Dr Chris Preist

Research summary

The integration of life cycle analysis and carbon footprinting techniques into broader systemic models of sustainability impact.

The role of computer technology within the wider socio-technical systems emerging to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

The interplay between technology innovation, business models and sustainability impacts, particularly in the commercial publishing industry,

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Biography

In addition to his post at Bristol University, Chris Preist is an Associate of Forum for the Future http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk, faculty member of the WWF One Planet Leaders programme http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/businesses/training/ and a freelance consultant in innovation and sustainability.

Prior to joining Bristol, he was Head of Sustainable IT Research at HP Labs, Bristol from 2007-09, where he led work on the strategic impact of climate change on business and technology development to exploit emerging opportunities. Prior to this, his research was primarily in the areas of artificial intelligence, knowledge representation ...

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Recent publications

• Massung, E, Coyle, D, Cater, KF, Jay, M & Preist, CW 2013, ‘Using Crowdsourcing to Support Pro-Environmental Community Activism’. in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2013. ACM, pp. 371-380
• Schien, D, Shabajee, P, Wood, S & Preist, CW 2013, ‘A Methodology for Green System Design of Online Media Services’. in: 22nd International World-Wide Web Conference: WWW2013. ACM Press / Sheridan

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