People

Birmingham City University people:

  • Sara Harris
  • Director of External Funding and Senior Lecturer in Digital Media - School of Media, Performance Media and English, Birmingham City University
  • Tel: 0121 204 9880
  • Geo: 52.476089 -1.881991

Sara is the LUCID Programme Manager. She also manages a programme of projects for Screen Media Lab at Birmingham City University. This includes projects funded by ERDF, NESTA, ESF, AWM and businesses. Sara has an extensive track record of running successful projects and is PRINCE2 and MSP qualified.


  • Charlie Pinder
  • Senior Content Developer - Birmingham City University
  • Tel: 0121 204 9891
  • Geo: 52.476089 -1.881991
  • Address:
  • Units 2&3 Progress Works, Bromley Street, Digbeth
  • Birmingham
  • B9 4AN
  • UK

Charlie is the main point of contact for the LUCID project. She has a background in technical project management, an MSc in Computer Science and a small black and white cat.


  • Karen Edwards
  • Finance & Compliance Manager, External Project Assurance, Corporate Development Centre
  • Tel: 0121 331 6582

Karen's roles are: to assist in managing the project finances; to co-ordinate claims received from Digital Birmingham and Wolverhampton and to submit timely claims on behalf of the University to the main funding body Advantage West Midlands; to ensure partners are complying with the funding body regulations (Advantage West Midlands); to perform internal audit reviews if necessary; and to be a point of contact for financial queries.


  • David Osbaldestin
  • Tel: 0121 331 6582

Innovation Mentor for Birmingham City University's Service by Design programme. David is a creative thinker and practitioner, working as an artist, designer, and educator in the Creative Industries and Cultural sectors. He is assisting LUCID with demo 7.


  • Alexa Torlo
  • Events and PR Executive, School of Media
  • Tel: 0121 204 9882

Alexa is LUCID's marketing and events coordinator.


  • Gareth Davies & Steve Carter-Bland
  • Web Design & Development Team, Media Content Lab

Gareth and Steve are part of the web development team at Media Content Lab based at Screen Media Lab. The team specialise in producing bespoke web design and development solutions and are assisting with demo 7 alongside creating the LUCID web presence.


  • Ian Archer
  • Software Engineer, User-lab, BIAD

Ian has experience in designing and creating software for most of the major platforms including desktop, web and mobile. Within LUCID, he is responsible for the creation of many of the applications for the demos, and has provided expert technical advice on the rest. He also enjoys being mobile in his spare time, travelling the world.


  • Dr James Williams and David Kane
  • Senior Researchers, Centre for Research into Quality
  • Tel: 0121 331 6673

The CRQ team will be evaluating the impact of the LUCID project on engaged companies and other organisations. The evaluation will test outcomes against the stated aims, as well as identifying unexpected benefits.


Other Birmingham City University People
  • Prof. Keith Osman
  • Oliver Williams
  • Jerome Turner

University of Wolverhampton people:

  • Dr Chris Dennett

Digital Birmingham people:

  • Donna Galt
  • Raj Mack

To contact the LUCID team, please see the contact us page.

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