Heather Shaw

Dr. Heather Shaw is a Lecturer in Psychology at Lancaster University, specializing in digital behavioral analytics. Her research investigates the intersection of situational and individual factors influencing human behavior through digital signatures, with applications in personalized systems and behavioral change detection.

• Focuses on interdisciplinary research methodologies
• Develops ethical frameworks for digital data exploration
• Creates open-source tools for behavioral measurement

Research interests include:

• Digital behavioral signatures
• Human-computer interaction
• Computational reproducibility
• Ethical AI implementation
• Behavioral biometrics
• Smartphone usage analysis

Recent publications emphasize:

• Ethical decision-making in behavioral data research
• Reproducibility challenges in computational methods
• Biometric identity through digital behavior
• Measurement validity in technology scales
• Behavioral consistency across time
• Health impact of digital device usage

She contributes to academic activities through:

• Conference participation
• Peer review for journals
• Workshop facilitation
• Expert panel engagements
• Research group collaborations