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Keywords

Sustainability in digital systems, freight transport, social practices, accounting for energy

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Affiliations

Security Lancaster (Societal Threats)

Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science)

Security Lancaster

Data Science Institute

DSI - Environment

Energy Lancaster

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Dr Oliver Bates

Research Fellow

Oliver Bates

Computing and Communications

InfoLab21

LA1 4WA

Lancaster

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ORCID: 0000-0002-6249-8700

Research overview

Motivated by growing environmental impact and social injustice my research focuses on how computing and data science can be utilised to promote environmental sustainability and social justice. My research involves close collaboration with end-users, industry and policy makers, leveraging user resesarch, data science and digital technology. My current work focuses on:

1) collaborative and low-carbon freight deliveries in urban environments

2) developing digital platforms that promote both social justice and sustainability for gig-economy food and parcel delivery workers

3) designing decision support tools that leverage big, heterogeneous data in smart cities and campuses that promote reductions in energy consumption and pollution.

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Publications & Outputs

Published
The Sustainability of the Gig Economy Food Delivery System (Deliveroo, UberEATS and Just-Eat): Histories and Futures of Rebound, Lock-in and Path Dependency
Lord, C., Bates, O., Friday, A., McLeod, F., Cherrett, T., Martinez-Sykora, A. & Oakey, A., 31/05/2023, In: International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 17, 5, p. 490-502 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Published
Unpacking the resource impacts of digitally-mediated domestic practices using resource trace interviewing
Friday, A., Hazas, M., Bates, O., Morley, J., Lord, C., Widdicks, K., Gormally-Sutton, A. & Clear, A., 31/10/2022, In: Digital Creativity. 33, 3, p. 250-275 26 p., 3.
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

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Activities

Digital Worker Inquiry
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Lancaster University Research Staff Association (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Lancaster University Research Staff Association (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee

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Press

Video Streaming and Sustainability
Press/Media: Research
The hidden life of a courier: 13-hour days, rude customers – and big dreams
Press/Media: Other
I tried the buzzy new shopping app from TikTok's parent company aimed to rival Amazon. It's totally hit or miss — here's why.
Press/Media: Other

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