Chris has worked in a variety of areas oriented to practical and applied research within computing and interaction design. He enjoys in the inherently cross-disciplinary nature of digital device and service design, and how digital technology can mediate the transition from users who are unfamiliar with a technology to users who effectively benefit from it. He has worked with a variety of other disciplines including: Product Design, English Literature, Cultural Studies, Robotics, Nursing, Education, etc..  His applied research focuses upon the usability of notations and tools for defining and controlling information artefacts; and the principles by which information artefact design can be characterised; and the design and development of visualisations. He has an active interest in a number of areas including: VR and AR; Design for others; Sentiment Analysis; Non-trivial online form design, knowledge transfer and innovation.

Chris has worked in a variety of areas oriented to practical issues within interaction design. He is interested in the inherently cross-disciplinary nature of digital service and product design, and how digital technology mediates its effective use. Having completed a Masters in Design Research at the RCA, he went to work on an early interactive video training project at Imperial College of Science and Technology. This experience demonstrated a 'intelligent tutoring system' failing to co-ordinate user interaction with educational video content. This led to Chris's interest in HCI. He completed a PhD and The University of York attempting to capture concepts about good interaction design that could be applied generally and reasoned about formally. 

Chris is research active with a particular interest in applied research and knowledge exchange. He has developed productive relationships with a variety of companies and supports colleagues in developing and applying their research.