's Dilemma
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
16/04/12 → 31/03/13
Project: Research council
Research output
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Particle-ularly Haptics: Investigating the Relationship Between Visual Feedback and Mid-Air Haptic Texture
Wojna, K., Wright, M., Lutteroth, C., Watts, L., Beattie, D. & Limerick, H., 6 Sep 2020, Particle-ularly Haptics: Investigating the Relationship Between Visual Feedback and Mid-Air Haptic Texture . p. 1 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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"Taking Care of a Fruit Tree": Nurturing as a Layer of Concern in Online Community Moderation
Yu, B., Seering, J., Spiel, K. & Watts, L., 25 Apr 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Caring About Dissent: Online Community Moderation and Norm Evolution
Yu, B., Spiel, K. & Watts, L., 10 Nov 2019, Volunteer Work: Mapping the Future of Moderation Research - A CSCW '19 Workshop.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Designing for reflection on sender effort in close personal communication
Kelly, R., Gooch, D. & Watts, L., 4 Dec 2018, Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. Morrison, A., Buchanan, G., Waycott, J., Billinghurst, M., Stevenson, D., Choi, JH-J., Billinghurst, M., Kelly, R., McKay, D. & Lugmayr, A. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 314-325 12 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining: How to Cope When Your Research Does Not Go to Plan
Rodham, K., Gavin, J., Coulson, N. & Watts, L., 2018, In: SAGE Research Methods Cases.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review