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This Programme ended in September 2006

To develop a greater understanding of the psychological, social and organisational characteristics of individuals and groups as they relate to, and interact with, information technologies and to feed this knowledge back to the evaluation and design of more effective IT systems and products.

Further information

contact: Professor Anne Anderson, University of Dundee
email: a.h.anderson@dundee.ac.uk
tel: + 44 (0) 1382 386576
web: http://www.paccit.gla.ac.uk
 
ESRC contact: michelle.dodson@esrc.ac.uk  Tel: 01793 411922

PACCIT Link Phase 1 projects:

• MAGIC: multimodality and graphics in interactive communication
  Dr PGT Healey, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London 
• Multimedia communication as a recreational activity
  Prof A F Monk, University of York
• Exploring and mapping interactivity with digital toy technology
  Dr L Plowman, University of Stirling
• Spoken and written language in adaptable multimedia documents
  Prof P Wright, Cardiff University
• Representational design principles to humanise automated scheduling systems
  Dr P Cheng, University of Nottingham
• Case-based learning in distributed collaborative environments
  Dr J Dowell, University College, University of London
• Decision support for risk management planning
  Prof JP Fox, Imperial Cancer Research Fund
• "The Way We Were": Situational shifts in collaborative remembering
  Dr TC Ormerod, University of Lancaster 
• Neonate - effective decision support in the neonatal intensive case unit
  Dr JW Hunter, University of Aberdeen
• Investigating the impact of tailored reports on anxiety
  Dr RB Jones, University of Glasgow
• Sociotechnical systems design: knowledge capture and management using patterns
  Dr AD Lloyd, University of Edinburgh
• E-space: shared dynamic information displays for transaction-based activities
  Dr M Scaife, University of Sussex
• Design for Interaction and collaboration
  Dr CC Heath, King's College, University of London
• Developing a risk-assessment framework for the deployment, hosting and integration of business-critical information systems by application service providers (ASP-VH)
  Professor W Currie, Brunel University
• The cognitive science of financial e-advice (E-ADVICE) 
  Professor N. Chater, University of Warwick
• Staying in touch: designing new forms of connectivity for extended social groups (IN TOUCH) 
  Dr Y Rogers, University of Sussex
• Virtual human interface for the media set-top box (VISTA)
  Professor H. Petrie, City University      

PACCIT Link Phase 2 projects:

• Making games
  Ms C Pelletier, Institute of Education
• ACE
  Dr J Galliers, City University
• ART
  Dr D Wooding, University of Derby
• Accommodating individual differences
  Professor A Wilkins, University of Essex
• LBS4all
  Professor J Raper, City University
• Edrama
  Professor J Barnden, University of Birmingham
• BLISS
  Professor A Webster, University of York
• Rollout
  Dr P Cheng, University of Nottingham
• CNA
  Dr P Day, University of Brighton
• Apple
  Mr Minnion, University of East London
• Skillsum
  Dr E Reiter, University of Aberdeen 
• Homework
  Dr R Luckin, University of Sussex