Stephen Gulliver

Since 2005, Dr Stephen R. Gulliver's teaching and research (in the UK and abroad) is linked to the area of pervasive informatics.

Stephen received a BEng (Hons) degree in Microelectronics, an MSc agree (Distributed Information Systems) and a PhD (Computer Science) in 1999, 2001, and 2004 respectively. Stephen worked within the Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre before getting a job as a lecturer at Brunel university (2005-2008). He then joined Henley Business School (University of Reading) in 2008 as a lecturer and in 2014 was promoted to the role of Associate Professor.

Stephen is a certified Management and Business Educator and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In BISA, he holds the role of Post Graduate Director (Informatics) and has accrued considerable experience in supporting PhD researcher completion.

Stephen has published extensively across a range of linked topics, including: multimedia and information assimilation, usability and HCI, user technology acceptance / persuasion, and enterprise systems.

Specialisms

• Pervasive Informatics
• Systems Conflict, Failure, and Acceptance
• Information Acquisition
• Behaviour Capture and Reengineering
• Eye-tracking and Human Factors

Publications

• Synthesis of a leadership model for DevOps Adoption
  Reference: Maroukian, K. and Gulliver, S. R. (2022) Synthesis of a leadership model for DevOps Adoption. In: ESSE 2021: 2nd European Symposium on Software Engineering, Nov. 6-8, 2021, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,, pp. 58-66.
• Perceived optimality of competing solutions to the Euclidean travelling salesperson problem
  Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. R. , Feredoes, E. and Stouraitis, V. (2022) Perceived optimality of competing solutions to the Euclidean travelling salesperson problem. Cognitive Systems Research, 74. pp. 1-17.
• Analysing enterprise resources for developing CRM framework in higher education institutions
  Reference: Khasab, B., Gulliver, S. , Ayoubi, R. and Strong, C. (2022) Analysing enterprise resources for developing CRM framework in higher education institutions. Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
• Validating learner based e-learning barriers: developing an instrument to aid e-learning implementation management and leadership
  Reference: Basir, M., Ali, S. and Gulliver, S. R. (2021) Validating learner based e-learning barriers: developing an instrument to aid e-learning implementation management and leadership. International Journal of Educational Management.
• Research investigating individual device preference and e-learning quality perception: can a one-solution-fits-all e-learning solution work?
  Reference: Ali, S., Gulliver, S. R. , Uppal, M. A. and Basir, M. (2021) Research investigating individual device preference and e-learning quality perception: can a one-solution-fits-all e-learning solution work? Heliyon, 7 (6).
• Exploring the impact of persuasive features on customer satisfaction levels of e-commerce websites based on the Kano model
  Reference: Alhammad, M. M., Wiafe, I. and Gulliver, S. R. (2021) Exploring the impact of persuasive features on customer satisfaction levels of e-commerce websites based on the Kano model. In: The 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, 12-14 Apr 2021,
• Investigating the impact of underlying health conditions on privacy concerns of IoT healthcare devices
  Reference: Alsiyabi, N., Kyritsis, M. and Gulliver, S. R. (2021) Investigating the impact of underlying health conditions on privacy concerns of IoT healthcare devices. In: Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy (CADE 2021), 2-3 JUN 2021
• A framework for customer relationship management strategy orientation support in higher education institutions
  Reference: Khashab, B. , Gulliver, S. R. and Ayoubi, R. M. (2020) A framework for customer relationship management strategy orientation support in higher education institutions. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 28 (3).