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Professor Paul Coulton

Professor of Speculative and Game Design

  1. 2025
  2. Appointed External Examiner for Design Informatics Edinburgh College of Art

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    1/08/202530/11/2029

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  3. PhD examination

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    21/07/2025

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  4. Review of grant application

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    16/04/2025

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  5. Futures (Journal)

    Coulton, P. (Peer reviewer)

    15/04/2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  6. PhD Examination

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    5/04/20257/04/2025

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  7. Future Internet

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    18/03/2025

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  8. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2025 (DIS'25) (Event)

    Coulton, P. (Peer reviewer)

    5/03/202510/03/2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  9. Speculative Woolgathering Workshop 2

    Jacobs, N. (Organiser), Perez Ojeda, D. (Organiser), Richards, D. (Participant), Coulton, P. (Participant) & Birch, E. (Organiser)

    3/03/2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  10. Imagination Lancaster researchers' response to UK Government consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence

    Snooks, K. (Consultant), Jacobs, N. (Consultant), Bakirlioglu, Y. (Consultant), Lindley, J. (Consultant), Coulton, P. (Consultant), Mullagh, L. (Consultant), Stockton, G. (Consultant) & Whitham, R. (Consultant)

    24/02/2025

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesGovernment

  11. Reviewer for Ecological Citizen(s) Network+

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    18/02/2025

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  12. Futures (Journal)

    Coulton, P. (Peer reviewer)

    14/01/2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  13. 2024
  14. more-than-human design

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    10/12/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  15. Futures at the Margins: adopting more-than-human perspectives

    Coulton, P. (Keynote speaker)

    5/12/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  16. EXPANDING THE MARGINS

    Coulton, P. (Member of programme committee)

    4/12/20245/12/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference - Academic

  17. UKRI TAS Hub InterNET ZERO project @ ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Owen, V. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    9/11/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  18. External Examiner MSc in Connected Environments UCL

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    6/11/2024

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  19. ACM Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction 2025 (TEI'25) (Event)

    Coulton, P. (Peer reviewer)

    1/11/202414/11/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  20. PhD Examination @ Royal College of Art

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    30/10/2024

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  21. AHRC Research Funding Review

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    3/10/2024

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  22. AHRC Research Funding Review

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    9/09/2024

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  23. PhD Examination @ Edinburgh College of Art

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    22/08/2024

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  24. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (External organisation)

    Coulton, P. (Member)

    23/07/202424/07/2024

    Activity: Membership typesMember of Advisory Panel

  25. External Examiner MSc in Connected Environments UCL

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    19/06/2024

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  26. AHRC Research Funding Review

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    14/05/2024

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  27. PhD Examination @ University of Primorska

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    26/04/2024

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  28. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (External organisation)

    Coulton, P. (Member)

    17/04/202418/04/2024

    Activity: Membership typesMember of Advisory Panel

  29. Imagination Now & Next at the Festival of Futures

    Lindley, J. (Speaker), Whitham, R. (Speaker), Jacobs, N. (Speaker), Coulton, P. (Speaker), Murrieta-Flores, P. (Speaker) & Carrigan, M. (Speaker)

    7/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  30. The future is a work in progress Exhibition at the Festival of Futures

    Coupe, G. (Organiser), Cartwright, N. (Curator), Greenwood, L. (Organiser), Craig, C. (Contributor), D'Agnano, F. (Contributor), Chamberlain, P. (Contributor), Darby, A. (Contributor), Morgan, L. (Contributor), Reed, H. (Contributor), Stanton, A. (Contributor), Jorgensen, T. (Contributor), Costa, A. (Contributor), Koski, K. (Contributor), Bridgens, B. (Contributor), Scott, J. (Contributor), Calvo, M. (Contributor), Dart, S. (Contributor), Kaiser, R. (Contributor), Topcu, A. (Contributor), Therordoridou, M. (Contributor), Mwebaza, D. (Contributor), Graviador, A. (Contributor), Zhang, M. (Contributor), Dade-Robertson, M. (Contributor), Stead, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Owen, V. (Contributor), MacPherson-Pope, T. (Contributor), Menger, F. (Contributor), Boons, S. (Contributor), Hingley, L. (Contributor), Griffiths, R. (Contributor), Nesbitt, G. (Contributor), Parraman, C. (Contributor), Arteaga, R. (Contributor), Azimi Sajadi, N. (Contributor), Bush, T. (Contributor), Carnac, H. (Contributor), Kettle, A. (Contributor), Elliot, C. (Contributor), Hill, T. (Contributor), Mandrile, C. (Contributor), Urbano, L. (Contributor), Paz, A. (Contributor), Rogers, J. (Contributor), Smith, M. (Contributor), Soula, N. (Contributor), Langley, J. (Contributor), Blaney, A. (Contributor), Whitham, R. (Contributor), Perez Ojeda, D. (Contributor), Sherry, A. (Contributor), Lindley, J. (Speaker), Benjamin, J. (Speaker), Fernandez Galabo, R. (Speaker), Aure Calvet, X. (Contributor), Huson, D. (Contributor), Snooks, K. (Contributor), Richards, D. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Speaker), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Ozkan, D. (Contributor), Hardy, J. (Contributor), Pelit, E. (Contributor), Ian, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Soares Neto, C. S. (Contributor), Sacks, J. (Contributor), Junior, J. (Contributor), Elsacker, E. (Contributor) & Hoenerloh, A. (Contributor)

    7/03/202415/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  31. Re-imagining Alternative More-than-Human Futures of Sustainability

    Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Coskun, A. (Organiser)

    22/02/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  32. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (External organisation)

    Coulton, P. (Member)

    22/01/202424/02/2024

    Activity: Membership typesMember of Advisory Panel

  33. Re-imagining Alternative Futures of Sustainability Through Design Fiction

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    12/01/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  34. AHRC Research Funding Review

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    2/01/2024

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  35. 2023
  36. Enhancing the UK Economy through Immersive Technology

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    21/11/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  37. Design Futuring: Speculative Design and Design Fiction

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    16/11/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  38. External Examiner MSc in Connected Environments UCL

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    8/11/2023

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  39. AHRC Research Funding Review

    Coulton, P. (Consultant)

    17/10/2023

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  40. PhD Examination (Internal) @ Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    13/10/2023

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  41. AI Futures

    Cooper, R. (Member of programme committee), Walmsley, A. (Member of programme committee), Longden, V. (Organiser), Simpson, E. (Contributor), Shepherd, K. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Parry, M. (Speaker), Ghorbankarimi, M. (Chair), Coulton, P. (Speaker), Ellis, L. (Speaker), Lindley, J. (Chair), Greenfield, J. (Speaker), Hall, M. (Speaker), Pugh, D. (Speaker), Slater, S. (Speaker), Gutierrez Mendoza, A. (Chair), Costa, A. (Chair), Mills, E. (Speaker), Tsigkari, M. (Speaker), Quick, A. (Chair), de Roure, D. (Speaker), Chamberlain, A. (Speaker), Avdeeff, M. (Speaker), Thompson, J. (Speaker), Rigg, T. (Speaker), Jacobs, N. (Organiser), Mullagh, L. (Organiser), Changede, S. (Contributor), Owen, R. (Contributor) & Benjamin, J. (Contributor)

    20/09/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesSymposium

  42. PhD Examination @ Northumbria School of Design

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    15/09/2023

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  43. Bluedot Festival 2023

    Coulton, P. (Presenter), Pilling, M. (Presenter) & Pilling, F. (Presenter)

    21/07/202323/07/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  44. Bath Digital Festival 2023

    Coulton, P. (Presenter), Pilling, M. (Presenter), Pilling, F. (Presenter), Chamberlain, A. (Presenter) & Sailaja, N. (Presenter)

    10/07/202314/07/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  45. Alien Futuring: Speculative Approaches to More-Than-Human Design

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    25/05/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  46. Caravan from the Future

    Coulton, P. (Speaker), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Chamberlain, A. (Contributor), Sailaja, N. (Contributor), Crabtree, A. (Contributor) & Forrester, I. (Speaker)

    9/05/202313/05/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  47. 2022
  48. PhD Examination (internal) @ Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    8/12/2022

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  49. ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Organiser) & Pilling, M. (Organiser)

    19/11/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  50. Alien Futuring: shifting perspective from a one-world-world to a world of many worlds

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    28/10/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  51. TEA Talks

    Costa, A. (Organiser), Tsekleves, E. (Speaker), Lopez-Galviz, C. (Speaker), Tyfield, D. (Speaker), Jacobs, N. (Speaker), Coulton, P. (Speaker) & Wooldridge, R. (Speaker)

    28/10/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  52. Digital Design Weekend @V&A for London Design Festival

    Stead, M. (Contributor), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Contributor), Ian, F. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    23/09/202225/09/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  53. British Science Festival 2022

    Stead, M. (Contributor), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    17/09/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  54. ISF DSTL Stories4Policy conference: Experiential Futures - Exhibits Panel Discussion

    Stead, M. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    6/07/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  55. ISF DSTL Stories4Policy: Speculative Futures for Engaging with Risk and Uncertainty

    Stead, M. (Presenter) & Coulton, P. (Presenter)

    6/07/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  56. Ethical Dilemma Cafe as part of Mozilla Festival 2022

    Coulton, P. (Presenter), Pilling, M. (Presenter), Lodge, T. (Presenter), Chamberlain, A. (Contributor) & Sailaja, N. (Contributor)

    26/04/202227/04/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  57. Ghosts in the Smart Home

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    11/03/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesOral presentation

  58. PhD Examination (internal) @ Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    1/03/2022

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  59. PhD Examination (internal) @ Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    28/02/2022

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  60. 2021
  61. Seeing the spaces in between: Philosophical perspectives for exploring spatial configurations in games

    Akmal, H. A. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    3/09/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesOral presentation

  62. AI: more than human

    Coulton, P. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor) & Lodge, T. (Contributor)

    5/08/20216/08/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  63. Sustainable Things: Design for More-Than Human Centred Worlds

    Stead, M. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    23/07/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  64. Designing More-Than-Human Futures

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    22/07/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  65. Defuturing Futures through More-Than-Human Centred Design

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    30/06/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  66. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (Swiss Design Symposia)

    Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Pilling, F. (Organiser)

    25/03/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  67. more-than-human centred design: ghosts in the machine

    Akmal, H. A. (Speaker), Coulton, P. (Speaker) & Lindley, J. (Speaker)

    18/03/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  68. PhD Examination (internal) @ Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    19/02/2021

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  69. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 6 UCL)

    Pilling, F. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    16/02/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  70. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 5 UCL)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    12/02/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  71. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 4 UCL)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    8/02/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  72. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (Imperial College & Blackburn Fab Lab)

    Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    1/02/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  73. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 3)

    Pilling, F. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    25/01/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  74. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 2)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    20/01/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  75. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (open call 1)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    14/01/2021

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  76. Think/Do/Repeat

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    13/01/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  77. 2020
  78. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop V2 (more -than-human design class)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    20/11/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  79. The ESRC Festival of Social Science

    Lindley, J. (Organiser), Pilling, F. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    10/11/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  80. Machine Learning and place-making 2020

    Cureton, P. (Speaker), Coulton, P. (Speaker) & Lindley, J. (Speaker)

    9/11/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  81. Uncanny Ai Iconography Workshops

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    15/10/202016/10/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  82. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    23/09/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  83. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 4)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    17/09/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  84. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 3)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    16/09/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  85. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 2)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    10/09/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  86. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 1)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    9/09/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  87. PhD Examination @ Delft

    Coulton, P. (Examiner)

    25/08/2020

    Activity: Examination typesExamination

  88. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (LICA)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    20/08/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  89. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Lindley, J. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    14/08/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  90. Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Beyond Imagination)

    Pilling, F. (Organiser), Akmal, H. A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Gradinar, A. (Organiser)

    20/07/2020

    Activity: Other activity typesOther

  91. ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

    Sailaja, N. (Organiser), McAuley, D. (Organiser), Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser) & Jones, R. (Organiser)

    17/06/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  92. 2019
  93. Prototyping Alternate Presents and Plausible Futures for IOT using Design Fiction

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    3/03/20194/03/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  94. moving towards more-than human centred design

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    15/01/2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  95. 2018
  96. more-than-human centred design: reimagining design for the internet of things

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    11/12/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  97. TIPS by Design – Building a Community of UK TIPS Researchers – 2018

    Lindley, J. G. (Speaker), Coulton, P. (Speaker) & Gradinar, A. I. (Speaker)

    11/12/2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  98. Living Room of the Future

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    7/12/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  99. more than human centred design: considering other things

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    19/10/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  100. Becoming Immersed in the Future Mundane

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    17/10/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  101. Adoption in the Internet of Things

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    12/09/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  102. Design Futures and the IoT

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    29/03/2018

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  103. 2017
  104. Exploring Futures through Game Worlds

    Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    27/08/2017

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  105. 2016
  106. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (External organisation)

    Coulton, P. (Member)

    26/09/2016 → …

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  107. Design Futures through Design Fiction

    Coulton, P. (Member of Panel)

    22/04/2016

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  108. 2015
  109. Mozilla Festival 2016

    Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    7/11/2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  110. Light Up Lancaster

    Coulton, P. (Participant)

    6/11/2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  111. BBC R&D

    Coulton, P. (Contributor)

    15/10/2015

    Activity: Business or School/HEI EngagementBusiness Engagement

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