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Nancy Hughes

Research Fellow, Human Factors Research Group, Faculty of Digital and Technology Services

Contact

  • workRoom B03h Innovative Technology Research Centre Building (ITRC)
    University Park
    Nottingham
    NG7 2RD
    UK
  • work+44(0)115 951 4070

Biography

Nancy currently works as a Research Fellow within the Human Factors Research Group, University of Nottingham. She has experience across a variety of areas (intelligent mobility, smart cities and dynamic lighting / wayfinding), both as a researcher and project manager. As a project manager she coordinated the IMPETUS Project, a 3 year (Oct 2014 - Sept 2017) collaboration with the Transport Systems Catapult, exploring all aspects of Intelligent Mobility from MaaS through to autonomous vehicles and active travel, in addition to being involved in the University's Smart Campus project and working with Nottingham City Council on their Smart City initiatives. More recently her research has focused upon the use of dynamic lighting, both in influencing passenger movement and mood in transport hubs and also, potentially, the use of sensor-based lighting and audio alerts in suicide and trespass mitigation in rail. Her background is originally in graphic design (BA Hons) and subsequently the communicative considerations / aspects involved in designing for interaction (PhD). She has a strong interest in user experience design and has lectured on a variety of design and interaction design courses, including on topics such as design thinking, creativity and design research methods. Her research interests lie broadly within the user-human centred aspects of designing for 'smarter' cities /environments (transport, health and well-being, aging population) and more specifically the use of interactive lighting/ audio in influencing movement and behaviour within these contexts etc.

Recent Publications

  • HUGHES, N., RYAN, B., HALLEWELL, M., COAD, N., GRANT, A., PARROTT, N., ROBERTS, S. and THOMPSON, K., 2020. Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations (In Press.)
  • CHADBORN, NEIL H., BLAIR, KRISTA, CRESWICK, HELEN, HUGHES, NANCY, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, ADENEKAN, OLUWAFUNMILADE and PÉREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, 2019. Citizens’ Juries: When Older Adults Deliberate on the Benefits and Risks of Smart Health and Smart Homes Healthcare. 7(2),
  • GOLIGHTLY, D., HOUGHTON, R., HUGHES, N. and SHARPLES, S., 2019. Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system Government Office for Science.
  • VASILEVA, R., RODRIGUES, L., HUGHES, N., GREENHALGH, C., GOULDEN, M. and TENNISON, J., 2018. What Smart Campuses Can Teach Us about Smart Cities: User Experiences and Open Data Information. 9(10), p.251
  • HUGHES, N, BROWN, M, BLUM, J, SHARPLES, S, BLAKEY, J and SHAW, D., 2015. Ethical Experiences-Introducing New and Disruptive Technologies into Healthcare Service Delivery In: ACM SIG CHI, Seoul, Korea, 18-23 April.
  • HUGHES, N, 2015. Navigating to and through Large Hospitals In: Design4Health, Sheffield Hallam University, 13-16 July.
  • HUGHES, N, PINCHIN, J, BROWN, M and SHAW, D., 2015. Navigating in Large Hospitals In: International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Navigation (IPIN), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 13-16 October. 1-9

Human Factors Research Group

Faculty of Engineering
The University of Nottingham
University Park, Nottingham
NG7 2RD, UK


Telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4040
Email: human.factors@nottingham.ac.uk