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Introduction to new researchers at university of Nottingham
[Back to Agenda](January video conference update)
Alexa Spence - Transitional Research Fellow (Horizon)
Alexa Spence’s research experience includes time spent within both the academic and public sectors and has been involved with research within social, economic, and environmental psychology. Her primary area of expertise is within social cognition and risk and she has professional memberships of the British Psychological Society, the European Association of Social Psychologists, the European Social Cognition Network, the National Energy Research Network and the Society for Risk Analysis. She is also a member of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). She completed her doctorate at the University of Nottingham on the topic of perceptions and behaviour relating to genetically modified (GM) food. Her postdoctoral experience comprises several posts based both at the University of Nottingham and Cardiff University and has focused on applying social psychological theory to current topical risk issues. In particular she has been involved in research on climate change and energy issues, examining related public perceptions, issues of acceptance, and behaviour. She has recently been involved in a large national British survey of public perceptions of energy and climate change, since partially replicated in Australia, and is currently involved with two projects examining energy monitoring systems and a further project examining public perceptions and acceptance of the future transformation of the UK energy system.
Caroline Leygue - Research Fellow (Horizon)
Caroline Leygue is a Research Fellow in Horizon. Her background is in Psychology, and her area of expertise is Social Cognition. She is interested in attitudes, behaviour, and values, in particular the study of automatic and controlled processes. Her research has applied psychological theory to health, social and organizational behaviour, and marketing. She completed her PhD in Paris, studying attitude ambivalence towards healthy behaviours. Her postdoctoral work includes posts at the INSEAD Business School, Cardiff University and the University of Nottingham. In Horizon, her work focuses on priming and values in environmental behaviours, and emotional processes.
Caroline Leygue’s presentation on Horizon’s Psychological studies on energy can be found here. A summary can be found in the wiki: Psychology research overview.
James Colley & Ian Dent - PhD (DESIMAX project)
James Colley and Ian Dent both began their Computer Science PhDs in September 2010 under the supervision of Tom Rodden (James & Ian), Boriana Koleva (James) and Uwe Aickelin (Ian). They are both members of the “Multi-scale Modelling to Maximise Demand Side Management” (DESIMAX) project; both DESIMAX and C-Aware are funded under the “Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation” (TEDDI) call.
Jianhua Shao – PhD (Horizon Doctoral Training Centre)
Jianhua Shao began his PhD studentship at the Horizon Doctoral Training Centre in September 2010. He has research interests in Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing, Networking, HCI, Cloud Computing, Location Based Services, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Music. Jianhua Shao has chosen to explore the paper-prototyping activities in the C-Aware project as an example of cross-cultural user-centred design as part of his work in Horizon; he will be involved in the organization and evaluation of the first stage of the paper-prototyping with China Mobile.