https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8594-3179
Dr Linda Shore is an experienced User eXperience (UX) Design researcher with focus on emerging technologies and acceptance and adoption by people.
Her research interests and expertise regarding transgenerational and lifecourse experience, women centered design, perceptions towards emerging technology, applied research methodologies, and future focused design solutions that enhance quality of life and the lived experience across Humanity, Society, and Policy themes.
Her practice 'begins and ends with humans' as we navigate the 21st century and beyond. She has applied her work as a kinetic chain approach or whole systems approach to optimising life, and navigating the access points across numerous environments, systems and services through Design.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Linda-Shore
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lindashoredesignresearcher
EU COST Action 19136 NET4Age-Friendly environments Working Group 1&2 member
EU COST Action CA22167 Participatory Approaches with Older Adults - working group Technology & Innovation (WG3)
ISO 25553 - Smart Multigenerational Neighbourhoods (working group member)
BS 30416 - Menstrual and menopausal health in the workplace - Guide - contributor
Associate staff Edinburgh Napier University - PhD supervision
PI - The future of primary care in Moray 2048 – a vision for the NHS 100th anniversary (Scottish Government/Moray Health & Social Care Partnership) £50,000
PI - Ethnologic/MEG development - Highlands & Islands Enterprise (kickstart - £2500; Innovation Learning journey - £2500)
Interdisciplinary, emerging technology, medical humanities design, holistic health and optimised life, acceptance and adoption of technologies, user centred design, user experience design
PhD
1)A vision for a pre-hospital care EMS (Emergency Medical Service) system for an Indian Smart city (Gandhinagar) 2030 (with - University of Limerick, Ireland – began 2019)
PhD
2)An adaptive mixing framework for a personalised listening experience (with -Edinburgh Napier University – began 2021)
2022 - External Examiner – South-East Technological University, Ireland
M. Res - Co-designing interactive systems to increase autonomy and improve the door-to-door customer journey for Irish Rail
Supervisor – Masters
Website Organisation Systems: The development of a sitemap creation application
Internal Examiner – Masters – Edinburgh Napier University
Investigating the use and impact of collaborative software technology on Nigerian students’ online learning experience.
2021
Supervisor – Masters – Edinburgh Napier University
Socio-economic background and its influence on career choice in computer science Impact of IOT on Enhanced User Experience
Exoskeleton Technology for People with Physical Disabilities
Research on online support platform for people with autism spectrum disorder
Internal Examiner – Masters – Edinburgh Napier University Research on the effects of VR (Virtual Reality) on the experience of users Impact of mobile banking in today’s world
Trust in Cloud computing among Generation Z
Programme Leader, UX Design Lecturer/User Researcher
School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Developed and delivered the new UX Design programme offering that delivers industry standard graduates – Launched Sept 2022
Key Responsibilities
• B.Sc UX Design Programme Leader
• Managed, designed and developed new Under-Graduate Programme and modules (e.g., Technoculture & Society, Expressed through UX, Research through Design) and evaluate module performance and learning outcomes to the Programme
• Liase and work with students offering support and guidance as they learn new skills
