ICONIC – research updates

Updates on our research activity

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This page provides an overview of research and academic outreach activity linked to the Intergenerational Codesign of Novel technologies In Coastal communities (ICONIC) project as it develops.

We are keen to connect and share knowledge with academic groups working in;

Intergenerational research recruitment and co-design
Co-design of digital technology
Digital exclusion and policy research

For further information on these sessions, or to arrange a meeting with your group, please contact Lauren Tenn or Professor Ray Jones MBE

Academic links

Online sessions with researchers, policy makers and academic groups

Previous sessions

July 2024: ICONIC and FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (Graz, Austria)
Researchers from the ICONIC project and FH Joanneum discussed current and future opportunities within e-Health, digital community projects and international health care systems.

July 2024: ICONIC and Department of Learning Technologies, Design and School Library Media, Towson University (Maryland, USA)
Researchers from the ICONIC project and Towson University shared insights into current developments within AI digital learning and game development.

May 2024: ICONIC and NHS Maternity practitioners and stakeholders
Researchers from the ICONIC project and colleagues working with maternity health considered the role that digital technologies can play in tackling maternal and child health inequalities, and support anxiety, pain, and stress management.

February 2024: ICONIC and GOALD Partners (The Social Behavioural & Design Research Programme, University of Stirling)
Researchers from the ICONIC project and its sister project GOALD discussed issues surrounding intergenerational research recruitment, factors affecting digital exclusion and participation and conducting research under pandemic restrictions.

November 2023: ICONIC and Reimagine Aging Interdisciplinary Research Network (Horizons Institute Leeds)
Led by Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee, ICONIC Project Advisor, this interactive discussion on ‘Ageing Well in a Digital World’ examined how digital health technology and research can support an ageing population.

Conferences

ICONIC Researchers have presented research updates at the following conferences:

IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for eHealth
The 10^th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE 20204)
The CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The 18^th International Conference on Digital Society
The 18^th International Conference on Digital Society and 4^th IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for eHealth

Publications

2024

Hagen, O., Varga, M., Baxter, R., Jones, R.B., Aly, A., Bazazian, D., Gaudl, S., Veliz Reyes, A., 'Insights from C-Design of Underwater Telepresence and Extended Reality Technologies with Digitally Excluded Older Adults.' Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health- Volume 1: ICT4AWE. https://www.scitepress.org/Papers/2024/127419/127419.pdf

Jones, R. B., Baxter, R., Varga, M. N., Hagen, O., Aly, A., Bazazian, D., Veliz Reyes, A., Gaudl, S., 'Intergenerational Technology Codesign in Deprived Coastal Regions.' Proceedings of the 18^th International Conference on Digital Society.

Veliz Reyes, A., Varga, M., Bradwell, H., Baxter, R., Jones, R. B., Maudlin, D., 'Codesign principles for effective extended reality (XR) systems for health and care in rural and coastal communities.'

2023

Veliz Reyes, A., Varga, M., Bradwell, H., Baxter, R., 'Unlocking social innovation in XR for Healthcare in coastal communities.' 2^nd Workshop on XR for Healthcare and Wellbeing - (XR Health) 2023 (IEEE 2023). 25-29 March, Shanghai, China. DOI: 10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00032.