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Staff Profile

Professor Abi Durrant

Professor of Interaction Design

Background

I’m Professor of Interaction Design and Co-Director of Open Lab and at 缅北禁地, predominantly working in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

My research addresses the significant design challenges that we face for managing wellbeing in our everyday interactions with digital technologies and personal data. I have explored digital interactions in the context of health and care management, family relationships and legacies, major life transitions, memorialisation, cultural heritage, human rights media, and the representation of identity.

I am Principal Investigator and Co-Director of EPSRC Northern Health Futures (NortHFutures) Hub, a digital health hub for the North East and North Cumbria region funded to facilitate cross-sector research and innovation grounded in community-based design.

I’m also Co-I on EPSRC AGENCY: Assuring Citizen Agency in a World with Complex Online Harms (EP/W032481/1), which addressing design challenges for supporting people to live safe and well, using participatory design research methods. I also sit on the department's EDI committee and on the executive board for the 缅北禁地 Centre of Research Excellence in Children and Youth.

I am also Co-Director of Open Lab's Doctoral Training Centre in Digital Civics.

I was previously Principal Investigator for the EPSRC-funded project (EP/R033900/1), a design-led programme that aims to understand and address issues of trust, identity and privacy that are experienced by people living with HIV when sharing self-generated data with clinicians, peers, and others, for the purposes of self-managing their condition.

Other completed research projects include EPSRC Playing Out with IOT (EP/P025544/2), exploring an outdoor design space for children’s creative free play with Internet of Things.

My work is grounded in co-creative, experience-centred, and research-through-design approaches, working closely with non-academic partners to define and conduct research.

I actively contribute to a number of academic communities, including and the . I am a Steering Committee member for the biennial . I am also a member of the AHRC Peer Review College and Reviewer for EPSRC.

The most up-to-date list of my publications can be found on my . 

Research

I am currently Principal Investigator of EPSRC INTUIT (:

I am Co-Investigator on EPSRC AGENCY ()

I am Co-Investigator on EPSRC Centre for Digital Citizens ():

I was recently Co-Investigator of EPSRC Playing Out with IOT (), now completed.

More information about previous research projects can be found at: .

Teaching

I currently teach Interaction Design on the MSc in Human Computer Interaction Design at 缅北禁地.

I currently supervise 10 PhD students, in Interaction Design, Communication Design, Industrial Design, Computer Science, Fine Art, and Human Computer Interaction. I have previously supervised six PhD students to successful completion and routinely take up external examining roles at universities in the UK and internationally.



Publications

  • Artefact

    • Galani A, Durrant A, Chatting D. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: Discovery Museum, 2016.

  • Articles

    • Holt J, Smeddinck JD, Nicholson J, Vlachokyriakos V, Durrant AC. . Human-Computer Interaction 2026, 41(1), 26-61.
    • Claisse C, Kasadha B, Durrant AC. . AIDS Care 2024, 36(sup 1), 6-14.
    • Claisse C, Durrant AC, Branley-Bell D, Sillence E, Glasgott A, Cameron A. . Social Science & Medicine 2024, 348, 116823.
    • Rathbone A, Simone S, Claisse C, Sillence E, Coventry L, Brown RD, Durrant AC. . PLOS Digital Health 2023, 2(5), e0000264.
    • Brown R, Coventry L, Sillence E, Blythe J, Stumpf S, Bird J, Durrant AC. . Digital Health 2022, 8.
    • Boland P, McHenry J, McKay S, Durrant A, Wilson A. . International Planning Studies 2022, 27(2), 155-172.
    • Hewitt C, Lloyd KC, Tariq S, Durrant A, Claisse C, Kasadha B, Gibbs J. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(5), e046393.
    • Claisse C, Kasadha B, Durrant AC. . Design for Health 2021, 5(2), 252-272.
    • Bussone A, Kasadha B, Stumpf S, Durrant AC, Tariq S, Gibbs J, Lloyd KC, Bird J. . Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2020, 4, 1-27.
    • Orzech KM, Moncur W, Durrant A, Trujillo-Pisanty D. . Information Communication and Society 2018, 21(1), 14-29.
    • Bowen S, Durrant A, Nissen B, Bowers J, Wright P. . Design Studies 2016, 46, 174-198.
    • Elsden C, Kirk DS, Durrant A. . Human–Computer Interaction 2016, 31(6), 518-557.
    • Durrant A, Vines J, Wallace J, Yee J. . Constructivist Foundations 2015, 11(1), 8-21.
    • Durrant A, Hook J, McNaney R, Williams K, Smith T, Stockman T, Olivier P. . International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 2014, 2(1), 34-47.
    • Durrant A, Kirk DS, Benford S, Rodden T. . Computer Supported Collaborative Work 2012, 21(1), 43-75.
    • Wessels B, Anderson B, Durrant A, Ellis J. Mediating genocide: Cultural understanding through digital and print media stories in global communication. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics 2012, 8 (2-3).
    • Durrant A, Frohlich D, Sellen A, Uzzell D. The Secret Lives of Teens: Online and Offline Photographic Displays at Home. Visual Studies 2011, 26(2), 113-124.
    • Durrant A, Frohlich D, Sellen A, Lyons E. . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2009, 67(12), 1005-1023.
    • Lindley S, Durrant AC, Kirk D, Taylor AS. . International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2009, 67(12), 995-1004.

  • Book Chapter

    • Durrant AC, Golembewski M, Kirk DS. . In: Blythe, M; Monk, A, ed. Funology 2. Cham: Springer, 2018, pp.129-155.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Claisse C, Chatting D, Wolf S, Morris B, Durrant AC. . In: TEI '25: Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. 2025, Bordeaux, France: ACM. In Press.
    • Claisse C, Osborne AK, Sillence E, Glasgott A, Cameron AS, Durrant AC. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). 2025, Yokohama, Japan: ACM.
    • Claisse C, Durrant AC, Lie M. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA: ACM.
    • Claisse C, Chatting D, Wolf S, Morris B, Durrant AC. . In: HttF '24 : Halfway to the Future Symposium. 2024, Santa Cruz, CA: ACM.
    • Margariti E, Claisse C, Nabil S, Bridgens B, Durrant A, Kirk D. . In: ACM Designing Interactive Systems. 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark: Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Durrant AC, Claisse C, Lloyd K, Tariq S, Gibbs J. . In: British HIV Association (BHIVA) Conference. 2024, Birmingham, UK: 缅北禁地.
    • Margariti E, Vlachokyriakos V, Durrant AC, Kirk D. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24). 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA.
    • Bennett SJ, Claisse C, Luger E, Durrant AC. . In: AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES '23). 2023, Montreal, Canada: ACM.
    • Chatting D, Morris B, Claisse C, Durrant AC. . In: Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2023. 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: ACM.
    • Copilah-Ali J, Owens R, Wu H, Zhang N, Olabode S, Durrant A, Vlachokyriakos V, Elliot K. . In: International Conference on AI and the Digital Economy (CADE 2023). 2023, Venice, Italy: IET.
    • Copilah-Ali J, Owens R, Wu H, Zhang VN, Olabode S, Durrant A, Vlachokyriakos V, Elliott K. . In: 12th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2023). 2023, Venice, Italy: IET.
    • Claisse C, Durrant AC, Kasadha B. . In: The 15th AIDSImpact Conference 2023. 2023, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Claisse C, Durrant AC. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). 2023, Hamburg and virtual: Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Claisse C, Umair M, Durrant A, Windlin C, Karpashevich P, Höök K, Tsaknaki V, Sanches P, Sas C. . In: CHI EA '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. 2022, New Orleans, LA: ACM.
    • Claisse C, Kasadha B, Stumpf S, Durrant AC. . In: CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2022, New Orleans, LA: ACM.
    • Claisse C, Petrelli D, Ciolfi L, Dulake N, Marshall MT, Durrant AC. . In: CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020, Honolulu Hawaii: ACM.
    • Claisse C, Kasadha K, Durrant A. . In: Design4Health. 2020, Amsterdam: Lab4Living, Sheffield Hallam University.
    • Durrant AC, Kirk DS, Trujillo-Pisanty D, Martindale S. . In: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). 2018, Montreal, Canada: ACM.
    • Durrant A, Kirk D, Trujillo-Pisanty D, Moncur W, Orzech L, Schofield T, Elsden C, Chatting D, Monk A. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). 2017, Denver, CO: ACM.
    • Elsden C, Chatting D, Durrant AC, Garbett A, Nissen B, Vines J, Kirk DS. . In: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA: ACM.
    • Chatting D, Kirk DS, Durrant AC, Elsden C, Yurman P, Bichard JA. . In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA: ACM.
    • Elsden C, Durrant AC, Chatting D, Kirk DS. . In: Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '17). 2017, Edinburgh, United Kingdom: ACM.
    • Kirk D, Durrant A, Wood G, Leong T, Wright P. . In: Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 2016). 2016, Brisbane, Australia: ACM.
    • Kirk DS, Durrant A, Wood G, Leong TW, Wright P. . In: 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems DIS 2016. 2016, Brisbane, Australia: ACM.
    • Elsden C, Durrant A, Kirk D. . In: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2016. 2016, San Jose, CA, USA: ACM.
    • Wallace J, Yee J, Durrant A. . In: CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '14). 2014, ACM Press.
    • Durrant AC, Kirk DS, Reeves S. . In: SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). 2014, Toronto, Canada: ACM.
    • Trujillo-Pisanty D, Durrant A, Martindale S, James S, Collomosse J. . In: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques (DIS '14). 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada: ACM.
    • Hook J, Verbaan S, Durrant A, Olivier P, Wright P. . In: DIS Companion '14. 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada: ACM.
    • Durrant A, Hook J, McNaney R, Williams K, Smith T, Kipling M, Olivier P, Stockman T. . In: IDC 2013: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. 2013, New York: ACM.
    • Anstead E, Durrant A, Benford S, Kirk D. Tabletop games for photo consumption at theme parks. In: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces (ITS '12). 2012, ACM Press.
    • Merritt S, Durrant A, Reeves S, Kirk D. In Dialogue: Methodological Insights on Doing HCI Research in Rwanda. In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '12). 2012, ACM Press.
    • Durrant A, Rowland D, Kirk DS, Benford S, Fischer JE, McAuley D. . In: CHI 2011: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: ACM Press.
    • Durrant A, Taylor AS, Frohlich D, Sellen A, Uzzell D. Photo Displays and Intergenerational Relationships in the Family Home. In: British Computing Society Conference of Human Computer Interaction (HCI 09). 2009, ACM Press.

  • Editorial

    • Whitham R, Moreton S, Bowen S, Speed C, Durrant A. . CoDesign 2019, 15(1), 1-7.

  • Review

    • Simpson E, Brown R, Sillence E, Coventry L, Lloyd K, Gibbs J, Tariq S, Durrant AC. . Frontiers in Public Health 2021, 9, 641424.

  • Working Paper

    • Owens R, Copilah-Ali J, Kolomeets M, Malviya S, Markeviciute K, Olabode S, Spiliotopoulos T, Wu H, Nijia Zhang V, Coopamootoo K, Durrant A, Elliott K, Katsigiannis S, Neesham C, Shi L, Farrand B. . 2023.