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Dr Sara Jones

Reader in Creative Interactive System Design

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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Overview

Dr Sara Jones specialises in applied creativity, human–computer interaction design, technology, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Sara’s research and teaching at the intersection between applied creativity and digital technologies explores two strongly inter-related questions. The first considers the impact of digital technologies, including generative artificial intelligence, on human creative processes. The second explores creative approaches to the design of socio-technical systems that can amplify human creative potential and professional judgment in relation to real world complex problems, while foregrounding diversity and cultural situatedness. Her methodological expertise lies in creative user-centred design – an approach that finds new ways to design, develop and evaluate interactive systems and artefacts through interpretive reasoning and co-creation.

Current projects are investigating the adoption of artificial intelligence in SMEs and social enterprises in countries such as Ghana, examining both opportunities for technological leapfrogging and the contextual challenges faced by social enterprises in the Global South. This builds on Sara’s work as Co-Investigator of the £3m Innovation for African Universities (IAU) programme, funded by the British Council (2021 – 2023) with the aim of strengthening entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems and improving student employability outcomes in universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Recent related projects include the £0.5m Boosting Resilience programme, funded by Arts Council England (2017 – 2019) to build resilience in the arts and cultural sector, and Creative Spark projects in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, funded by British Council (2018 - 2023) to use a combination of arts-based methods, applied creativity and business thinking to deliver training in creative entrepreneurship to academics, students and young entrepreneurs.

Prior to that, Sara’s significant research projects employed creative design techniques in the development of complex socio-technical systems in domains such as energy and air traffic control, underpinned by foundational work on trust in e-commerce.

As Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice (C2P2) since 2020, Co-investigator for the £10m transdisciplinary DIVERSE Centre for Doctoral Training since 2024, current Interim Director of the multi-disciplinary Institute for Creativity and AI (ICAI) at City St George’s, and Course Director of the ground-breaking interdisciplinary Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (2010 – 2025), Sara has deep understanding and experience of leading and participating in collaborative and interdisciplinary research and education that explores how AI and other digital systems can amplify human creativity and professional judgment in the context of real world complex challenges.

Sara has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and conference proceedings, supervised 9 PhD students to completion, taught a wide range of different courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and consulted for a number of major organisations.

Qualifications

  • PhD Computer Science, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 1993
  • MSc Information Processing, University of York, United Kingdom, 1986
  • BA Hons Psychology and Philosophy, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 1985

Employment

  • Reader, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, UK, August 2022 - present
  • Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2011 - July 2022
  • RCUK Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2006 - January 2011
  • Research Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2002 - January 2006
  • Principal Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, March 1999 - March 2000
  • Stagiaire, Joint Research Centre, Italy, September 1998 - March 1999
  • Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, September 1996 - September 1998
  • Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, January 1993 - August 1996
  • Research Assistant and Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 1990 - January 1993

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, October 2022 - present
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy, June 2022 - present
  • Member, European Alliance for Innovation, 2018 - present
  • Member, British Academy of Management, 2018 - present
  • Member, Creative Industries Federation, 2017 - present
  • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2013 - present

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Design Thinking
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Knowledge & Learning
  • Technology Management

Additional topics

  • Leadership

Industries

  • arts
  • creative industries
  • software

Research

Current Research

Sara's research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of applied creativity and design, and their relationships with innovation, especially digital innovation, leadership and learning; Sara works with colleagues from disciplines including computer science, engineering, law, psychology, health and the arts.

Recent Research Projects

Innovation for African Universities: Co-Investigator, working with University of Nairobi and ChangeSchool; funded by British Council, total funding £3m, 2021-2023

Boosting Resilience – Survival Skills for the New Normal: Principal Investigator, working with The Culture Capital Exchange and Manchester Metropolitan University; funded by Arts Council England, total funding £462,092, value to City, University of London £179,574, 2017-2019

Visualising the Smart Home - Creative Engagement with Customer Data: Co-investigator, with Dr Veselin Rakocevic, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City University London, and Dr Milan Prodanivic, IMDEA Energy Institute, funded by the e.on international research initiative, value to City University London £187,325, 2012

MIRROR - Reflective Learning at Work: Co-investigator, with Prof Neil Maiden, Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design, City University London, EU Framework VII Integrated Project, total funding € 6,450,000, value to City University London €529,932, 2010 – 2014

Information Spaces for Collaborative Creativity: Principal Investigator, JISC-funded project with Middlesex University Interaction Design Centre and Product Design Department, total funding £199,983, value to City University London £64,600, 2008 - 2010

Information Technology and its Use in the Context of Museums and Art Galleries: Co-investigator, with Dr Juliet Steyn, Department of Cultural Policy and Management, LCACE-funded workshop, City University London, £5,000, 2009

Networking Devices to Support a Process of Collaborative Creativity: Co-investigator, with Dr Veselin Rakocevic, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City University London internal pump-priming fund, City University London, £5,000, 2009

Funded Business and Applied Research Contracts

Achieving Synergy between Intellectual Property, University Innovation and Social Enterprise in Mexico, Cuba and Colombia: Co-investigator with Dr Luke McDonagh and Dr Enrico Bonadio, City Law School; funded by the British Embassy in Havana; total funding £19,704, value to City, University of London £10,000, 2019.

Creative Spark Armenia: Principal Investigator, working with ChangeSchool and National Polytechnic University Armenia (Armenian National Engineering Lab); funded by British Council; total funding £79,879, value to City, University of London £29,452, 2018 - present

Creative Spark Kyrgyzstan: Principal Investigator, working with ChangeSchool, American University of Central Asia and Enactus Kyrgyzstan; funded by British Council; total funding £79,741, value to City, University of London £21,107, 2018 - present

Evaluation of Design for Business Pilot: Principal Investigator, working with the Design Museum; total funding £10,000, 2018.

Future Proof: Principal Investigator, working with The Spring Group; funded by Innovate UK; value to City, University of London £4,000, 2017.

OnSola: Principal Investigator, funded by InnovateUK to work with Stickyworld on delivering online support for the soft landings process, assisting the construction industry and its clients deliver better buildings; total funding £146,275, value to City University London £10,000, 2015.

DSTLR: Principal Investigator, funded by InnovateUK to work with the Meme Partnership on facilitating creative search; value to City University London £4,165, 2015.

Neighbourhood Stickers: Principal Investigator, funded by the Nominet Trust to work with Stickyworld on exploring digital ways to engage young people in planning; value to City University London £9,000, 2014.

Digital Shoreditch Deep Insight – understanding for growth: Principal Investigator, funded by AHRC, via Creativeworks London to work with Digital Shoreditch on developing links between the Digital Shoreditch Festival and the local Tech City community, total funding £14,991, value to City University London £9,991, 2013.

Arcola Local: Co-investigator, funded by AHRC, via Creativeworks London to work with Arcola Theatre on developing digital approaches to engagement with the local community, total funding £15,000, value to City University London £10,000, 2013.

Converging Conversations: Principal Investigator, funded by InnovateUK to work with Stickyworld on developing a communications tool to support concept development at the earliest stages of creative projects; total funding £53,352, value to City University London £9,500, 2013.

Research students

Flavio Feferman

Attendance: September 2025 - present, part-time

Thesis title: An Evaluation of the UC Berkeley Lean Startup Entrepreneurial Training Program in Brazil

Role: 1st Supervisor

Ammara Awais

Attendance: September 2021 - present, part-time

Thesis title: Essays on Higher Education Leadership in a Digital Era

Role: 1st Supervisor

Reem Al Asheikh

Attendance: September 2012 - present, full-time

Thesis title: Investigating Collaboration and Awareness in Long-term Collaborative Learning

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Trevor Barker

Attendance: May 1999, part-time

Thesis title: The Use of a Student Model in a Multimedia Application to Configure Learning

Role: 1st Supervisor

Carol Britton

Attendance: May 2000, part-time

Thesis title: Intelligible Specifications for Interactive Software Systems

Role: 1st Supervisor

Ahmed Al-Hunaiyyan

Attendance: May 2000, full-time

Thesis title: The Impact of Multimedia on Students’ Learning Experience in Kuwaiti Higher Education

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Maria Kutar

Attendance: May 2001, full-time

Thesis title: The Specification of Time-Critical Components of Interactive Systems

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Helena Sustar

Attendance: May 2012, full-time

Thesis title: Older People as Equal Partners in the Creative Design of Digital Devices

Role: 1st Supervisor

Graham Dove

Attendance: September 2015, full-time

Thesis title: CoDesign with Data

Role: 1st Supervisor

Tracey Booth

Attendance: June 2021

Thesis title: Tactical Troubleshooting: Investigating Support for End-User Developers in Physical Computing

Role: 2nd Supervisor

2ndsupervisor

Publications

  1. Makri, S., Hsueh, T. and Jones, S. (2019). Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 70(8), pp. 775-787. doi:10.1002/asi.24169

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  2. Kerzner, E., Goodwin, S., Dykes, J., Jones, S. and Meyer, M. (2019). A Framework for Creative Visualization-Opportunities Workshops. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25(1), pp. 748-758. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2018.2865241

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  3. Pitts, K., Pudney, K., Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Krogstie, B., Jones, S.... Turner, I. (2015). Using mobile devices and apps to support reflective learning about older people with dementia. Behaviour and Information Technology, 34(6), pp. 613-631. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2015.1015165

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  4. Goodwin, S., Dykes, J.A., Jones, S., Dillingham, I., Dove, G., Duffy, A.... Wood, J. (2013). Creative User-Centered Visualization Design for Energy Analysts and Modelers. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(12), pp. 2516-2525. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2013.145

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Jones, S., Wilikens, M., Morris, P. and Masera, M. (2000). Trust requirements in e-business. Commun. ACM, 43, pp. 81-87

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  6. Britton, C. and Jones, S.V. (1999). The untrained eye: how languages for software specification support understanding in untrained users. Human Computer Interaction, 14(1&2)

Book

  1. Kamuriwo, S., Jones, S., Marshall, N. and Kinoti, M.W. (2025). Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa. WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789819800513.

Chapters (9)

  1. Kamuriwo, D.S., Jones, S., Kinoti, M.W. and Marshall, N. (2025). Developing University-Led Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Transnational and Multidisciplinary Partnership Model. Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 1-12). WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789819800513.
  2. Jones, S., Holtham, C., Kernan, M.A., Maiden, N., Payton, J. and Wilkins, A. (2025). The Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership: Preparing Graduates for a Turbulent World. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations (pp. 291-310). Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN 9783031898150.
  3. Kernan, M.A., Holtham, C. and Jones, S. (2021). Accelerating movement across the intentional arc: developing the strategic sensographer. In Adams, J. and Owens, A. (Eds.), Beyond Text Learning Through Arts-Based Research Practices (pp. 52-67). Bristol, UK: Intellect Books. ISBN 9781789383553.
  4. Jones, S. (2021). Leadership as an Art. Creative Leadership Now (pp. 21-23). London: The Culture Capital Exchange.
  5. Bermudez, P. and Jones, S. (2016). Early Stage Creative Design Collaboration: A Survey of Current Practice. Collaboration in Creative Design (pp. 297-318). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319291536.
  6. Maiden, N., Jones, S.V., Ncube, C. and Lockerbie, J. (2011). Using i* in Requirements Projects: Some Experiences and Lessons. In Yu, E., Giorgini, P. and Maiden, N. (Eds.), Social Modeling for Requirements Engineering MIT Press. ISBN 9780262240550.
  7. Jones, S.V. and Maiden, N. (2005). RESCUE: An Integrated Method for Specifying Requirements for Complex Socio-Technical Systems. In Maté, J.L. and Silva, A. (Eds.), Requirements Engineering For Sociotechnical Systems Idea Group Inc. ISBN 9781591405061.
  8. Bolton, D., Green, S., Jones, S.V. and Till, D. (1995). Techniques and tools for knowledge-based requirements engineering. In Hurley, W.D. (Ed.), Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 9789810219116.
  9. Bolton, D., Jones, S.V., Till, D., Furber, D. and Green, S. (1994). Using domain knowledge in requirements capture and formal specification construction. In Jirotka, M. and Goguen, J. (Eds.), Requirements engineering Academic Press.

Conference papers and proceedings (100)

  1. Jones, S. and Ekpo, S.C. (2025). Creativity in the Design of Complex Socio-Technical Systems: Revisiting the Role of Digital Tools. Fourth International Adaptive and Sustainable Science, Engineering and Technology . ASSET 2025 8-10 July, Manchester, UK and Nairobi, Kenya.
  2. Jones, S. and de Rooij, A. (2024). Augmenting Creative Practice in Professional Contexts with AI: Insights from Artists’ Understanding of Agency and Appropriation. Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age (TEDA) 2024 19-20 September, University of Cambridge, UK.
  3. Holtham, C., Kernan, M.A. and Jones, S. (2020). Shaping a mesh through art-based methods to promote adult practical wisdom. 7th Workshop on Managing Arts and Cultural Organisations 17-18 December, Online.
  4. Rivera, A., de Rooij, A. and Jones, S. Reflective Journaling: A Theoretical Model and Digital Prototype for Developing Resilience and Creativity. .doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50513-4_11
  5. Booth, T., Bird, J., Stumpf, S. and Jones, S. Designing Troubleshooting Support Cards for Novice End-User Developers of Physical Computing Prototypes. .doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24781-2_15
  6. Jones, S. and Holtham, C. (2018). Skilful Coping with Unorder: Educating 21st Century Arts Leadership. 6th Workshop on managing arts and cultural organizations 30 November-1 December, Oxford, UK.
  7. Jones, S. (2018). Leadership Education for Resilience in the Arts. Art of Management Symposium 18 April-, London.
  8. Jones, S., Kernan, M.A. and Holtham, C. (2017). Taking the MICL: An Interdisciplinary Masters Programme in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership. 2017 EFMD Higher Education Research Conference 23-24 October, Leuven, Belgium.
  9. de Rooij, A., Corr, P.J. and Jones, S. Creativity and Emotion. C&C '17: Creativity and Cognition.doi:10.1145/3059454.3059469
  10. Booth, T., Stumpf, S., Bird, J. and Jones, S. Crossed Wires. CHI'16: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.doi:10.1145/2858036.2858533
  11. Al Ashaikh, R., Wilson, S. and Jones, S. A Persuasive Social Actor for Activity Awareness in Learning Groups. Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference.doi:10.14236/ewic/hci2016.45
  12. de Rooij, A., Corr, P.J. and Jones, S. Emotion and Creativity. C&C '15: Creativity and Cognition.doi:10.1145/2757226.2757227
  13. de Rooij, A. and Jones, S. (E)Motion and Creativity. TEI '15: Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction.doi:10.1145/2677199.2680552
  14. Dove, G. and Jones, S. Using data to stimulate creative thinking in the design of new products and services. DIS '14: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2014.doi:10.1145/2598510.2598564
  15. Dove, G. and Jones, S. (2014). Using Information Visualization to Support Creativity in Service Design Workshops. ServDes. 2014 9-4 January, Lancaster, UK.
  16. Ashaikh, R.A., Wilson, S. and Jones, S. Exploring awareness behaviours and collaboration activities in learning groups. .
  17. de Rooij, A. and Jones, S. (2013). Motor expressions as creativity support: Exploring the potential for physical interaction. 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2013) 9-13 September, Brunel University, London.
  18. Sustar, H., Jones, S. and Dearden, A. Older people as equal partners in creative design. .doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_45
  19. Dove, G., Jones, S.V., Dykes, J., Brown, A. and Duffy, A. (2013). Using data visualization in creativity workshops: a new tool in the designer's kit. 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition 17-20 June, Sydney, Australia.doi:10.1145/2466627.2466665
  20. de Rooij, A. and Jones, S.V. (2013). Mood and creativity: an appraisal tendency perspective. 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition 17-20 June, Sydney, Australia.doi:10.1145/2466627.2466658
  21. Dove, G. and Jones, S. (2013). Evaluating Creativity Support in Co-Design Workshops. CHI 2013 Workshop: Evaluation Methods for Creativity Support Environments 27 April-2 May, Paris.
  22. Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Pitts, K., Jones, S., Turner, I., Rose, M.... MacManus, J. (2013). A software app to support creativity in dementia care. 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition 17-6 January, Sydney, Australia.doi:10.1145/2466627.2466637
  23. Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Pitts, K., Jones, S., Turner, I., Rose, M.... MacManus, J. A Software App to Support Creativity in Dementia Care. .doi:10.1145/2466627.2466637
  24. Dove, G. and Jones, S. (2012). Narrative Visualization: Sharing Insights into Complex Data. Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2012) 21-23 July, Lisbon, Portugal.
  25. Dove, G. and Jones, S.V. (2012). Narrative visualization: sharing insights into complex data. IADIS HCI Conference Lisbon.
  26. Nusa, , Ahmed, and Jones, S.V. (2012). UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION CONTEXT OF SUCCESFULL HIGH-TECH NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. Ninth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE2012).
  27. Jones, S., Rakocevic, V., Williams, M. and Atanasova, E. Use of a multi-touch surface to support distributed design meetings as part of a problem-based learning approach to teaching design. .
  28. Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Karlsen, K., Jones, S., Turner, I. and Rose, M. (2011). Introducing Creativity Techniques and Software Apps to the Care of People with Dementia. 8th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 3-6 November, Atlanta, USA.doi:10.1145/2069618.2069718
  29. Jones, S.V., Poulsen, A., Maiden, N. and Zachos, K. (2011). User roles in asynchronous distributed collaborative idea generation. 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition 3-6 November, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.doi:10.1145/2069618.2069690
  30. Karlsen, K., Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Jones, S., Turner, I., Rose, M.... Pudney, K. Supporting reflection and creative thinking by carers of older people with dementia. .doi:10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246124
  31. Sustar, H., Jones, S.V. and Maiden, N. (2011). Creativity in Older People Designing Digital Devices. Proceedings CREATE’11 Symposium 23 June-, London.
  32. Jones, S., Poulsen, A., Maiden, N.A.M., Zachos, K., Goel, A.K., Harrell, D.F.... Prophet, J. User roles in asynchronous distributed collaborative idea generation. .
  33. Bardill, A., Griffiths, W., Jones, S. and Fields, B. Design tribes and information spaces for creative conversations. .
  34. Bardill, A., Griffiths, W., Jones, S.V. and Fields, B. (2010). Design Tribes and Information Spaces for Creative Conversations. International conference on engineering and product design education 2-3 September, Trondheim, Norway.
  35. Maiden, N., Jones, S., Karlsen, K., Neill, R., Zachos, K. and Milne, A. Requirements engineering as creative problem solving: A research agenda for idea finding. .doi:10.1109/RE.2010.16
  36. Sustar, H., Jones, S.V. and Zaphiris, P. (2009). Older People as Equal Partners in Designing a Digital Device for Seniors. CREATE 2009 1-2 July.
  37. Schlosser, C., Jones, S.V., Maiden, N.A.M., Paech, B. and Rolland, C. (2008). Using a Creativity Workshop to Generate Requirements for an Event Database Application. International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundations for Software Quality June-, Montpelier, France.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69062-7_10
  38. Zachos, K., Zhu, X., Maiden, N. and Jones, S.V. (2008). Seamlessly Integrating Service Discovery into UML Requirements Processes. International Workshop on Service Oriented Software Engineering (IW-SOSE’06) 27-28 May, Shanghai, China.
  39. Jones, S., Lynch, P., Maiden, N. and Lindstaedt, S. Use and Influence of Creative Ideas and Requirements for a Work-Integrated Learning System. .doi:10.1109/RE.2008.54
  40. Maiden, N.A.M., Jones, S. and England, D. Provoking creative design: making it scale. .
  41. Jones, S.V. and Lindstaedt, S. (2008). A Multi-Activity Distributed Participatory Design Process for Stimulating Creativity in the Specification of requirements for a Work-Integrated Learning System. Workshop on Distributed Participatory Design, held in association with CHI 2008.
  42. Jones, S.V., Maiden, N.A.M. and Karlsen, K. (2007). Creativity in the Specification of Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems. Conference on Creative Inventions, Innovations and Everyday Designs in HCI 13-14 June, London.
  43. Maiden, N., Lockerbie, J., Randall, D., Jones, S. and Bush, D. Using satisfaction arguments to enhance i* modelling of an air traffic management system. .doi:10.1109/RE.2007.66
  44. Zachos, K., Maiden, N.A.M., Zhu, X., Jones, S., Krogstie, J., Opdahl, A.L.... Sindre, G. Discovering Web Services to Specify More Complete System Requirements. .
  45. Jones, S.V. and Britton, C. (2006). Using multimedia case study material for teaching requirements engineering. 4th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Computing August-.
  46. Dourdas, N., Zhu, X., Maiden, N., Jones, S. and Zachos, K. (2006). Discovering Remote Software Services that Satisfy Requirements: Patterns for Query Reformulation. 18th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering: CAiSE 2006 5-9 June, Luxembourg.doi:10.1007/11767138_17
  47. Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Zhu, X. and Jones, S. Does service discovery enhance requirements specification? A preliminary empirical investigation. .doi:10.1109/SOCCER.2006.3
  48. Ley, T., Kump, B., Lindstaedt, S.N., Albert, D., Maiden, N.A.M. and Jones, S.V. (2006). Competence and Performance in Requirements Engineering: Bringing Learning to the Workplace. 2nd Workshop on Learner-Oriented Knowledge Management & KM-Oriented E-Learning (LOKMOL 2006).
  49. Ley, T., Kump, B., Lindstaedt, S.N., Albert, D., Maiden, N.A.M., Jones, S.... Scott, P.J. Competence and Performance in Requirements Engineering: Bringing Learning to the Workplace. .
  50. Zisman, A., Jones, S., Kozlenkov, A., Mahbub, K., Maiden, N., Spanoudakis, G.... Zhu, X. (2005). Service Discovery for Service Centric Systems. eChallenges 2005 19-21 October, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  51. Zhu, X., Maiden, N.A.M., Jones, S.V. and Zachos, K. (2005). Applying Patterns in Service Discovery. 13th International Requirements Engineering Conference 29 August-2 September, Paris, France.
  52. Jones, S.V., Maiden, N., Zachos, K. and Zhu, X. (2005). How Service-Centric Systems Change the Requirements Process. REFSQ’2005 Workshop, in conjunction with CaiSE’2005 13-14 June, Porto.
  53. Maiden, N., Jones, S.V. and Johnson, C. (2005). Creativity in the Design of Complex Systems. Workshop on Complexity in Design and Engineering 10-12 March, University of Glasgow.
  54. Maiden, N. and Jones, S.V. (2004). Dependability in RESCUE: A Concurrent Engineering Approach to the Specification of Requirements for Air Traffic Management. DSN 2004: The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks 28 June-1 July, Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy.
  55. Maiden, N.A.M., Jones, S.V., Manning, S., Greenwood, J. and Renou, L. Model-driven requirements engineering: synchronising models in an air traffic management case study. .doi:10.1007/978-3-540-25975-6_27
  56. Jones, S.V., Maiden, N., Manning, S. and Greenwood, J. (2004). Human Activity Modelling in the Specification of Operational Requirements: Work in Progress. 26th International Conference on Software Engineering.
  57. Maiden, N., Manning, S., Jones, S.V. and Greenwood, J. (2004). Pattern-Based Generation of Requirements from System Models. 10th Workshop on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality: REFSQ2004.
  58. Maiden, N., Jones, S.V. and Flynn, M. (2003). Innovative Requirements Engineering Applied to ATM. ATM 2003 23-27 June, Budapest.
  59. Maiden, N., Jones, S. and Flynn, M. Integrating RE methods to support use case based requirements specification. .
  60. Kutar, M., Nehaniv, C.L., Britton, C., Jones, S., Beynon, M., Nehaniv, C.L.... Dautenhahn, K. The Cognitive Dimensions of an Artifact vis-à-vis Individual Human Users: Studies with Notations for the Temporal Specification of Interactive Systems. .
  61. Barker, T., Jones, S.V. and Britton, C. (2000). The use of the Verbaliser-Imager cognitive style as a descriptor in a student model of learner characteristics in a multimedia application. 5th Annual Conference of the European Learning Styles Information Network, (ELSIN) 26-27 June, University of Hertfordshire.
  62. Barker, T., Jones, S.V., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (2000). Individual cognitive style and performance in a multimedia learning application. Euro Education 2000 Conference 8-10 February, Aalborg, Denmark.
  63. Britton, C., Jones, S., Kutar, M., Loomes, M., Robinson, B., Anderson, M.... Haarslev, V. Evaluating the Intelligibility of Diagrammatic Languages Used in the Specification of Software. .
  64. Barker, T., Jones, S.V., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (1999). Report of a pilot study of an individually configurable multimedia learning prototype based on a co-operative student model of learner characteristics. 21-23 September, Bristol.
  65. Veneziano, V., Jones, S.V., Britton, C., Min Toja, A., Cammelli, A. and Wagner, R. (1999). Adding a systemic view to the requirements engineering processes. Tenth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 99) 1-3 September, Florence, Italy.
  66. Barker, T., Jones, S.V., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (1999). Investigation into the effect of language on performance in a multimedia food studies application. INTERACT'99, the Seventh IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 30 August-3 September, Edinburgh.
  67. Veneziano, V., Jones, S.V., Britton, C., De Matthaeis, P., Cox, K., Gorayska, B.... Marsh, J. (1999). Supporting reasoning and comprehension of e-contracts. Proceedings of the Third International Cognitive Technology Conference (CT '99) 11-14 August, San Francisco.
  68. Al-Hunaiyyan, A., Hewitt, S., Jones, S.V., Messer, D., Collis, B. and Oliver, R. (1999). Multimedia interface design in relation to a learner’s culture. Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 99 19-24 June, Seattle.
  69. Jones, S.V. (1998). A graphical representation for Communicating Sequential Processes. FAHCI Workshop September-, Sheffield Hallam University.
  70. Britton, C., Lam, W. and Jones, S.V. (1998). Separating the system interface from its internal state: an alternative structure for Z specifications. FAHCI Workshop September-, Sheffield Hallam University.
  71. Al-Hunaiyyan, A., Hewitt, J., Jones, S.V., Messer, D., Ottmann, T. and Tomek, I. (1998). The impact of multimedia tutorial on students’ learning experience in Kuwait higher education. World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia & World Conference on Educational Telecommunications 20-25 June, Freiburg, Germany.
  72. Jones, S.V. and Sapsford, J. (1998). The role of informal representations in early design. Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems ‘98 3-5 June, Abingdon.
  73. Lam, L., Shankararaman, V., Jones, S.V., Hewitt, J. and Britton, C. Change Analysis and Management: A Process Model and its Application within a Commercial Setting. Proceedings of ASSET-98.
  74. Britton, C. and Jones, S.V. Use of project characterisation in selecting notations for modelling requirements. ECBS98.
  75. Lam, W., Jones, S.V. and Vickers, A. Towards the mechanisation of requirements engineering: The reuse of application and task domain knowledge. ECBS98.
  76. Lam, W., Jones, S. and Britton, C. Technology Transfer for Reuse: A Management Model and Process Improvement Framework. .doi:10.1109/ICRE.1998.667831
  77. Loomes, M. and Jones, S. Requirements Engineering: A Perspective Through Theory-Building. .doi:10.1109/ICRE.1998.667814
  78. Barker, T., Jones, S.V., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (1997). The evaluation of Horizon multimedia learning materials for students with learning difficulties and disabilities. ALT-C97 Conference September-, Wolverhampton University.
  79. Britton, C. and Jones, S.V. (1997). Which properties make a modelling notation easy for untrained users to understand? International Workshop on Representations July-, London.
  80. Myers, M., Britton, S., Jones, S.V. and Sharif, M. (1997). An investigation into the measurement of notations used in software modelling. Proceedings of The Eighth European Software Control and Metrics Conference May-, Berlin.
  81. Al-Hunaiyyan, A., Hewitt, J., Jones, S.V. and Messer, D. Assessment of the use of computer assisted learning (CAL) and multimedia in Kuwaiti higher education. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education.
  82. Jones, S.V. and Wells, T. (1997). Iterative development of web-based teaching materials using existing paper-based resources. International Conference on Computer-Assisted Learning University of Exeter.
  83. Barker, T., Jones, S.V., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (1997). The creation of task-based differentiated learning materials for students with learning difficulties and/or disabilitie. International Conference on Computer-Assisted Learning University of Exeter.
  84. Lam, W. and Jones, S.V. (1997). The case for reuse-centred approaches to requirements engineering. Third International Workshop on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality.
  85. Lam, W. and Jones, S. Mechanising Requirements Engineering: Reuse and the Application of Domain Analysis Technology. .doi:10.1109/ASE.1997.632856
  86. Jones, S.V. and Britton, C. (1996). Early elicitation and definition of requirements for an interactive multimedia information system. Second International Conference on Requirements Engineering 15-18 April, Colorado Springs, USA.
  87. Jacob, L. and Jones, S.V. (1994). Formal dialogue specification for hypertext and multimedia systems. East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2-6 August, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  88. Jones, S.V. and Sapsford-Francis, J. (1994). The role of graphical representations in early design and requirements specification. Workshop on Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction: Joint Research Issues 16-17 May, Sorrento, Italy.
  89. Jones, S.V. (1994). "3-dimensional modelling in knowledge engineering”, in What are Graphical User Interfaces Good For? One day colloquium organised by IEE professional group C5 on 27th January 27 January-.
  90. Jones, S. 3-dimensional modelling in knowledge engineering. .
  91. Jones, S. 3-dimensional modelling in knowledge engineering. .
  92. Bearne, M., Jones, S., Sapsford-Francis, J., Blattner, M. and Limb, J.O. Towards Usability Guidelines for Multimedia Systems. .
  93. Jarke, M., Pohl, K., Jacobs, S., Bubenko, J., Assenova, P., Holm, P.... Spanoudakis, G. (1993). Requirements Engineering: an Integrated View of Representation, Process and Domain. 4th European Software Engineering Conference 13-17 September, Garmesh-Partenkirchen.
  94. Jones, S., Salvendy, G. and Smith, M.J. 3-D Diagrams for Knowledge Engineering: An Early Estimation of Utility. .
  95. Bolton, D., Jones, S.V., Till, D., Furber, D. and Green, S. (1992). "A generic modelling approach to requirements capture in the domain of air traffic control”, in Software in Air Traffic Control Systems - The Future. One day colloquium organised by IEE professional groups C1 and E15 22 June-.
  96. Furber, D., Green, S., Bolton, D., Till, D. and Jones, S.V. (1992). Formal requirements models from domain knowledge. “Formal requirements models from domain knowledge”, in Software Engineering and AI 10 April-.
  97. Jones, S.V. and Crellin, J. (1989). Graphics for knowledge engineering: The use of 3-dimensional interactive connection diagrams for knowledge engineering. People and Computer Interaction System Student Workshop Open University.
  98. Maiden, N., D'Souza, S., Jones, S., Muller, L., Panesse, L., Pitts, K.... Zachos, K. Computing Technologies for Reflective and Creative Care for People with Dementia. .
  99. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2020). Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Design Creativity.doi:10.35199/icdc.2020
  100. Beghelli, A. and Jones, S. ON THE NOVELTY OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS . Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Design Creativity.doi:10.35199/icdc.2020.02

Internet publications (2)

  1. Jones, S.V. and Clulow, S.(2012).How to foster a culture of collaboration between universities and industry. Guardian Higher Education Network blog.
  2. Jones, S.V.(2012).Creating a culture of collaboration in universities.

Journal articles (21)

  1. Awais, A., Fu, N. and Jones, S. (2024). Developing students' resilience during the crisis: A moderated model linking college support, study demands, student resilience, and students' change‐oriented behaviours. Higher Education Quarterly, 78(3), pp. 565-585. doi:10.1111/hequ.12468

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Beghelli, A. and Jones, S. (2021). What an original app! : a study on the novelty of software products. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 10(2), pp. 101-122. doi:10.1080/21650349.2021.1997649

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Maiden, N., D'Souza, S., Jones, S., Müller, L., Pannese, L., Pitts, K.... Zachos, K. (2013). Computing technologies for reflective, creative care of people with dementia. Communications of the ACM, 56(11), pp. 60-67. doi:10.1145/2500495

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Zachos, K., Maiden, N., Pitts, K., Jones, S., Turner, I., Rose, M.... MacManus, J. (2013). Digital creativity in dementia care support. International Journal of Creative Computing, 1(1), pp. 35-35. doi:10.1504/ijcrc.2013.056924

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Maiden, N. and Jones, S. (2010). Agile Requirements Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too? IEEE Software, 27(3), pp. 87-88. doi:10.1109/MS.2010.67

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Maiden, N. and Jones, S. (2010). Requirements Agile Requirements-Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too? IEEE SOFTWARE, 27(3), pp. 87-88. doi:10.1109/MS.2010.67
  7. Jones, S., Maiden, N.A.M., Manning, S. and Greenwood, J. (2007). Informing the specification of a large-scale socio-technical system with models of human activity. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 4542 LNCS, pp. 175-189. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73031-6_13

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  8. Norden, B. and Jones, S.V. (2007). Screenwriting for Requirements Engineers. IEEE Software, 24(4)

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  9. Maiden, N., Manning, S., Jones, S. and Greenwood, J. (2005). Generating Requirements from Systems Models using Patterns: A Case Study. Requirements Engineering Journal, 10(4), pp. 276-288

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  10. Barker, T., Jones, S., Britton, C. and Messer, D. (2002). The Use of a Co-operative Student Model of Learner Characteristics to Configure a Multimedia Application. User Model. User-Adapt. Interact., 12, pp. 207-241

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  11. Jones, S., Wilikens, M., Morris, P. and Masera, M. (2000). Trust requirements in e-business. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, 43(12), pp. 80-87
  12. Britton, C. and Jones, S. (1999). Untrained eye: How languages for software specification support understanding in untrained users. Human Computer Interaction, 14(1), pp. 191-244. doi:10.1207/s15327051hci1401&2_6

    [publisher’s website]

  13. Jones, S., Till, D. and Wrightson, A.M. (1998). Formal methods and requirements engineering: Challenges and synergies. Journal of Systems and Software, 40, pp. 263-273

    [publisher’s website]

  14. Jones, S.V. and Hewitt, J. (1998). Heuristic evaluation of web site usability: Experiences from two case studies. HCI Letters, 1(1)
  15. Britton, C., Jones, S., Myers, M. and Sharif, M. (1997). A survey of current practice in the development of multimedia systems. Information & Software Technology, 39, pp. 695-705

    [publisher’s website]

  16. Beanie, M., Jones, S., Hewitt, J. and Sapsford-Francis, J. (1996). Providing public access to information in complex and weakly structured domains: A 3-layered model for hypermedia information systems. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2(1), pp. 69-87. doi:10.1080/13614569608914675

    [publisher’s website]

  17. Jones, S.V. and Johnson, C. (1996). Human computer interaction and requirements engineering - papers from an interdisciplinary workshop, 15th January, 1996. SIGCHI Bulletin, 29(1)
  18. McCluskey, T.L., Naik, Y., Porteous, J.M., Taylor, C.N. and Jones, S.V. (1995). A requirements capture method and its use in an air traffic control application. Software Practice and Experience, 25(1)
  19. McCluskey, T.L., Porteous, J.M., Naik, Y., Taylor, C.N. and Jones, S. (1995). A Requirements Capture Method and its use in an Air Traffic Control Application. Softw., Pract. Exper., 25, pp. 47-71

    [publisher’s website]

  20. Bolton, D., Jones, S.V., Till, D., Furber, D. and Green, S. (1992). Knowledge-based support for requirements engineering. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2(2), pp. 293-319

    [publisher’s website]

  21. Jones, S.V. (1988). Graphical interfaces for knowledge engineering: An overview of relevant literature. Knowledge Engineering Review, 3(3)

    [publisher’s website]

Education

Overview

Since its inception in autumn 2010, Sara has been Course Director for the unique, interdisciplinary Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (MICL). This course was run from 2010 – 2015 through the Interdisciplinary Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice at City University, and moved in the year 2015-16 to the Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), to become a full part of the Specialist Masters programme by September 2016.

Since 2008, Sara has been developing innovative methods for teaching in relation to creativity and the design of interactive systems. From 2008-10, Sara received a grant of £64K from JISC to investigate the use of blended physical and digital spaces in the teaching of creative design, and in 2010, a further £3K from City University to develop and disseminate the findings from this project across the University.

Prior to that, Sara lead and taught for modules on Requirements Engineering, User Interface Design, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Knowledge Engineering, Formal Notations and Models, and System Design and Development.

Sara has supervised numerous projects at both Masters and undergraduate levels on themes relating to innovation, creativity and leadership as well as human-centred systems, business systems analysis and design, information systems, software engineering, computer science, cognitive science, software systems for the arts and media and combined studies degrees.

Academic Leadership

Course Director for the unique, interdisciplinary Masters in Innovation Creativity and Leadership

Current Teaching

INM403 Technologies for Creativity and Innovation, for the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (2011 - present)

INM411 Research Methods and Individual Project, for the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership (2012 - present)

MBM709 Technologies and Innovation, for the Global MBA (2020 - present)

External Examiner roles

Maynooth University MSc Design Innovation, 2018 - 2020

External PhD examiner, Lancaster University, 2018
External PhD examiner, Loughborough University, 2017
External PhD examiner, Imperial College, 2015

Professional activities

Editorial activity (7)

  1. ACM International Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 2017, Associate chair, 2017 - present.
  2. ACM International Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, 2016, Associate chair, 2016 - present.
  3. ACM Creativity and Cognition 2015, Associate chair, 2015 - present.
  4. ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Systems (EICS) 2013, Demos chair, 2013 - present.
  5. DESIRE’11 - 2nd International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design, Full papers chair, 2011 - present.
  6. Information Spaces for Creative Conversations, 2009, Workshop chair, 2009 - present.
  7. International Journal of Creative Computing, Editorial board.

Keynote lectures/speeches (3)

  1. Resilience and Entrepreneurship in the Cultural and Creative Industries. Havana, Cuba (2019).
  2. Digital Agenda for Europe: Driving Innovation through Creativity and the Arts. Lisbon, Portugal (2015).
  3. Women in Digital Culture, Digital Shoreditch. London, UK (2015).

Online articles (3)