Open Lab

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    Open Lab offers a new perspective on interaction design and ubiquitous computing at Newcastle University.

    Open Lab are more than just researchers. They are designers, collaborators, artists, educators, programmers, engineers, psychologists, data geeks and more. From the Internet of Things (IoT) to inclusive design, they create technologies to solve real world problems using human-centered design.

    In just over a decade Open Lab has become a world-leading research group working at the cutting edge of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design Futures and Digital Social Innovation. Their work addresses the grand challenges of social and environmental sustainability, and future living, through the design of innovative digital technologies.

    They run the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics, training 55 PhD students between 2014-2022, and the EPSRC Digital Economy Research Centre, employing 25 postdoctoral researchers across faculties in Newcastle and Northumbria universities.

    Open Lab also hosts the School of Computing’s new MSc in Human-Computer Interaction.

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    openlab.ncl.ac.uk

    Open Lab, Floor 1
    Urban Sciences Building,
    Newcastle Helix,
    Newcastle upon Tyne,
    NE4 5TG

        Projects

        Citylife Line emergency support in Covid-19 lockdown

        Citylife Line emergency support in Covid-19 lockdown

        Citylife Line is an emergency support service set up by Newcastle City Council to help the city’s residents with resource shortages following implementation of the Covid-19 lockdown.
        Children help redesign a healthier, ecofriendly Newcastle

        Children help redesign a healthier, ecofriendly Newcastle

        Over 200 children from Newcastle worked with researchers from the Open Lab to gather evidence - using their senses - and make a case for improving their local neighbourhood.
        Making open data work for communities

        Making open data work for communities

        Open Lab created a platform giving non-experts easy access to open data at-a-glance.
        Make Place open source survey tool

        Make Place open source survey tool

        A versatile tool used by researchers in community-based projects to map issues, opportunities, resources and points of interest.
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