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Age & Ability Research Lab

Team

  • Rama Gheerawo, Deputy Director (lead)
  • Chris McGinley, Senior Associate
  • Ross Atkin, Research Associate
  • Gianpaolo Fusari, Senior Associate
  • Katie Gaudion, Research Associate
  • Sam Jewell, Research Associate
  • Lisa Johansson, Research Associate
  • Peter Ziegler, Research Associate
  • Sean Donahue, Visiting Scholar
  • Dr Gabriella Spinelli, Visiting Scholar

Collaborations

Collaboration is at the heart of the Age & Ability research lab. Our research is advanced by combining our expertise in design with that of specialists in other fields. We work with design and users organisations and have a high level of industry, public and voluntary sector engagement.
Industry, public and voluntary sector partners

The Age & Ability Lab collaborates with a range of business and voluntary sector partners through projects on the Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme. Recent RCA graduates work on people-centred design research briefs and partnerships are match-funded through the Centre. Collaborators include:

Current Research Partners
BTand Scope
EPFL+ECAL Lab
Hexagon
Oticon
Panasonic
Research In Motion
Stannah
The Kingwood Trust

Recent Research Partners
Age UK
Audi Design Foundation
BT
Bupa
CABE
Cisco
Fulbright Commission
Ideal Standard
Intel
Nokia
Royal London Society for Blind People
Sony
Samsung
TH!NK (with Norwegian Design Council and Research Council of Norway (IT Funk Programme))
Thomas Pocklington Trust
Toyota