Funding body: EPSRC (2010-2013)
Principal Investigator (at Kent): Prof Marialena Nikolopoulou
Post-doc researcher: Karen Martin
Partners: Swansea University, Leeds Beckett University, University of East London, Coventry University, University of the Arts London, University of Warwick, University College London, University of Portsmouth, University of York (10 instead of 12 teams)
Summary
The Shades of Grey (SoG) research project is designed in response to a pressing need for novel surveillance interventions that elicit robust, reliable and usable indicators of notable behaviours in public areas and ports of entry. From a research perspective, this translates into a need for an active research paradigm to detect notable behaviours more effectively: a science of interventions. The project draws upon expertise from behavioural psychology, social and physical sciences, and engineering to define, design, and deliver a science of interventions aimed at improving our understanding of the relationship between environmental and interpersonal stimuli and behavioural responses.