@hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social - Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity

24 Mar 2026 10:45 +0000

🚀 Be Curious @Virtuocity! This year, we’re excited to be part of the Be Curious event at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social, where we show our immersive facility with interactive demonstrations and hands‑on activities for all ages. 📅 Find out more about the event: https://openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/be-curious-ready-to-explore-the-future-of-travel/

12 Feb 2026 11:36 +0000

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting the Department for Transport (DfT) Senior Analyst Team at Virtuocity. It was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our ongoing work, share insights, and explore how advanced simulation and behavioural research can support evidence-based transport policy.

01 Feb 2026 13:23 +0000

New publication 📢 "Crossing in the dark: Investigating the effect of vehicle kinematics and eHMI on older pedestrians’ crossing behavior in a virtual reality experiment" by Yee Mun Lee et al... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2026.01.012

23 Dec 2025 09:48 +0000

Wishing you all a lovely, relaxing, and healthy time with family and friends over the holidays, and all the best for 2026!

14 Nov 2025 20:47 +0000

📢 Fresh off the press! “Asynchrony of directional auditory warnings and visual information in hands-on SAE level 2 automated vehicles: Analysis of driver responses” by Ali Arabian, Courtney Goodridge, and Natasha Merat OBE. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336941

13 Nov 2025 15:04 +0000

Last week at the National Road Safety Conference by Road Safety GB. We had a fantastic time engaging with the road safety community! A big thank you to everyone who visited us, asked questions, and engaged in meaningful discussions.

30 Oct 2025 11:34 +0000

We are honoured to host Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maryam Zahabi (Director of the Human-System Interaction (HSI) Lab) from Texas A&M University, as part of her sabbatical visit to our group.

08 Oct 2025 05:29 +0000

On the 4th and 5th November, we're going to be attending and exhibiting at The National Road Safety Conference, organised by Road Safety GB, at Wyboston Lakes, England.

05 Sep 2025 21:25 +0000

The 20th RS5C conference officially concluded! ✅ What a joy to co-organise with the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI). Massive thanks to the organising & scientific committees, our brilliant volunteers, and every author and 218 delegates who joined us from 37 countries 🌎

02 Sep 2025 20:15 +0000

We’ve wrapped the pre- #RS5C conference Virtuocity tours and welcome reception 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who attended today. Can’t wait to kick off the conference tomorrow! 🏵

18 Aug 2025 09:40 +0000

🚗✨ Next month, we’ll be presenting at the 17th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutoUI 2025). Our researchers will be sharing cutting-edge work on human factors, driver behaviour, and automotive interaction design.

14 Aug 2025 22:13 +0000

🚦 Today, our team was proud to take part in the Vision Zero Conference organised by Leeds City Council at Millennium Square. 🎤 Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project "Autistic Children Matter" (led by Yee Mun Lee) @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social

10 Aug 2025 19:11 +0000

New publication 📢 "Testing the Validity of Multiparticipant Distributed Simulation for Understanding and Modeling Road User Interaction" led by Amir Hossein Kalantari together with Yi-Shin Lin, Ali Mohammadi, Natasha Merat OBE, and @markkula.bsky.social. Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11119313

08 Aug 2025 08:16 +0000

New publication 📢 "Effects of adopting voice assistants countermeasures on alerting drowsy drivers across age" led by Wei Zhang from Tsinghua University, together with Oliver Carsten, and Courtney Goodridge. Full text: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104616

03 Jul 2025 09:38 +0000

We’re delighted to see Associate Prof. Dr. Yee Mun Lee and the Autistic Children Matter project featured in Highways Magazine! Funded by The Road Safety Trust, this pioneering research explores road crossing challenges faced by autistic children using the HIKER.

25 Jun 2025 08:10 +0000

New publication: "Investigating driver responses to automated vehicles in a bottleneck scenario: The impact of lateral offset and eHMI" led by Yang Li and with Yee Mun Lee, Ruth Madigan, Armin Grunwald, Barbara Deml, & Natasha Merat. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.06.016

16 Jun 2025 08:30 +0000

We are incredibly proud to share some fantastic news from our team! 🎉 Our Head of Group and Academic Lead for Virtuocity, Professor Natasha Merat OBE, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her outstanding services to Future Transport Systems. 🇬🇧🎖️

10 Jun 2025 20:02 +0000

📢 New publication <> by @azarmi.bsky.social, Mahdi Rezaei, and He Wang. Early access link: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2025.3570794

02 Jun 2025 10:17 +0000

We're proud to share that our brilliant PhD students will be presenting their research at the upcoming ICTTP8 - International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology! 🎉

30 Apr 2025 21:19 +0000

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29 Apr 2025 21:24 +0000

We are excited to announce a new PhD opportunity in our team <>. A fully funded PhD opportunity, open to all nationalities. https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2257-evaluation-of-mental-models-of-automated-driving @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social

29 Apr 2025 14:43 +0000

We are looking for a Research Fellow in Human Factors. To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: Dr Yee Mun Lee (y.m.lee@leeds.ac.uk) https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVTR1215 @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social

29 Apr 2025 13:20 +0000

We are excited to announce a new PhD opportunity in our team <> 👇 https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2255-epsrc-idla-driver-attention-during-sae-l3-automated-driving-the-role-of-non-driving-related-tasks @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social