Dr Mark Perry is a Reader at Brunel University, looking at the design of ubiquitous and mobile computing from a user-centred and ethnographically-informed perspective. He has a background in psychology (BA), cognitive science (MSc), and human-computer interaction (PhD). Mark is Principal Investigator on the 3DaRoC project, exploring new media formats for alternative and peer-to-peer financial services outside the banking sector.
Dr John Carter McKnight is a postdoctoral researcher on the 3DaRoC project. His research focuses on the role of transmedia platform and user experience design in creating affective communities around financial, national-cultural, and gender identities. He has a background in political science (BA), law (J.D.), international affairs (M.I.A), and media and communications (PhD). From 1988 through 2000 he was a corporate finance attorney specializing in initial public offerings of high-technology firms.
Dr Jennifer Ferreira is a post-doctoral researcher on the 3DaRoC project, exploring the ways digital connectivity shapes the relationships of users of local currency and peer-to-peer lending through design research. She has degrees in Econometrics and Economics (BCA), Computer Science (BSc), and software engineering (PhD). By taking a user-centric perspective on what is usually considered the asocial flow of economic value, she studies the intermediary role of digital technologies in financial transactions as opportunities for rich social interactions.
Dr Adam Fish is a Lecturer at Lancaster University, a social anthropologist of digital culture, business, and politics. He is Co-Investigator on the 3DaRoC project. He investigates the interface of economic and political power, cultural discourses and practices, and networked communication technologies.
Digital Intermediary Exchange ‘Toolkit’ 