RE:PLAY
Exploring playful approaches to higher education
A super exciting project looking at playful learning approaches for higher education.
Research
Academic research, collaborative projects, and scholarly publications
Research Leadership
Safety and Security Theme Co-Lead
Urban Futures IDRT
Northumbria University
Current
Current Research Projects
CyberGuardians Training
Reducing older adults' vulnerabilities in relation to security threats, privacy issues, recognising generative AI content, and spotting mis/disinformation
Project: Improving Older Adults' Digital Skills Through Peer-to-peer Networks
Working to improve digital literacy and safety awareness for older adults through peer-to-peer educational networks.
Hopeful Futures AI
AI4ALL – a national challenge for secondary-age students, creating travel brochures for a visit to the future where AI has performed social good.
Playful AI Literacy
Integrating Playful AI Literacy Learning Activities In Schools Through Third-sector And Public-sector Organisations
Exploring how AI literacy can be improved and delivered to school-age children through playful learning approaches.
Past Research Projects
Speculative Urban Futures
Exploring how technology can be used to track misinformation spread and prompt correction of misinformation in urban environments
Team: Dr Lauren Scott, Dr Reem Talhouk, David Clark
Speculative design project exploring how misinformation could be tracked and corrected through urban technologies. Included design workshops followed by qualitative survey to explore potential future technology.
Status: Results being prepared for publication
Misinformation and GenAI Literacy for Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Increasing young refugees and asylum seekers' capabilities in using AI responsibly, spotting AI generated content, and recognising false information they encounter online
Team: Dr Reem Talhouk (PI), Dr Jamie Mahoney, Prof Kyle Montague, Dr Lauren Scott, William Imoukhuede, Dr Ana Pires, Dr Sarah Rüller, Bridget Stratford MBE
Worked with Action Foundation to increase young refugees and asylum seekers' digital literacy skills, with focus on AI literacy and misinformation recognition.
Status: Resources and results being prepared for publication
Defining/Describing False Information Types
Exploring how members of the public define/describe false information types
Team: Dr Lauren Scott, Dr Kyle Montague, Dr Mark Warner, Dr Marta E. Cecchinato
Led a project exploring how non-academics describe and differentiate between different false information types.
Status: Results currently under review
Affiliations:
Centre for Digital Citizens
DCitizens Project
Older Adults' Trust in GenAI Content
Exploring how the use of GenAI in news impacts older adults' trust in news sources
Team: Dr Lauren Scott, Dr James Nicholson
Explored whether an understanding of GenAI impacted older adults' trust in news.
Status: Findings being prepared for publication
Affiliations:
Centre for Digital Citizens
DCitizens Project
Bridging the Digital Divide
The contribution of public libraries to facilitating older people's digital literacy and inclusion in an increasingly digital society
Team: Dr Biddy Casselden (PI), Dr Lauren Scott, Dr David P. Hastings, Sean Howley, Prof Nicola Whitton
Explored the barriers and opportunities for older adults engaging in digital literacy education through library services.
Status: Findings currently under review
Exploring Misinformation Correction Within Close-Tie Family Networks
PhD Thesis: Exploring how families spot/challenge/correct false information from other family members
Supervisors: Dr Marta E. Cecchinato, Dr Mark Warner
Advisors: Prof. Lynne Coventry (previously 2nd supervisor), Dr Nicholas Sheep Dalton (3rd supervisor)
Explored how misinformation was corrected within close-tie family networks through qualitative research methods.
Key Publications:
- Scott, L., Lynne Coventry, Marta E Cecchinato, and Mark Warner. 2023. "I figured her feeling a little bit bad was worth it to not spread that kind of hate": Exploring how UK families discuss and challenge misinformation. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, USA (pp. 1-15).
- Scott, L., E. Cecchinato, M., Coventry, L. and Warner, M., 2023, August. Evaluating the effects of culture and relationship strength on misinformation challenging behaviours within the UK. In IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 429-438). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Scott, L., 2023, April. Exploring the Potential Role of Digital Technologies to Support Family Networks with Misinformation Correction. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4).
- Scott, L., Warner, M., Coventry, L. and Cecchinato, M.E., 2025. Accidental Spreaders: How Different Roles Interact During Misinformation Discussions. In Proceedings of the 23rd EUSSET Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET).
Publications
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KaraokAI: Exploring the Potential of AI-Generated Karaoke for Academic Conferences and Research Experiences
Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2025)
More than Human Digital Civics
Proceedings of the International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction (2024)
Exploring the Potential Role of Digital Technologies to Support Family Networks with Misinformation Correction
Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2023)
“I figured her feeling a little bit bad was worth it to not spread that kind of hate”: Exploring how UK families discuss and challenge misinformation
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2023)
Evaluating the Effects of Culture and Relationship Strength on Misinformation Challenging Behaviours Within the UK
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2023)
Studying the Impact of Gamification on Motivation in Remote Programming Education
European Conference on E-Learning (2021)