Dr Stephen Thompson
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Cardiff School of Art & Design
- PhD. MA(rca). BAHons. SFHEA. FRSA.
Overview
I am a designer-theorist who is concerned with metaphysiological interplay of the body and tools in the enaction of cognition. I started my career working as a concept designer for a number of design consultancies in Britain and Germany before establishing my own design practice and eventually moving into a career as a University Art & Design academic.
My research ranges from the highly speculative through to more applied aspects of HCI and Interaction Design. I place particular attention upon the relational nature of cognition and the material world particularly in respect to deep histories and future trajectories of technology.
I am a co-convenor of the Metatechnicity Research at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and a member of the Transtechnicity Research Network at the University of Plymouth.
I lead the Master of Research (Art & Design) programme and supervise research degree students.
Research Publications
The happy accident: Post-anthropocentric understandings of serendipity in making processes
Ash, N., Thompson, S. & Woodward, M., 7 Mar 2023, In: Craft Research. 14, 1, p. 101-115 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
(Re)Considering Pedagogy – Entangled Ontology in a Complex Age: Abstraction Pedagogy and the Critical Pedagogical Importance of Art Education for Other Discipline Areas
Barritt, L. S., Thompson, S. & Woodward, M., 29 Nov 2021, In: International Journal of Art and Design Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A shift in systems: (co-)conceptualising pedagogy in an era of continuous complexity
Barritt, L. S., Popovac, M., Woodward, M. & Thompson, S., 17 Nov 2021, In: Buckingham Journal of Education. 2, 2, p. 99-116Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Designing for multiple hand grips and body postures within the UX of a moving smartphone
Eardley, R., Roudaut, A., Gill, S. & Thompson, S. J., 8 Jun 2018, DIS 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 611-622 12 p. (DIS 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Investigating how smartphone movement is affected by body posture
Eardley, R., Roudaut, A., Gill, S. & Thompson, S. J., 21 Apr 2018, CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery, (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; vol. 2018-April).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Understanding grip shifts: How form factors impact hand movements on mobile phones
Eardley, R., Roudaut, A., Gill, S. & Thompson, S., 2 May 2017, CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 4680-4691 12 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; vol. 2017-May).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Investigating how the hand interacts with different mobile phones
Eardley, R., Thompson, S., Gill, S., Hare, J. & Roudaut, A., 6 Sept 2016, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct, MobileHCI 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 698-705 8 p. (Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct, MobileHCI 2016).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
A 'Hybrid space' for peer review: Can facebook inspire new ways of thinking?
Glen, N., Head, A. & Thompson, S., 2009, 8th European Conference on eLearning 2009, ECEL 2009. Academic Conferences Limited, p. 733-742 10 p. (8th European Conference on eLearning 2009, ECEL 2009).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review