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Dr Rooksby received his degree and PhD in Computer Science from Manchester University, UK. He has held research positions at institutions including the University of Glasgow and University of St Andrews.
His research interests are in Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Games and Digital Health. He has a portfolio of research spanning these disciplines from funders including NIHR, EPSRC and the EU. His work often focuses on the development and evaluation of novel technologies and primarily takes qualitative, person-centered approaches including co-design, ethnography and user-centered engineering. He has published several award winning papers in venues including ACM CHI on topics including personal tracking, digital phenotyping and public health. His teaching centers on Web and Mobile development using languages including JavaScript. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
My research interests are in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Digital Health. I am particularly interested in the development and evaluation of novel technologies for personal and public health, and in understanding the role and significance of health technologies in the contexts of people's everyday lives.
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- Understanding Caregiver Stress to Inform Community-Based Stress Monitoring and Supportive Interventions: A Qualitative, Descriptive Study, Saha, S., Flowers, E., Ang, C., Casson, A., Condell, J., Matcham, F., Robinson, T., Rooksby, J., Rose, L. 23 Feb 2026, In: Health & Social Care in the Community
- Evaluation of carbon based interconnects for digital signalling in printed flexible electronics on sustainable substrates, Wang, Z., Saleh, M., Alwattar, A., Alfredsson, M., Horne, R., Ang, C., Condell, J., Flowers, E., Matcham, F., Robinson, T., Rooksby, J., Saha, S., Rose, L., Batchelor, J., Casson, A. 8 Jul 2025, In: IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics
- Family Caregiver Perspectives on Digital Methods to Measure Stress: Qualitative Descriptive Study, Rose, L., Saha, S., Flowers, E., Ang, C., Casson, A., Condell, J., Matcham, F., Robinson, T., Rooksby, J. 24 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Group-based interventions to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans: a synopsis of findings from a feasibility study, Reith, G., Biggar, B., Bunn, C., Deidda, M., Donnachie, C., Graham, F., Gray, C., Greenlaw, N., Hunt, K., Philpott, M., Platt, N., D Rogers, R., Rooksby, J., Wyke, S., Wardle, H. 17 Jul 2025, In: Public Health Research
- “You can't be what you can't see”: Community-Based Support and Representation in Diverse Cycling Communities on Instagram, Harrison, D., Green, F., Rooksby, J. 16 Nov 2025, SportsHCI 2025, New York, US, ACM
- How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: A mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial, Bunn, C., Palmer, V., Chng , N., Andersen, E., Gray, C., Hunt, K., Jelsma, J., Morgan, H., Nijhuis-van der Sanden, M., Pereira, H., Philpott, M., Roberts, G., Rooksby, J., Røynesdal, Ø., Silva, M., Sorensen, M., Teixeira, P., Van Achterberg, T., Van De Glind, I., van Mechelen, W., van Nassau, F., van der Ploeg, H., Wyke, S. 20 Mar 2023, In: BMC Public Health
- Understanding Platform-Mediated Work-Life: A Diary Study with Gig Economy Freelancers, Alvarez De La Vega, J., Cecchinato, M., Rooksby, J., Newbold, J. 16 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Design Opportunities for Freelancing Platforms: Online Freelancers’ Views on a Worker-Centred Design Fiction, Alvarez De La Vega, J., Cecchinato, M., Rooksby, J. 8 Jun 2022, CHIWORK 2022 , New York, US, ACM
Peter Smith Generative Adversarial Networks for Balancing Cybersecurity Datasets in Federated Learning Start Date: 01/08/2025
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