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Professor Bran Knowles

Professor in Data Science, Research Student

  1. Blog
  2. Published

    Why don't we just... stop using AI to supercharge austerity?

    Knowles, B. & Fledderjohann, J., 8/05/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  3. Published

    Why Don’t We Just… make policy that fulfils human rights?

    Fledderjohann, J., Clair, A. & Knowles, B., 1/10/2021

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  4. Other report
  5. Published

    ACM Techbrief: Trusted AI

    Knowles, B. & Richards, J. T., 17/01/2024, New York: ACM. 4 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  6. Unpublished

    The Many Facets of Trust in AI: Formalizing the Relation Between Trust and Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

    Knowles, B., Richards, J. T. & Kroeger, F., 2/08/2022, (Unpublished) Arxiv. 13 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  7. Published

    Feeding the Future? Evidence on Food Insecurity in the UK

    Fledderjohann, J., Clair, A. & Knowles, B., 4/07/2022, Centre for Child & Family Justice Research. (Policy Brief Series)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  8. Published

    When Computers Decide: European Recommendations on Machine-Learned Automated Decision Making

    Larus, J., Hankin, C., Carson, S. G., Christen, M., Crafa, S., Grau, O., Kirchner, C., Knowles, B., McGettrick, A., Tamburri, D. A. & Werthner, H., 2018, ACM. 20 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  9. Book
  10. Published

    A watershed moment for social policy and human rights? Where next for the UK Post-COVID

    Clair, A., Fledderjohann, J. & Knowles, B., 25/06/2021, Bristol: Policy Press. 134 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  11. Editorial
  12. Published

    Growing up with Pervasive Computing

    Kostakos, V., Knowles, B., Markopoulos, P. & Yatani, K., 1/01/2020, In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 19, 1, p. 8-9 2 p., 9018353.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  13. Journal article
  14. E-pub ahead of print

    ICT Under Constraint: Exposing Tensions in Collaboratively Prioritising ICT Innovation for Climate Targets

    Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Friday, A. & Blair, G. S., 11/03/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACM Journal on Responsible Computing.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Carbon Accounting in the Digital Industry: The Need to Move towards Decision Making in Uncertainty

    Samuel, G., Lucivero, F., Knowles, B. & Wright, K., 29/02/2024, In: Sustainability. 16, 5, p. 1-15 15 p., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Un-Paradoxing Privacy: Considering Hopeful Trust

    Knowles, B. & Conchie, S., 25/09/2023, In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). 30, 6, p. 1-24 24 p., 87.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Forthcoming

    Humble AI

    Knowles, B., D'Cruz, J., Richards, J. T. & Varshney, K. R., 4/03/2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Communications of the ACM.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Systems Thinking and Efficiency under Emissions Constraints: Addressing Rebound Effects in Digital Innovation and Policy

    Widdicks, K., Lucivero, F., Samuel, G., Somavilla Croxatto, L., Smith, M. T., Ten Holter, C., Berners-Lee, M., Blair, G., Jirotka, M., Knowles, B., Sorrell, S., Börjesson Rivera, M., Cook, C., Coroamă, V. C., Foxon, T. J., Hardy, J., Hilty, L. M., Hinterholzer, S. & Penzenstadler, B., 10/02/2023, In: Patterns. 4, 2, 10 p., 100679.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Our house is on fire: The climate emergency and computing's responsibility

    Knowles, B., Widdicks, K., Blair, G., Berners-Lee, M. & Friday, A., 30/06/2022, In: Communications of the ACM. 65, 6, p. 38-40 3 p., 6.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends and regulations

    Freitag, C., Berners-Lee, M., Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G. & Friday, A., 10/09/2021, In: Patterns. 2, 9, 100340.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    The Harm in Conflating Aging with Accessibility

    Knowles, B., Hanson, V., Rogers, Y., Piper, A. M., Waycott, J., Davies, N., Ambe, A. H., Brewer, R., Chattopadhyay, D., Dee, M., Frohlich, D., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Jelen, B., Lazar, A., Nielek, R., Pena, B. B., Roper, A., Schlager, M., Schulte, B. & Yuan, Y., 31/07/2021, In: Communications of the ACM. 64, 7, p. 66-71 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Mental health and care needs of British children and young people aged 6-17

    Fledderjohann, J., Erlam, J., Knowles, B. & Broadhurst, K., 31/07/2021, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 126, 10 p., 106033.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Accounting for Dynamic Diversity among Child Users of IoT

    Newmarch, G., Knowles, B., Beck, S. & Finney, J., 17/01/2020, In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 19, 1, p. 43-51 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Uncertainty in current and future health wearables

    Knowles, B. H., Smith-Renner, A., Poursabzi-Sangdeh, F., Lu, D. & Alabi, H., 1/12/2018, In: Communications of the ACM. 61, 12, p. 62-67 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    ImaginationLancaster: Open-Ended, Anti-Disciplinary, Diverse

    Cooper, R., Dunn, N., Coulton, P., Walker, S., Rodgers, P., Cruikshank, L., Tsekleves, E., Hands, D., Whitham, R., Boyko, C. T., Richards, D., Aryana, B., Pollastri, S., Escalante, M. A. L., Knowles, B., Lopez-Galviz, C., Cureton, P. & Coulton, C., 12/2018, In: She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. 4, 4, p. 307-341 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Older Adults' Deployment of 'Distrust'

    Knowles, B. & Hanson, V., 1/09/2018, In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). 25, 4, 25 p., 21.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    The Wisdom of Older Technology (Non-)Users

    Knowles, B. & Hanson, V. L., 1/03/2018, In: Communications of the ACM. 61, 3, p. 72-77 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Is sustainability a special case for persuasion?

    Knowles, B. H. & Davis, J., 1/01/2017, In: Interacting with Computers. 29, 1, p. 58-70 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Emerging trust implications of data-rich systems

    Knowles, B. H., 25/10/2016, In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 15, 4, p. 76-84 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Deviant and guilt-ridden: computing within psychological limits

    Knowles, B. H. & Eriksson, E., 3/08/2015, In: First Monday. 20, 8

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Next steps for sustainable HCI

    Silberman, S., Nathan, L., Knowles, B. H., Bendor, R., Clear, A., Håkansson, M., Dillahunt, T. & Mankoff, J., 1/09/2014, In: Interactions. 21, 5, p. 66-69 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    BARTER: a technological strategy for local wealth generation

    Knowles, B., Lochrie, M., Coulton, P. & Whittle, J., 05/2014, In: IT Professional. 16, 3, p. 28-34 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Reframing progress in the digital age: moving forward sustainably

    Richards, B., Walker, S. & Blair, L., 2013, In: The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context. 8, 4, p. 53-61 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Other contribution
  35. Unpublished

    The climate impact of ICT: A review of estimates, trends and regulations

    Freitag, C., Berners-Lee, M., Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G. & Friday, A., 1/12/2020, (Unpublished) 87 p.

    Research output: Other contribution

  36. Doctoral Thesis
  37. Published

    Cyber-sustainability: towards a sustainable digital future

    Knowles, B., 22/11/2013, Lancaster : Lancaster University. 270 p.

    Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

  38. Other
  39. Published

    How Freya Built Sharkie: Initial explorations into the safety, security, and privacy concerns of children's IoT devices

    Beck, S., Finney, J. & Knowles, B. H., 11/06/2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  40. Published

    The Dark Side of Data Sharing: Considering the Ethicality of Data Brokering within the Context of Health

    Knowles, B. H. & McNaney, R., 2017, p. 1-6. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  41. Published

    Intelligibility in the Face of Uncertainty

    Knowles, B. H., 2017, p. 1-4. 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  42. Poster
  43. Published

    Designing Mobile Applications for Older Adults

    Bull, C. N., Harding, M. P., Mikusz, M. A., Knowles, B. H., Davies, N. A. J. & Hayes, J. N., 02/2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  44. Published

    The role of prediction in supporting sustainable transport infrastructure maintenance

    Davies, N., Winstanley, C., Harding, M., Clinch, S., Knowles, B., Jones, R., Dower, K., Mikusz, M., Metzger, P. & Friday, A., 12/2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  45. Conference paper
  46. Published

    IoT4Kids: Strategies for Mitigating Against Risks of IoT for Children

    Knowles, B. H., Beck, S., Newmarch, G., Finney, J. & Devine, J., 4/05/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  47. Published

    Anticipating GDPR in Smart Homes Through Fictional Conversational Objects

    Lindley, J. G., Coulton, P., Akmal, H. & Knowles, B. H., 30/08/2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  48. Unpublished

    "Convince us'': an argument for the morality of persuasion

    Knowles, B., Coulton, P., Lochrie, M. & Wohl, B., 2014, (Unpublished) p. 1-5. 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  49. Published

    Toward a sustainability lexicon and pattern language?

    Knowles, B., Blair, L. & Walker, S., 2014, p. 1-3. 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  50. Conference contribution/Paper
  51. Published

    Playful, Curious, Creative, Equitable: Exploring Opportunities for AI Technologies with Older Adults

    Soubutts, E., Singh, A., Knowles, B., Ayobi, A., Dias, N. V., Schulte, B., McDowell, J., Swarbrick, C., Steptoe, A., Fledderjohann, J., Petrie, H., Harper, R. & Rogers, Y., 26/08/2023, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 - 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, Proceedings. Abdelnour Nocera, J., Kristín Lárusdóttir, M., Petrie, H., Piccinno, A. & Winckler, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 662-667 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14145 LNCS).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  52. Forthcoming

    Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Exploring a systemic design inspired responsible innovation framework for addressing ICT carbon emissions

    Smith, M. T., Knowles, B., Widdicks, K., Blair, G., Samuel, G., Jirotka, M., Lucivero, F., Ten Holter, C. & Somavilla, L., 16/08/2023, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD12. Tønsberg, Norway: Systemic Design Association, 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  53. Published

    COVID-19 as an Energy Intervention: Lockdown Insights for HCI

    Bremer, C., Bates, O., Remy, C., Gormally-Sutton, A., Knowles, B. & Friday, A., 19/04/2023, CHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 76:1-76:7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  54. Forthcoming

    Trustworthy AI and the Logics of Intersectional Resistance

    Knowles, B., Fledderjohann, J., Richards, J. T. & Varshney, K. R., 7/04/2023, (Accepted/In press) ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. ACM, 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  55. E-pub ahead of print

    Humble Machines: Attending to the Underappreciated Costs of Misplaced Distrust

    Knowles, B., 2/08/2022, (E-pub ahead of print) 2022 ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization. New York: ACM, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  56. Published

    Multitudes: Widening the research agenda for personal informatics design

    Winter, E., Knowles, B., Richards, D., Snooks, K. & Speed, C., 3/07/2022, DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022. Design Research Society, 15 p. (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  57. Published

    The Alchemy of Trust: The Creative Act of Designing Trustworthy Socio-Technical Systems

    Thornton, L., Knowles, B. & Blair, G., 21/06/2022, FAccT '22: ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 1387-1398 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  58. Published

    Have We Taken On Too Much? A Critical Review of the Sustainable HCI Landscape

    Bremer, C., Knowles, B. & Friday, A., 29/04/2022, CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 41:1-41:11 11 p. 41. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  59. Published

    Deliberating Data-Driven Societies Through Live Action Role Play

    Pothong, K., Speed, C., Catlow, R., Dixon, B., Morgan, E., Knowles, B., Newmarch, G., Richards, D. & Cruickshank, L., 28/06/2021, DIS 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Nowhere and Everywhere. New York: ACM, p. 1726-1738 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  60. Published

    Anticipatory Governance in the Technology Sector: Processes, Critiques and Principles for Addressing Grand Challenges in Computing

    Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G., Ten Holter, C., Jirotka, M., Lucivero, F., Samuel, G. & Webb, H., 13/05/2021, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI '21 Extended Abstracts). New York: ACM, 5 p. 116

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  61. Published

    The Sanction of Authority: Promoting Public Trust in AI

    Knowles, B. & Richards, J. T., 31/03/2021, FAccT '21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 262-271 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

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