Applied Informatics is one of the largest subject groups in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment with over 35 full time staff and a growing PhD community. We host a range of undergraduate degree and MSc programmes that align with our staff’s broad range of research interests. These include Assistive and Inclusive Technologies, Communities and Creative practices, Digital Media, Experience Design, Education and Widening Participation, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Responsible AI, Participation, Social Informatics, Sound Design, User Experience. We have an active research community that publishes in international and world leading journals or conferences.
Fully funded PhDs
A new model for information literacies of community representatives
Supervisor – Dr Peter Cruickshank
Trust, risk and digital identity for digitally-unsure citizens
Supervisor – Dr Peter Cruickshank
Designing Meaningful Mixed Reality Experiences
Supervisor – Dr Dimitrios Darzentas
Supervisor – Dr Wegene Demeke
Augmented Audio Soundscape Design for Enhanced Experiences
Supervisor – Dr Balandino Di Donato
Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games
Supervisor – Dr Iain Donald
Investigating digital approaches to creating meaningful experiences of place
Supervisor – Dr Tanis Grandison
Designing Interactive Digital Storytelling Experiences
Supervisor – Dr Ingi Helgason
Supervisor – Dr Ingi Helgason
Multimodal Applications for Cognitive Differences
Supervisor – Dr John McGowan
Supervisor – Dr Ashley Morton
DDSP in Procedural Audio Sound Effects
Supervisor – Dr Rod Selfridge
Supervisor – Dr Rod Selfridge
Behaviour change for Cybersecurity
Supervisor – Dr JP Vargheese
Intelligent proxies to support health and social care for older adults
Supervisor – Dr JP Vargheese
Playful engagement with Politics in the time of misinformation
Supervisor – Dr Hanne Wagner
Self funded PhDs
Agile Coaching and Organisational Learning
Supervisor – Dr Pritam Chita
Using ontologies to explain AI based risk assessment
Supervisor – Dr David Haynes
Supervisor – Dr Iain McGregor
Evaluating Novel Immersive & Interactive Technologies in Higher Education
Supervisor – Dr Debbie Meharg
The use digital tools and online information for the self-management of health
Supervisor – Dr Frances Ryan
Supervisor – Dr Michael Smyth
Remix Culture and AI tools for Creativity
Supervisor – Dr Michael Smyth
Tangible interfaces in creative practice
Supervisor – Dr Michael Smyth
Coping with Social Robots and Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Care
Supervisor – Dr Emilia Sobolewska
Supervisor – Dr Emilia Sobolewska
Shaping Tomorrow: PhD Opportunity in Social Robotics and AI Research
Supervisor – Prof. Frauke Zeller