Liz Dowthwaite

Contact

• workRoom C Floor Nottingham Geospatial Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Liz.Dowthwaite@nottingham.ac.uk
• dowthwaite.wordpress.com

Teaching Summary

Teaches as part of the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training on Enabling Technologies (COMP4023) and runs an Ethical Hackathon with students each year, as well as providing supervision and support to… read more

Research Summary

Currently working on a range of projects within the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute and the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub.

Phd thesis looked at crowdfunding in the creative industries, particularly looking at attitudes and motivation, and the roles of altruism and reciprocity in backing behaviour.

Liz has a multi-disciplinary research background grounded in psychology and human factors. Her research interests revolve around how motivation, human values, and attitudes relate to behaviour. She is especially interested in participation in groups/crowds, particularly online (eg citizen science, social media, crowdfunding) and in technology-mediated activities. She is also interested in the (positive) effects of the online world on psychological wellbeing, the role of autonomous systems in wellbeing, and science communication.

Selected Publications

• PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, CRESWICK, HELEN, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, KOENE, ANSGAR, JIROTKA, MARINA, MCCARTHY, AMY and MCAULEY, DEREK, 2021. The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal.

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Teaches as part of the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training on Enabling Technologies (COMP4023) and runs an Ethical Hackathon with students each year, as well as providing supervision and support to PhD students.

Teaches the Graduate School course Theory of Experimental Design for Engineers which runs over 2 days at several points in the year.

Previously support for MM4SHP (Studying Human Performance), MM4ERM (Ergonomics Methods), MM4COG (Cognitive Ergonomics in Design), and MM4HCI (Human Computer Systems)

Past Research

Liz has worked on a range of project surrounding bias and fairness online and in autonomous systems, including UnBias: Emancipating Users Against Algorithmic Biases for a Trusted Digital Economy and ReEnTrust: Rebuilding and Enhancing Trust in the Digital Economy, as well as a range of other projects as part of Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute.

• PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, CRESWICK, HELEN, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, KOENE, ANSGAR, JIROTKA, MARINA, MCCARTHY, AMY and MCAULEY, DEREK, 2021. The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal.
• SPRINKS, JAMES, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, PRIESTNALL, GARY and WARDLAW, JESSICA, 2020. MarsCAPE: Mars Communicated through an Augmented, Physical Environment IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 40(2),
• DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, CRESWICK, HELEN, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, PATEL, MENISHA and ZHAO, JUN, 2020. Developing a measure of online wellbeing and user trust (extended abstract). In: Paradigm Shifts in ICT Ethics: Proceedings of the Ethicomp 2020. 26-28
• DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, CRESWICK, HELEN, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, ZHAO, JUN, PATEL, MENISHA, PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, KOENE, ANSGAR and JIROTKA, MARINA, 2020. “It’s Your Private Information. It’s Your Life.” Young people’s views of personal data use by online technologies. In: 121-134
• DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, CRESWICK, HELEN, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, PATEL, MENISHA and ZHAO, JUN, 2020. Developing a measure of online wellbeing and user trust.. In: ARIAS-OLIVAI, MARIO, PELEGRIN-BORONDO, JORGE, MURATA, KIYOSHI and PALMA, ANA MARIA LARA, eds., Societal Challenges in the Smart Society Universidad de La Rioja. 21-33
• DOWTHWAITE, LIZ and SPRINKS, JAMES, 2019. Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices JCOM-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. 18(1),
• CRESWICK, H, ELVIRA PEREZ VALLEJOS, DOWTHWAITE, L and KOENE, A., 2019. “…they don’t really listen to people”. Young people’s concerns and recommendations for improving online experiences Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society.. (In Press.)
• CHADBORN, NEIL H., BLAIR, KRISTA, CRESWICK, HELEN, HUGHES, NANCY, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ, ADENEKAN, OLUWAFUNMILADE and PÉREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, 2019. Citizens’ Juries: When Older Adults Deliberate on the Benefits and Risks of Smart Health and Smart Homes Healthcare. 7(2),
• DOWTHWAITE, L, LINTOTT, C, HOUGHTON, RJ, SPRINKS, J and MILLER, G, 2019. The psychological basis of motivation to take part in online Citizen Science SSRN Repository. Available at: <https://ssrn.com/abstract=3480452>
• KOENE, ANSGAR, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ and SETH, SUCHANA, 2018. IEEE P7003 (TM) Standard for Algorithmic Bias Considerations 2018 IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE FAIRNESS (FAIRWARE 2018). 38-41
• PEREZ VALLEJOS, ELVIRA, KOENE, ANSGAR, PORTILLO, VIRGINIA, DOWTHWAITE, LIZ and CANO, MONICA, 2017. Young People's Policy Recommendations on Algorithm Fairness In: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM on Web Science Conference. 247-251
• DOWTHWAITE, E, HOUGHTON, RJ and MORTIER, R, 2016. How relevant is copyright to online artists?: A qualitative study of understandings, coping strategies and possible solutions First Monday: Peer-reviewed journal on the internet. 21(5), 4
• DOWTHWAITE, L, HOUGHTON, RJ and MORTIER, R, 2015. Fame or function?: How webcomics artists choose what to share In: Contemporary Ergonomics 2015.
• PEREZ VALLEJOS, E, KOENE, A, PORTILLO, V, DOWTHWAITE, L and CANO, M, Young People’s Policy Recommendations on Algorithm Fairness ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society.
• DOWTHWAITE, L, CRESWICK, H, PEREZ, E and KOENE, A., Work-in-Progress: UnBias Youth Juries Social Media and Society Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark: ACM..