Bristol Interaction Group

The Bristol Interaction Group is a creative interdisciplinary team with a mission to improve peoples’ lives through the design of better technologies. We study interactions between humans and technology, design novel interfaces and devices, critically examine social and environmental impact, and deploy and evaluate new interaction paradigms in everyday life settings. We follow responsible innovation principles and seek to promote creativity and opportunities for science and innovation that are socially desirable and undertaken in the public interest. Our biggest strength is our diversity: we are computer scientists, psychologists, social scientists, human factors engineers, material engineers and artists, and we draw from and create innovative synergies across a wide range of disciplines. We are 11 faculty members and over 40 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. We publish in premier international conferences and journals, including ACM SIGCHI, CSCW, UIST and Ubicomp. Since 2015, BIG has attracted over £31 million in funding from UK and European Research Councils, industrial, charitable and public sector partners. This includes two Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), EPSRC Digital Health and Care and UKRI Interactive AI, as well as a national collaboratorium for research in Infrastructure and Cities.