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Exploring the potential uses of ocean plastic and public engagement activities for raising awareness (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, X. (2021, June). Exploring the potential uses of ocean plastic and public engagement activities for raising awareness. Poster presented at Cumulus Roma 2021: Design Culture(s), Rome, Italy

Ocean plastic started to attract attention from many levels of society. Scholars have done geographical and quantitative research, but the research on the exploration of either ocean plastic as an accessible material or public perception towards ocea... Read More about Exploring the potential uses of ocean plastic and public engagement activities for raising awareness.

Harnessing the Obsolete in Contemporary Art Practice (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2021, June). Harnessing the Obsolete in Contemporary Art Practice. Paper presented at Technology and Tradition: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Manchester, UK

(Dis)locating Democratisation: Grime, Digitalisation, and 'The PlayStation Generation' (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2021, May). (Dis)locating Democratisation: Grime, Digitalisation, and 'The PlayStation Generation'. Paper presented at Annual Symposium of Music Scholars in Finland, Online

For many commentators over the last two decades, digitisation represents nothing short of a watershed moment in how music is produced, stored, and consumed. In this paper, I address claims around the democratisation of music making with the advent of... Read More about (Dis)locating Democratisation: Grime, Digitalisation, and 'The PlayStation Generation'.

Intelligent collision avoidance and manoeuvring system with the use of augmented reality and artificial intelligence (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Lagoo, R., Harrison, D., & Drikakis, D. (2022, April). Intelligent collision avoidance and manoeuvring system with the use of augmented reality and artificial intelligence. Presented at 2021 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Vancouver, Canada

The efficiency of collision-avoidance abrupt braking or manoeuvring is primarily based on a driver{\textquoteright}s response time. The latter is affected by the driver{\textquoteright}s spatial and situational awareness, which in turn is heavily dep... Read More about Intelligent collision avoidance and manoeuvring system with the use of augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

Creatives in Crisis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H. (2021, April). Creatives in Crisis. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference 2021, London [Online]

The Entangled Terrestrials: Mapping E.T.’s Ecological Web (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2021, April). The Entangled Terrestrials: Mapping E.T.’s Ecological Web. Paper presented at British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference, Online

Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) has accrued an eclectic but small body of scholarly criticism. With this paper I contribute an ecocritical analysis of the film, suggesting that the disruption to Elliott’s schoolboy life caused by... Read More about The Entangled Terrestrials: Mapping E.T.’s Ecological Web.

The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2021, March). The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic. Paper presented at MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2021, Bournemouth University

The presentation will discuss initial reflections on a UKRI funded impact and engagement project in the Pacific, aimed at addressing community based and participatory media production as a development methodology to tackle gender inequality and speci... Read More about The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic.

The Scottish Revival Network (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2021, March). The Scottish Revival Network. Paper presented at The Future of Scottish Cosmopolitanism at the Fin de Siècle, University of Glasgow [Online]

Daydream@Creative Leadership (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Daydream@Creative Leadership. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning, Online

In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at... Read More about Daydream@Creative Leadership.

Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, X. (2021, March). Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques. Poster presented at Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS), Online

One of the most significant environmental problems facing this planet today is plastic pollution in the marine environment. It is widely agreed that human and human activities are the sources and solutions to the threat posed by ocean plastic. This p... Read More about Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques.

Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2021, March). Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Online

This paper provides genuine insight into the rationale for an approach to inclusivity that penetrates to the very edges of society. It underpins the need to find better methods to reach readers beyond the boundaries, for whom “books are more importan... Read More about Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland.

Creativity is the ONLY answer (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Creativity is the ONLY answer. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning event, Online

There are known knowns in life - ice-cream on a summer’s day makes you happy or a blanket in front of the fire in winter is comforting. Another of these known knowns is creativity is the only answer – it solves all problems: boring maths, a disillusi... Read More about Creativity is the ONLY answer.

Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, February). Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship. Presented at Design Entrepreneurship Series, Maynooth University, Ireland

Uncertainty. The power and risk of working with the unknown. Ruth will be drawing on her experience as a designer for Tannoy, Linn, Aston Martin and her company Love Scotland, to talk about service design with social impact. Uncertainty requires ski... Read More about Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship.

AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Lagoo, R., Drikakis, D., & Harrison, D. (2021, January). AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA

Circumventing motorway traffic can be a challenging task for the Emergency Services{\textquoteright} vehicles. This work presents a preliminary Human-Computer Interface (HCI) design which employs Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI... Read More about AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study.