Richard Jedon

Richard Jedon is a University Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology's Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences school, specializing in Human Technology Interaction. His work bridges environmental psychology and urban design through rigorous empirical investigation.

His research focuses on urban lighting effects on pedestrian behavior, particularly examining how anxiety levels, arousal states, and lighting conditions interact to shape safety perceptions. Using methodologies including virtual reality simulations, field studies, and physiological measurements, he investigates critical aspects of nighttime urban navigation. Key contributions include developing the alertness-arousal-anxiety triad framework for lighting design.

Through the LightCap project (2020-2024), he explored light's cognitive impacts alongside prominent researchers including de Kort and Haans. His work directly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable cities and well-being.

As an active peer reviewer, he serves journals including Building and Environment and Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, and participates in major conferences like CISBAT and EDRA.

Jedon supervises research projects and teaches within the HTI department, with recent outputs showing increasing citation impact (8 Scopus citations for his 2023 framework paper). His research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections across psychology, engineering, and urban planning domains.