Leela Damodaran is Professor of Participative Design and Change Management in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University. She leads the Information, Technology and Society Research group at the Research School of Informatics, conducting research into the human and social aspects of informatics. Her expertise informs policy and the formulation of strategies to promote the adoption of digital technologies through participatory and inclusive design approaches in ICT development projects. Her influential report, “Analogue to Digital Switchover: Human Aspects of Adoption”, proposing strategies for engaging citizens, promoting social inclusion and enhancing public access to information, has been published at www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk. Recent projects include research on the implementation of local eGovernment in the UK, evaluation of knowledge management in a petro-chemical company and on new ways of working in the construction sector. Professor Damodaran has been a member of the Strategic Advisory Team of the EPSRC on the Infrastructure and Environment Programme and of the Spectrum Management Advisory Group. She chairs the Digital Technologies and Social Inclusion Consortium in partnership with the University of Dundee and is also Vice Chair of the British Computer Society Sociotechnical Group.

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