Apr 2023 - Jun 2024
Apr 2023 - Jun 2024 As the Internet expands through paradigms like the IoT, MMO games, videotelephony and the Metaverse, Autonomous Systems (AS) are increasingly necessitated to mediate society’s unfettered dataflows. Due to their perceived immateriality, Autonomous Systems (AS) are often promoted as resource-efficient technologies which help mitigate the unsustainable impacts of the Internet’s rapidly expanding data-driven ecosystem. Yet because of their ubiquity and scale, the environmental impacts of hyper-scale AS are intensifying and their sustainable trustworthiness is frequently undermined.
Harnessing interdisciplinary methods from across Design, Human Computing Interaction and Science & Technology Studies research, we will collaborate closely with a range of stakeholders – including, technologists, policy-makers and citizen end-users – to rethink current AS infrastructures and anticipate resilient and efficient digital energy transition pathways for Resource Responsible Trustworthy Autonomous Systems design.
Focussing on disruptive decentralisation and the potential benefits of hyperlocal AS solutions like Community Clouds, Edge Computing and micro-renewables, our research will align with key government, academic and industry priorities to drive Internet technology’s Net Zero transition.
Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures, Lancaster University
Transitional Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
Professor of Speculative and Game Design, Lancaster University
Professor of Design Ethnography, University of Nottingham
Professor of Digital Economy, University of Nottingham
Senior Digital and Data Consultant, Energy Systems Catapult
Director, The Making Rooms
Data Cooperative Manager, Subak
