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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity

@hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social
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We investigate road users’ interactions with new and current transport systems and technologies to advance transport safety @Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💡 New publication "Human-derived deceleration: will the role of external Human-Machine Interface change if the automated vehicle yields like a human?". 🧷 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human-derived deceleration: will the role of external Human-Machine Interface change if the automated vehicle yields like a human?
There has been extensive research on how automated vehicles (AVs) should interact with pedestrians, most of which focused on explicit communication vi…
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
⚠️ New publication: "Investigation of driving safety in partial driving automation considering driving modes and drivers’ pre-drive states" by Wei Zhang, Oliver Carsten, Yee Thung Lee, Jinlei Shi, and Wei Zhang Full text: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Inspiring Young Minds at Be Curious! As part of the @universityofleeds.bsky.social’ Be Curious event, Virtuocity was delighted to welcome around 40 children and their families for an exciting day of discovery and hands‑on learning. uolds.leeds.ac.uk/news/inspiri...
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Inspiring Young Minds at Be Curious - Virtuocity
📍Virtuocity, University of Leeds, UK Virtuocity in Action with the scientists and researchers of tomorrow As part of the University of Leeds’ Be Curious event, Virtuocity was delighted to welcome arou...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New publication "Using psychophysiological metrics for understanding drivers’ mental workload and visual attention when overtaking automated truck platoons" by Zijian Lin, Feng Chen, @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social, Natasha Merat. doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🚀 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: openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/be-cu...
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Be Curious: Ready to explore the future of travel?
Come and step inside Virtuocity – where you can drive a car, walk through a...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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... doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Wishing you all a lovely, relaxing, and healthy time with family and friends over the holidays, and all the best for 2026!
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
📢 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: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Asynchrony of directional auditory warnings and visual information in hands-on SAE level 2 automated vehicles: Analysis of driver responses
As automated driving technology advances, the development of an efficient human-machine interface (HMI) for delivering hazard warnings becomes increasingly critical for maintaining driving safety. One...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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.
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New publication: "Exploring the effects of sex category, gender roles, and gender stereotypes on one's own, women's and men's driving behaviour in Türkiye and France". We investigated the relationships between sex, gender roles, and driver behaviours across two countries. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It is my pleasure to share that in 2028, we will be hosting the 9th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP9). Exciting times ahead, we can’t wait to welcome you! @markkula.bsky.social, @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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.
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Our new paper, "Fatigue assessment of forklift operators in a 12-hour shift system", led by Tianbo Wang, was published in WORK: A journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. Check the full text here: doi.org/10.1177/1051...
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Fatigue assessment of forklift operators in a 12-hour shift system - Tianbo Wang, Ibrahim Öztürk, Wei Lyu, Zuojiang Ning, 2025
Background In recent years, numerous large-scale manufacturing enterprises in Northeastern China have shifted from the conventional 8-h shift model to an extend...
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🔍 I’m pleased to share our latest open-access article <Is drivers’ interaction with pedestrians affected by cognitive load and LED bands? A driving simulator study investigating performance across two age groups during different ambient lighting conditions> now published in TRF.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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 🌎
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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! 🏵
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🛴 New Publication! I’m delighted to share our new article “Exploring attitudes and behavioural intentions towards e-scooter use in Türkiye: Differences between users and non-users” with @nazliakay.bsky.social, published in the Journal of Transport Geography. 📖 Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🚗✨ 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.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🚦 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
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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.
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
New publication <<The Path to Driving Aggression and Crash Risk: The Role of Metacognition and Anger Rumination in Anger Expression Among Chinese Drivers>> led by Chenzhao Zhai. doi.org/10.1002/ab.7...
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The Path to Driving Aggression and Crash Risk: The Role of Metacognition and Anger Rumination in Anger Expression Among Chinese Drivers
Driving anger and aggressive anger expression are prevalent in China, leading to road crashes. While potential associations between metacognitive beliefs about worry and control, anger rumination, an...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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. 🇬🇧🎖️
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
📢 New publication <<PIP-Net: Pedestrian Intention Prediction in the Wild>> by @azarmi.bsky.social, Mahdi Rezaei, and He Wang. Early access link: doi.org/10.1109/TITS...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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! 🎉
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚦 Yesterday, I had the pleasure of presenting our e-SAFE (Equity, Social Determinants, Anti-social Behaviour and Future E-Mobility) project, funded by @therstrust.bsky.social, at the @pactsuk.bsky.social Road User Behaviour Working Party.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Another fantastic opportunity with a fantastic supervisor 👇
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We are excited to announce a new PhD opportunity in our team <<Evaluation of mental models of automated driving>>. A fully funded PhD opportunity, open to all nationalities. phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2257... @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Evaluation of mental models of automated driving
Project opportunity - Evaluation of mental models of automated driving at the University of Leeds
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Human Factors
Research Fellow in Human FactorsSalary: Grade 7 (£39,355 – £46,735 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We are excited to announce a new PhD opportunity in our team <<EPSRC IDLA: Driver Attention during SAE L3 automated driving: the role of non-driving related tasks >> 👇 phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2255... @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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EPSRC IDLA: Driver Attention during SAE L3 automated driving: the role of non-driving related tasks
Project opportunity - EPSRC IDLA: Driver Attention during SAE L3 automated driving: the role of non-driving related tasks at the University of Leeds
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I am happy to share our recent work < Same Risk But Different Attribution: Locus of Control Moderates the Relationship Between Risk Perception and Driver Behaviors >. doi.org/10.1177/0361... @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Today, group members (Courtney Goodridge, Yee Thung Lee, and Yuwei Wang) showcased our work at Roundhay School for the Y12 Social Sciences Showcase. A huge thank you for their warm welcome, and to all the curious and engaged students we met.🧠 @envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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İbrahim Öztürk @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
📢 Excited to share our latest publication from the Hi-Drive project! 📖 You can read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te... @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social, @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social, @vtt.fi
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New publication "Which unsafe riding behaviours are associated with traffic offences and crashes? A study of young Indonesian motorcyclists" by yeni sagala, Samantha Jamson, and Ruth Madigan. doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Spring is here 🌸, and with it a new season of research and collaboration. As the days get brighter and longer, we're looking forward to welcoming new projects and launching our new driving simulator!
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Excited to share new publication, “Cyclists’ interactions with professional and non-professional drivers: Observations and game theoretic models”, led by Ali mohammadi, with co-authors Amir Hossein Kalantari, our own @markkula.bsky.social, and Marco Dozza. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We’re happy to share a new article <<HMI design in the context of DMS and automation: emerging themes from an expert workshop>> co-authored by our team members Rafael C. Gonçalves and Natasha Merat. Read the full study here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We're delighted to welcome our Hi-Drive colleagues to Leeds! We're diving into key research questions, progress and new challenges in automation and user research. The day kicked off with a warm welcome from our research group leader and users subproject leader, Natasha Merat.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thrilled to share some exciting news! Our PhD student @azarmi.bsky.social has been awarded a prestigious Turing placement fund, enabling him to visit the National University of Galway (NUI) from late April to May 2025.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New publication alert! 📢 We’re excited to share a new article <<“It’s just another car driving” − Perceptions of U.S. residents interacting with driverless automated vehicles on public roads>> co-authored by our team members Yee Mun Lee and Natasha Merat
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Huge congratulations to Yue Yang on successfully defending her thesis “Automated Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction: The effects of communication strategies and repeated exposures".
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Women in Road Safety @womenroadsafety.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Check out Prof. Natasha Merat, Research Group Leader @HFS_ITSLeeds, whose work focuses on human factors in transport systems. A leading expert in the field, she also co-chairs the EC's H2020 Transport Advisory Group: environment.leeds.ac.uk/transport/st...
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Professor Natasha Merat | Institute for Transport Studies | University of Leeds
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Check out @markkula.bsky.social’s fantastic tips for “pain-free(?) academic writing”! Perfect for some weekend reading. Don’t miss his insightful list.
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
📢 New publication: <<Improving models of pedestrian crossing behavior using neural signatures of decision-making >> by Siwei Ma, Xuedong Yan, Jac Billington, Matteo Leonetti, Natasha Merat, & @markkula.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 New publication "Validation of human benchmark models for automated driving system approval: How competent and careful are they really?" by Pierluigi Olleja, @markkula.bsky.social, Jonas Bärgman doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
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Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity @hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our research group leader, Prof. Natasha Merat, has shared some of the key challenges and needs in AV public education and communication 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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