Darren Scott

Darren Scott, Cardiff University

Topic: Making the House a Home for Habits: Components and Characteristics for Home-Based Exercise Snacking
Location: In Person AIMS Seminar Room 1 (University of Bristol only) & Online (Link coming shortly)
Date: October 28th, 2025 14:00-15:00 GMT

Abstract: There is a societal crisis taking place around the limited exercise we fit into our daily lives. A potential solution to this is exercise snacking, the concept of fitting much smaller exercises into much smaller windows, typically within the home in flow of other duties. There is currently limited technical exploration of how to integrate these exercises, which we sought to resolve through a six-workshop series. The first three workshops looked at how to design for different groups and environments, and how these considerations may manifest in both new and evolving designs. The latter three workshops looked at low-fidelity prototypes, gaining some insights into preferred modalities as well as how they may work alongside necessary considerations such as existing routines and co-habitants.

Bio: Darren is a Postdoctoral Researcher currently working at Cardiff University as part of the EPSRC-funded Smart Cues project, looking at developing home-based habit formation and physical activity tools. Outside of this project, his interests relate to how we can better develop behaviour change tools and with so many emerging technologies, how we can integrate these powerful new tools without compromising on user experience.