Professor George Buchanan
Deputy Dean, Research
Details
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College: School of Computing Technologies
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Department: School of Computing Technologies
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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george.buchanan@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-9044-6644
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Industry Projects
- Media enquiries
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
About
Prof. George Buchanan is a world-leading researcher in how people interact with complex information, particularly in the context of sensitive settings such as health and misinformation. George has been recognised with over twenty best paper awards, and is one of the few Honorary Life Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts. His background include owning and directing a desktop publishing software house, and his early work on web usability on mobile devices remains a benchmark in the field.
George is particularly interested in tools and interactions that better support professional work and significant personal decision-making. More recently, the threat of disinformation has emerged as a major problem in both these areas.
George is particularly interested in tools and interactions that better support professional work and significant personal decision-making. More recently, the threat of disinformation has emerged as a major problem in both these areas.
Research fields
- 461002 Human information behaviour
- 460806 Human-computer interaction
- 461003 Human information interaction and retrieval
- 420302 Digital health
UN sustainable development goals
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 5 Gender Equality
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
Research interests
My work has primarily addressed usability problems with large-scale information, particularly looking at digital libraries, mobile web, and reading devices. A second strand to George's work has been societal problems in health, often focused on either aging or health services.
My more more recent research has looked at how people manage to control complex information work in health settings, supporting sophisticated analysis in digital humanities systems, and enabling the gathering and evaluation of large-scale social media data. Current projects include looking at improving on the (currently catastrophic) state of interfaces to support digital browsing of large collections, and examining how digital information contributes to view change, especially in controversial topics.
I'm currently seeking new PhD students to commence in 2025.
My more more recent research has looked at how people manage to control complex information work in health settings, supporting sophisticated analysis in digital humanities systems, and enabling the gathering and evaluation of large-scale social media data. Current projects include looking at improving on the (currently catastrophic) state of interfaces to support digital browsing of large collections, and examining how digital information contributes to view change, especially in controversial topics.
I'm currently seeking new PhD students to commence in 2025.
