{"id":9,"date":"2023-04-14T10:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:40:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>I-Connect: About Us<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: left;width: 50%;margin-top: 10px\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/files\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-25-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90%\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"aboutvideo\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"stage2vid1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50%\">\n<p><b>Principal Investigator<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/radkanewton\/\">Dr Radka Newton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Co-Investigator<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jekaterina-rindt-ph-d-02bb0250\/\">Dr Jekaterina Rindt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/imagination.lancaster.ac.uk\/person\/mirian-calvo\/\">Dr Mirian Calvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Project researchers<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/samuelprocter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Procter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/diana-mezanec-472263198?trk=public_profile_browsemap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Mezanec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-olphin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathy Olphin<\/a>, Yueyi Wang<\/p>\n<p><b>Project team members<\/b>: Phil Devine, Martin Thornton<\/p>\n<p><b>Project research approach<\/b>: I-Connect research approach stems from a combination of Systems thinking and Design thinking. We take a human-centered approach to data collection focusing on defining the right problem underpinned by thorough consultation with key stakeholders. The main methods we apply is immersive place-based ethnography supported by videography and cultural probes. The detail of our approach is explained in the videos on this page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-Connect: About Us Principal Investigator: Dr Radka Newton Co-Investigator: Dr Jekaterina Rindt, Dr Mirian Calvo Project researchers: Sam Procter, Diana Mezanec, Cathy Olphin, Yueyi Wang Project team members: Phil Devine, Martin Thornton Project research approach: I-Connect research approach stems from a combination of Systems thinking and Design thinking. We take a human-centered approach to data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":761,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"nosidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/761"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/i-connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}