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Professor Bran Knowles

Professor in Data Science

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    HCI and Older Adults: The Critical Turn and What Comes Next

    Lazar, A., Brewer, R. & Knowles, B., 18/06/2025, In: Foundations and Trends in HCI. 19, 2, p. 112-212 101 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Of Ironies and Agency: Energy Professionals’ Views on Digital Interventions and Their Users

    Bremer, C., Knowles, B. & Friday, A., 25/04/2025, CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Yamashita, N., Evers, V., Yatani, K., Ding, X., Lee, B., Chetty, M. & Toups-Dugas, P. (eds.). New York: ACM, p. 1-14 14 p. 1014

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

  4. Forthcoming

    Beyond Binary: Re-imagining Age using Gender in HCI for Inclusive Design

    Ashcroft, A. & Knowles, B., 22/02/2025, (Accepted/In press).

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

  5. Forthcoming

    Beyond the 'Unofficial Proxy' - Navigating Technology Support for Older Adults' Banking Activities with Close Others

    Barber, P., Soubutts, E., Knowles, B. & Singh, A., 16/01/2025, (Accepted/In press) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), April 26–May 01, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. New York: ACM

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

  6. Forthcoming

    Hidden Opportunities for Elder Living: Understanding Shared Technology Troubles and Benefits for Older Adults in the UK Cost of Living Crisis

    Soubutts, E., Singh, A., Ashcroft, A., Knowles, B., McDowell, J., Tsouvalis, J., Fledderjohann, J., Swarbrick, C., Harper, R. H. R. & Rogers, Y., 16/01/2025, (Accepted/In press) CHI 2025 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM

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

  7. 2024
  8. Published

    Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation

    Hu, Y., Denier, N., Ding, L., Tarafdar, M., Konnikov, A., Hughes, K. D., Hu, S., Knowles, B., Shi, E., Alshehabi Al-Ani, J., Rets, I., Kong, L., Yu, D., Dai, H. & Jiang, B., 31/12/2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 12, p. 1–9 9 p., pgae526.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Algorithmic Reproductive Justice

    Fledderjohann, J., Knowles, B. & Miller, E., 5/06/2024, FAccT '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 254-266 13 p.

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

  10. Published

    HCI and Aging: New Directions, New Principles

    Knowles, B., Singh, A., Ambe, A. H., Brewer, R., Lazar, A., Petrie, H., Vines, J. & Waycott, J., 11/05/2024, CHI 2024 - Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems. New York: ACM, p. 473:1-473:5 5 p. 473. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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

  11. Published

    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., 30/04/2024, Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD12. Tønsberg, Norway: Systemic Design Association, 28 p. (RSD 12).

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    ACM Techbrief: Trusted AI

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

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  15. 2023
  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. 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

  18. Published

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

    Knowles, B. (Artist) & Fledderjohann, J. (Artist), 8/05/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 2022
  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 2021
  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Fifty Shades of Grey: In Praise of a Nuanced Approach Towards Trustworthy Design

    Thornton, L., Knowles, B. & Blair, G., 1/03/2021, ACM FAccT’21: ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 64-76 13 p.

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

  41. 2020
  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 2019
  46. Published

    A Scenario-Based Methodology for Exploring Risks: Children and Programmable IoT

    Knowles, B., Beck, S., Finney, J. & Devine, J., 23/06/2019, Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2019. New York: ACM, p. 751-761 11 p.

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

  47. Published

    Examining Interdependencies and Constraints in Co-Creation

    Knowles, B., Bull, C. N., Davies, N. A. J., Simm, W. A., Bates, O. E. G. & Hayes, J. N., 18/06/2019, Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '19). New York: ACM, p. 291-302 12 p.

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

  48. Published

    HCI and Aging: Beyond Accessibility

    Knowles, B. H., Hanson, V. L., Rogers, Y., Piper, A. M., Waycott, J. & Davies, N. A. J., 4/05/2019, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Weaving the Threads of CHI. ACM, 8 p. W07

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

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Exploring the Risks of Children Engaging with Programmable IoT

    Beck, S., Knowles, B. H. & Finney, J., 1/05/2019, Living in the Internet of Things 2019. IET, 6 p.

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

  51. Published

    Supporting Older Adults Using Privacy-Aware IoT Analytics

    Mikusz, M., Davies, N. A. J., Shaw, P. A., Bull, C. N., Knowles, B. H., Hayes, J. N. & Introna, L. D., 1/05/2019, Living in the Internet of Things: IoT 2019. IET, 9 p. (Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT).

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

  52. 2018
  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. Published

    This Changes Sustainable HCI

    Knowles, B. H., Bates, O. E. G. & Håkansson, M., 1/04/2018, CHI '18 Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. New York: ACM, 12 p. 471

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

  58. Published

    What Children’s Imagined Uses of the BBC micro:bit Tells Us About Designing for their IoT Privacy, Security and Safety

    Knowles, B. H., Finney, J., Beck, S. & Devine, J. A., 28/03/2018, Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT. IET Press, 6 p.

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

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