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Richard Harper

Professor of Computer Science and Communications, Lancaster University

Professor of Computer Science and Communications, Lancaster University Richard Harper research is in the social aspects of interfaces with computer systems - not just the 'gui' but the architectures that underscore the gui; not just efficiency with systems but the social connections they enable and much else beside. His books include Texture - 'Human expression in the age of communications overload' (MIT: 2011), 'The Myth of the Paperless Office' (with A. Sellen, MIT: 2002), and 'Trust, Computing and Society' (Ed) (CUP: 2014). He is currently Professor of Computer Science and Communications and Co-Director of the Institute for Social Futures at the University of Lancaster.