About page
This site is created and run by the CoSTAR National Lab Inclusive User Futures team.
The Inclusive User Futures team supports CoSTAR's aim of developing technologies that are designed around people – embedding human factors, user preferences, accessibility and social justice into the development of future creative tools and workflows.
We come from a range of backgrounds, including cognitive, perceptual and social psychology, sociology, inclusive design and human-computer interaction.
What we do
Inclusive User Futures is currently leading a major strand of work focused on multisensory experience.
Part of that activity has been to develop this Hub, which is intended to provide practical guidance for creators seeking to incorporate multisensory elements into immersive experiences. We also contribute rapid user testing and audience insights for many of the Lab's other projects.
Get involved
We have a CoSTAR Multisensory mailing list for those who wish to keep in touch and follow our multisensory news and opportunity updates.
We will also begin new experiments to improve understanding of the value of multisensory enhancement for audiences, – an area that remains significantly under-researched.
Our work across National Lab
We work collaboratively across the lab's activities to provide user perspectives and audience insights wherever these are needed.
Currently we are providing large-scale audience data collection and analysis for the grassroots music venues programme.
Meet the team
Polly Dalton - Head of Audience Futures
Angela Chan - Inclusive User Futures Research Fellow
Hannah Clawson - PhD Researcher
Hazel Dixon - Inclusion and Ethics Research Fellow
Rosella Galindo Esparza - Inclusive User Futures Research Fellow
Maruša Levstek - Inclusive User Futures Capability Lead
Andy Woods - Inclusive User Futures Technical Specialist
Contact: costar.userfutures@rhul.ac.uk