BIG::Diverse is for Cross-Sensory Interaction, Disability, and Mixed-Ability
In the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab (Dive lab), we aim to transform conceptions of assistive technology, accessibility and inclusion in human society.
We do this by investigating how to design, engineer and evaluate multisensory and cross-sensory interactive technologies in ways that make them inclusive of both disabled and non-disabled people.
We work very closely with partner communities, charities, services and user groups, and we use a mixed-methods approach in our research, combining theory with field work and co-design, and controlled studies with in-situ evaluations.
We apply our research across a range of domains and contexts, from education to work and leisure, and across a wide span of age groups from pre-schoolers, to young people and senior adults. You can read more about our work on our website.
BIG::Diverse Members
Doctoral Students
Faculty
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Oussama Metatla
Associate Professor of HCI and co-director of BIG -
Kyle Keane
Senior Lecturer in Assistive Technologies -
Dan Bennett
Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction
Researchers
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Min Susan Li
Research Associate -
Zhuzhi Fan
Research Associate -
Jialin Deng
Research Associate -
Amy Ingold
Research Associate -
Elaine Czech
Research Associate
Visiting & Honorary
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Feng Feng
Visiting Researcher -
Ute Leonards
Professor of Neuropsychology -
Liz Coulthard
Professor of Cognitive Neurology -
Cecily Morrison
Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft -
Alison Oldfield
Lecturer in Education
Recent Publications
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“I Don't Really Get Involved In That Way”: Investigating Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals' Experiences of Joint Attention with Sighted People
Katherine Jones, Ute Leonards & Oussama Metatla
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. -
Understanding Neurodiverse Social Play Between Autistic and Non-Autistic Children
Brooke Morris, Hayati Havlucu, Alison Oldfield & Oussama Metatla
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024. -
Sense-O-Nary: Exploring Children's Crossmodal Metaphors Through Playful Crossmodal Interactions
Tegan Roberts-Morgan, Brooke Morris, Elaine Czech, Suhan Neema, Abigale Stangl, Kyle Keane, Matthew Horton, Janet Read & Oussama Metatla
IDC '24: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 2024. -
"He always wanted to be far": Exploring Expanded Proxies to Design Social Play Experiences with Autistic and Neurotypical Children
Zoe Clark, Brooke Morris, Elaine Czech, Hayati Havlucu & Oussama Metatla
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 2024. -
Exploring Neurodiverse Social Play with Children and Their Parents Through Expanded Proxy Design
Zoë Clark, Brooke Morris, Elaine Czech, Hayati Havlucu & Oussama Metatla
Proceedings of the 37th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference, 2024.