Alison Flind

Contact Information:

Alison2.Flind@uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England,
Frenchay Campus,
Coldharbour Lane,
Bristol,
BS16 1QY

Research

I am in the final year of a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction at UWE. My main research interests are user-experience design, sociotechnical systems, user emotion and interaction design. I have also worked as a Research Assistant on the Mobiserv project, developing a personal intelligent robotic platform to support older adults to live independently in their homes.

Current Work

Last summer (2011) I presented my work at:

PCCAT Conference (Exeter) on June 8th. (www.pccat.ex.ac.uk)
UWE FET Conference (Bristol) June 20th
CBMS Conference (Bristol) June 27th - 30th (www.cbms2011.org)
I also co-hosted a workshop on Cultural Probes at UX Bristol with Praminda Caleb-Solly on July 15th. (uxbristol.org.uk)

Interests

I organise Bristol Girl Geek Dinners - a social group for women who are interested in engineering and technology. (bristolgirlgeekdinners.com)

I currently run three businesses, working predominantly as a web developer, writer and consultant.