Christian Heath

Author: Christian Heath

Christian Heath is Professor of Work and Organisation and leads the Work, Interaction and Technology Research Centre. He specializes in video-based studies of social interaction, drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, with a particular interest in the interplay of talk, bodily conduct and the use of tools and technologies. He is currently undertaking projects on auctions and markets, medical consultations and operating theatres, and museums and galleries. These projects are funded by the UK research councils and the IST Programmes of the European Union. A number of these projects also involve the design and development of advanced technologies including for example media spaces, trust systems, and tools to interweave paper and digital documents. These projects involve close collaboration with academic, private and public sector organisations in the UK and abroad. He has published eight books and more than hundred academic articles in journals and books and is co-editor of the book series Learning and Doing (Cambridge University Press). He has held positions at the Universities of Manchester, Surrey, and Nottingham and visiting positions at various Universities and industrial research laboratories in the UK and abroad. He currently serves on various School, College and external committees including the ESRC Information and Communications Committee. He is an Academician of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences (AcSS).

Publications

Publication period start: 2005
Number of co-authors: 62

Co-authors

Number of publications with favourite co-authors
Hideaki Kuzuoka
8
Jon Hindmarsh
12
Paul Luff
32

Productive Colleagues

Most productive colleagues in number of publications
Abigail Sellen
81
Tom Rodden
106
Steve Benford
121

Publications

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Svensson, Marcus Sanchez (2008): Discriminating Conduct: Deploying Systems to Support Awareness in Organizations. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 24 (4) pp. 410-436. https://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/10447310801920490

Fraser, Mike, Hindmarsh, Jon, Best, Katie, Heath, Christian, Biegel, Greg, Greenhalgh, Chris, Reeves, Stuart (2006): Remote Collaboration Over Video Data: Towards Real-Time e-Social Science. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 15 (4) pp. 257-279. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-006-9027-y

Hindmarsh, Jon, Heath, Christian, Lehn, Dirk vom, Cleverly, Jason (2005): Creating Assemblies in Public Environments: Social Interaction, Interactive Exhibits and C. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 14 (1) pp. 1-41. https://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0925-9724&volume=14&issue=1&spage=1

Bannon, Liam J., Benford, Steve, Bowers, John, Heath, Christian (2005): Hybrid design creates innovative museum experiences. In Communications of the ACM, 48 (3) pp. 62-65. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047671.1047706

Lehn, Dirk vom, Heath, Christian (2005): Accounting for new technology in museum exhibitions. In International Journal of Arts Management, 7 (3) pp. 11-21. https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41064849?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102801252383

Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Yamazaki, Keiichi, Yamazaki, Akiko, Kosaka, Jun\'ichi, Suga, Yasuko, Heath, Christian (2004): Dual ecologies of robot as communication media: thoughts on coordinating orientations and . In: Dykstra-Erickson, Elizabeth, Tscheligi, Manfred (eds.) Proceedings of ACM CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria. pp. 183-190. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/985692.985716

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Hindmarsh, Jon, Yamazaki, Keiichi, Oyama, Shinya (2003): Fractured Ecologies: Creating Environments for Collaboration. In Human-Computer Interaction, 18 (1) pp. 51-84.

Schmidt, Kjeld, Heath, Christian, Rodden, Tom (2002): Preface. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 11 (3) pp. 3-4.

Heath, Christian, Svensson, Martin, Hindmarsh, Jon, Luff, Paul, Lehn, Dirk vom (2002): Configuring Awareness. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 11 (3) pp. 317-347.

Hindmarsh, Jon, Heath, Christian, Lehn, Dirk vom, Cleverly, Jason (2002): Creating assemblies: aboard the Ghost Ship. In: Churchill, Elizabeth F., McCarthy, Joe, Neuwirth, Christine, Rodden, Tom (eds.) Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 16 - 20, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. pp. 156-165. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/587078.587101

Koleva, Boriana, Taylor, Ian, Benford, Steve, Fraser, Mike, Greenhalgh, Chris, Schnadelbach, Holger, Lehn, Dirk vom, Heath, Christian, Adams, Matt (2001): Orchestrating a Mixed Reality Performance. In: Beaudouin-Lafon, Michel, Jacob, Robert J. K. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2001 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 31 - April 5, 2001, Seattle, Washington, USA. pp. 38-45. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/365024/p38-koleva/p38-koleva.pdf

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian (2000): The Collaborative Production of Computer Commands in Command and Control. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 52 (4) pp. 669-699.

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Jirotka, Marina (2000): Surveying the Scene: Technologies for Everyday Awareness and Monitoring in Control Rooms. In Interacting with Computers, 13 (2) pp. 193-228.

Hindmarsh, Jon, Fraser, Mike, Heath, Christian, Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris (2000): Object-Focused Interaction in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 7 (4) pp. 477-509. https://acm.org/pubs/articles/journals/tochi/2000-7-4/p477-hindmarsh/p477-hindmarsh.pdf

Fraser, Mike, Benford, Steve, Hindmarsh, Jon, Heath, Christian (1999): Supporting Awareness and Interaction through Collaborative Virtual Interfaces. In: Zanden, Brad Vander, Marks, Joe (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 07 - 10, 1999, Asheville, North Carolina, United States. pp. 27-36. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/320719/p27-fraser/p27-fraser.pdf

Reynard, Gail, Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris, Heath, Christian (1998): Awareness Driven Video Quality of Service in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In: Karat, Clare-Marie, Lund, Arnold, Coutaz, Joëlle, Karat, John (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 98 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, California. pp. 464-471. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/274644/p464-reynard/p464-reynard.pdf

Hindmarsh, Jon, Fraser, Mike, Heath, Christian, Benford, Steve, Greenhalgh, Chris (1998): Fragmented Interaction: Establishing Mutual Orientation in Virtual Environments. In: Poltrock, Steven, Grudin, Jonathan (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 14 - 18, 1998, Seattle, Washington, United States. pp. 217-226. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/289444/p217-hindmarsh/p217-hindmarsh.pdf

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian (1998): Mobility in Collaboration. In: Poltrock, Steven, Grudin, Jonathan (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 14 - 18, 1998, Seattle, Washington, United States. pp. 305-314. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/289444/p305-luff/p305-luff.pdf

Koschmann, Timothy, Anderson, Anne, Hall, Rogers, Heath, Christian, LeBaron, Curtis, Olson, Judith S., Suchman, Lucy A. (1998): Six Readings of a Single Text: A Videoanalytic Session. In: Poltrock, Steven, Grudin, Jonathan (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 14 - 18, 1998, Seattle, Washington, United States. pp. 407-409. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/289444/p407-koschmann/p407-koschmann.pdf

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1996): Documents and Professional Practice: 'Bad' Organizational Reasons for 'Good' Clinical Reco. In: Olson, Gary M., Olson, Judith S., Ackerman, Mark S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 16 - 20, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. pp. 354-363. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/240080/p354-heath/p354-heath.pdf

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul, Sellen, Abigail (1995): Reconsidering the Virtual Workplace: Flexible Support for Collaborative Activity. In: Marmolin, Hans, Sundblad, Yngve, Schmidt, Kjeld (eds.) ECSCW 95 - Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 11-15 September, 1995, Stockholm, Sweden. pp. 83-99.

Heath, Christian, Jirotka, Marina, Luff, Paul, Hindmarsh, Jon (1994): Unpacking collaboration: the interactional organisation of trading in a city dealing room. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 3 (2) pp. 147-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00773445

Gaver, William W., Sellen, Abigail, Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1993): One is Not Enough: Multiple Views in a Media Space. In: Ashlund, Stacey, Mullet, Kevin, Henderson, Austin, Hollnagel, Erik, White, Ted (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 93 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 24-29, 1993, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 335-341. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/169059/p335-gaver/p335-gaver.pdf

Heath, Christian, Jirotka, Marina, Luff, Paul, Hindmarsh, Jon (1993): Unpacking Collaboration: The Interactional Organisation of Trading in a City Dealing Room. In: Michelis, Giorgio De, Simone, Carla, Schmidt, Kjeld (eds.) ECSCW 93 - Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work , 1993, . pp. 155-170.

Anderson, R. J., Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul, Moran, Thomas P. (1993): The Social and the Cognitive in Human-Computer Interaction. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 38 (6) pp. 999-1016.

Greatbatch, David, Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Campion, Peter (1993): Interpersonal Communication and Human-Computer Interaction: An Examination of the Use of C. In Interacting with Computers, 5 (2) pp. 193-216.

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Greatbatch, David (1992): Tasks-in-Interaction: Paper and Screen Based Documentation in Collaborative Activity. In: Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work November 01 - 04, 1992, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. pp. 163-170. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/143457/p163-luff/p163-luff.pdf

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1992): Media Space and Communicative Asymmetries: Preliminary Observations of Video-Mediated Inte. In Human-Computer Interaction, 7 (3) pp. 315-346.

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1992): Collaboration and control: Crisis management and multimedia technology in London Undergrou. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 1 (1) pp. 69-94. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00752451

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1991): Disembodied Conduct: Communication Through Video in a Multi-Media Office Environment. In: Robertson, Scott P., Olson, Gary M., Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 91 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 28 - June 5, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana. pp. 99-103. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/108844/p99-heath/p99-heath.pdf

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1991): Collaborative Activity and Technological Design: Task Coordination in London Underground C. In: Bannon, Liam, Robinson, Mike, Schmidt, Kjeld (eds.) ECSCW 91 - Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work September 24-27, 1991, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Yamazaki, Keiichi, Yamashita, Jun (2006): Handling documents and discriminating objects in hybrid spaces. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2006, . pp. 561-570. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1124772.1124858

Lehn, Dirk vom, Hindmarsh, Jon, Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian (2007): Engaging constable: revealing art with new technology. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2007, . pp. 1485-1494. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1240624.1240848

Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Kosaka, Jun\'ichi, Yamazaki, Keiichi, Suga, Yasuko, Yamazaki, Akiko, Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian (2004): Mediating dual ecologies. In: Proceedings of ACM CSCW04 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2004, . pp. 477-486. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1031607.1031686

Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian, Norrie, Moira, Signer, Beat, Herdman, Peter (2004): Only touching the surface: creating affinities between digital content and paper. In: Proceedings of ACM CSCW04 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2004, . pp. 523-532. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1031607.1031695

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul, Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Yamazaki, K. (2001): Creating coherent environments for collaboration. In: Ecscw 2001 - Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 16-20 September, 2001, Bonn, Germany. pp. 119-138.

Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Pitsch, Karola, Suzuki, Yuya, Kawaguchi, Ikkaku, Yamazaki, Keiichi, Yamazaki, Akiko, Kuno, Yoshinori, Luff, Paul, Heath, Christian (2008): Effect of restarts and pauses on achieving a state of mutual orientation between a human a. In: Proceedings of ACM CSCW08 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2008, . pp. 201-204. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1460563.1460594

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul, Lehn, Dirk vom, Yamashita, Jun, Kuzuoka, Hideaki (2009): Enhancing remote participation in live auctions: an \'intelligent\' gavel. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2009, . pp. 1427-1436. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1518701.1518918

Yamazaki, Keiichi, Yamazaki, Akiko, Okada, Mai, Kuno, Yoshinori, Kobayashi, Yoshinori, Hoshi, Yosuke, Pitsch, Karola, Luff, Paul, Lehn, Dirk vom, Heath, Christian (2009): Revealing gauguin: engaging visitors in robot guide\'s explanation in an art museum. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2009, . pp. 1437-1446. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1518701.1518919

Jirotka, Marina, Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1995): Ethnography by Video for Requirements Capture. In: Second IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering 1995 March 27 - 29, 1995, York, England. pp. 190-193. https://

Svensson, Marcus Sanchez, Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (2007): Instrumental action: the timely exchange of implements during surgical operations. In: Proceedings of the Tenth European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2007, . pp. 41-60. https://www.ecscw.org/2007/03%20paper%2083%20Svensson.pdf

Luff, Paul, Yamashita, Naomi, Kuzuoka, Hideaki, Heath, Christian (2011): Hands on hitchcock: embodied reference to a moving scene. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 43-52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1978951

Heath, Christian, Luff, Paul (1991): Collaborative Activity and Technological Design: Task Coordination in London Underground C. In: Bannon, Liam, Robinson, Mike, Schmidt, Kjeld (eds.) ECSCW 91 - Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work September 24-27, 1991, Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp. 65-80. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1241915

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