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Dr Darren Scott
(he/him)
Teams and roles for Darren Scott
Research Associate
Overview
I am a Research Associate (Post-Doc) in Human-Computer Interaction, and associated with the Human-Centred Computing (HCC) Research Group.
My research interests are in the use of technology to support or encourage behaviours and behaviour change. I am interested in how we can use emerging technologies, as well as intelligent and adaptive systems, to better encourage positive behaviours and support the establishment of habits. I am also keenly interested in how we can expand the scope of research approaches and activities to explore the "weird" or unusual side of research - I hope in future to explore unorthodox or out-of-the-box research methods to see how their produce different outcomes and expand our available knowledge past typical approaches.
Publication
2025
- Wilson, B., Natali, C., Roach, M., Scott, D., Rahat, A., Rawlinson, D. and Cabitza, F. 2025. Dimensions of human-machine combination: prompting the development of deployable intelligent decision systems for situated clinical contexts. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (10.1007/s10606-025-09514-4)
- Scott, D. 2025. Fake it ’til you find it: Fabulating unseen participant dynamics. Presented at: How do design stories work? Exploring narrative forms of knowledge in HCI, CHI 2025, Yokohama, Japan, 27/04/2025.
Articles
- Wilson, B., Natali, C., Roach, M., Scott, D., Rahat, A., Rawlinson, D. and Cabitza, F. 2025. Dimensions of human-machine combination: prompting the development of deployable intelligent decision systems for situated clinical contexts. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (10.1007/s10606-025-09514-4)
Conferences
- Scott, D. 2025. Fake it ’til you find it: Fabulating unseen participant dynamics. Presented at: How do design stories work? Exploring narrative forms of knowledge in HCI, CHI 2025, Yokohama, Japan, 27/04/2025.
Research
My research interests are around behaviour change, habit formation and alternative methods of design. I am keenly interested in how we can use emerging technologies (machine learning, adaptive materials, ubiquitous computing) to better support exercise and physical activity. This has previously been explored through the space of intelligent wearables and algorithm-driven behaviour change processes, although these require further refinement in future work.
I also wish to further explore how we can use alternative methods, outside of the typical (albeit typical for a reason) approaches such as interviews, focus groups and questionnaires, to expand our horizons and find alternative solutions and outcomes not typically seen. Current ideas that have emerged from this interest are Effect-Led Design (pre-print), a method inversing the user-driven co-creation process to find alternative approaches to behaviour change, and smaller workshop elements such as 'persona speed-dating' and narrative role-play to explore interactions between users.
Current Projects:
Smart Cues (2024-Present) - A toolkit, and attached prototypes and devices, looking at encouraging physical activity and habit formation within the home through ubiquitous, low-weight solutions.
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Behaviour Change
- Participatory and collaborative research methods