Briefing paper: Connected Homes
Published: 24 November 2022
Increased interconnectivity and smart technologies represent a shift in homes and home lives, but how do households understand, use, and assess this new level of connectivity in their homes? This briefing paper summarises key learnings from a collaboration between University of Glasgow and the Crichton Trust.
This report builds on the learnings from the collaborative pilot project: ""
The project explored how the needs and desires of households have changed in relation to wider changes in work, education, service provision and health care. Households are now reliant on digital connectivity for many aspects of their daily lives including remote working, online learning, consumption, utilities, telehealth, entertainment and for communication with friends, family as well as services.
The report provides some background information about connected homes, wellbeing and households, followed by an overview of the project including key findings around four key themes:
- Routine, time and space
- Active engagement versus background technologies
- Autonomy, dignity and household negotiation
- Flexible design and adaptations
You can read the full report here: Connected homes final report
The Connected Homes pilot project was funded by Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund. It was a collaboration between University of Glasgow and The Crichton Trust.
First published: 24 November 2022
Authors:
(School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)
(School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Jennifer Challinor (Crichton Trust)
(School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow)