Morgan Harvey

Dr. Morgan Harvey is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Sheffield's School of Information, Journalism and Communication. He holds a PhD from the University of Strathclyde (2011) and has held academic roles in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. His research bridges systems-centric and user-centered Information Retrieval (IR), focusing on recommender systems, mobile search behavior, and health informatics. He has secured over £2.5 million in research funding, including an AHRC grant for historical record transcription using machine learning.

Research interests include: information retrieval, recommender systems, health behavior nudging, mobile search interruptions, and digital government services. Recent projects include using AI to promote sustainable eating and analyzing the impact of distractions on mobile search tasks.

He supervises PhD students in areas like healthy food recommendation systems and health information seeking on social media. His work is published in top journals like JASIST and Information Processing & Management. He is a member of the Information Retrieval Research Group and teaches modules like Database Design and Information Retrieval.