Professor Paul van Schaik was previously a Research Officer and Postdoctoral Research Officer at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and a Senior Research Officer at the University of Hertfordshire. He became a Senior Lecturer, and then Reader, at Teesside University in the Psychology subject group, where he is currently Professor of Psychology.

Paul van Schaik's research interests include psychology of human-computer interaction; behavioural information security and information privacy; applied cognitive psychology; e-health and e-health literacy; digital-based exercise (exergaming); technology acceptance; psychology and virtual reality; decision-making; testing models of human behaviour.

Professor van Schaik welcomes applications from potential PhD candidates in the following broad areas:

• human-computer interaction
• behavioural information security and information privacy
• applied cognitive psychology
• e-health and e-health literac
• modelling in applied and basic psychology research
• measurement in applied and basic psychology
• applications of psychology in other domains

More about Professor Paul van Schaik

• Human-computer interaction
• Behavioural information security/cybersecurity
• Behavioural online information privacy
• Judgement and decision-making
• Modelling human behaviour
• User interface design and evaluation
• Online health behaviour

Project grants include:

‘Promoting inclusiveness by enhancing web usability for older adults’ with Dr Jonathan Ling and Dr Elaine Pearson, funded by Codeworks.

‘Computer games and older adults’ with Dr Clive Fencott, funded by Codeworks.

‘Virtual-reality augmented exercise’ with Dr Clive Fencott and Dr Iain Spears,funded by Codeworks.

‘Improving people's protective decision-making’ with Professor Peter Ayton,City University and Professor Nick Chater, University College London, funded by ESRC.

'Using virtual environments to find dementia-friendly designs for public spaces’ with Professor Tim Blackman, funded by The Health Foundation.

‘A program for sex education’ with Dr Anna van Wersch, funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

‘An educational program for scoliosis with Dr Anna van Wersch, funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

‘The cultural validation of online psychometric scales’ funded by the British Academy.

‘The usability of a student-portal for employability opportunities’, funded by OFFA.

‘Authoring Tools for Immersive Lighting Experiences', funded by Innovate UK.

‘A behavioural study of online healthcare-provider choice’, funded by the British Academy.

• Human-computer interaction
• Behavioural information security/cybersecurity
• Behavioural online information privacy
• Judgement and decision-making
• Modelling human behaviour
• User interface design and evaluation
• Online health behaviour

Enterprise interests include:

• Human-computer interaction
• Behavioural information security/cybersecurity
• Behavioural online information privacy
• Judgement and decision-making
• Modelling human behaviour
• User interface design and evaluation
• Online health behaviour

• Research design and data analysis
• Human-computer interaction
• Behavioural information security/cybersecurity
• Behavioural online information privacy
• Judgement and decision-making

Journal Editor

• International journal of Human-Computer Studies – Associate Editor
• Interacting with Computers – Human Sciences Special Editorial Board
• Behaviour and Information Technology – Associate Editor
• Frontiers in Cognition – Review Editor

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