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Dr Stephen R Gulliver

Professor of Pervasive Informatics

Head of Henley Postgraduate Research Programmes
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (Informatics and Systems Science)
Programme Director for BSc Digital & Technology Solutions

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Specialisms

  • PhD Supervision: Currently unavailable, 
  • DBA Supervision: Available ✔, 
  • Pervasive Informatics, 
  • Systems Conflict, Failure, and Acceptance, 
  • Information Acquisition, 
  • Behaviour Capture and Reengineering, 
  • Eye-tracking and Human Factors

Location

LG09, Henley Business School, Whiteknights

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 degree (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. As of August 2026, Stephen has been promoted to Professor of Pervasive Informatics.

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 topics, including: multimedia and information assimilation, high education and learning solutions, human factors, systems acceptance, and enterprise systems.

Topics or projects for DBA supervision:

  • Human dimension of Information Systems Acceptance and Failure

Reference: Dube, D. Y., Sannasi, M. V. , Kyritsis, M. and Gulliver, S. R. (2026) Facial emotion recognition from feature loss media: human versus machine learning algorithms. Computers in Human Behavior, 174. 108806. ISSN 0747-5632 doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2025.108806
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Ekpezu, A. O., Gyamera, G. O., Winful, F. B., Atsakpo, E. D., Nutropkor, C. and Gulliver, S. (2025) Comparative evaluation of learning technologies using a randomized controlled trial: Virtual reality, augmented reality, online video platforms, and traditional classroom learning. Education and Information Technologies, 30. pp. 11775-11795. ISSN 1573-7608 doi: 10.1007/s10639-024-13221-w
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Mihov, B., Pathak, B., Gulliver, S. and Dzandu, M. (2024) Towards the acceptance of autonomous vehicles: the role of government and vehicle manufacturers. In: AMCIS2024, August 15-17 2024, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. (2024) Development of a Holistic Information Systems Artefact to support Pre-experience Undergraduate Education. DBA thesis, University of Reading. doi: 10.48683/1926.00118353
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Doe Atsakpo, E., Nutrokpor, C., Ham, J. and Gulliver, S. (2023) Design and evaluation of a persuasive road marking system for controlling speeding behavior. In: Mindtrek '23: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference, 3-6 Oct 2023, Tampere, Finland, pp. 35-44. doi: 10.1145/3616961.3616967 (ISBN: 9798400708749)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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. doi: 10.1145/3501774.3501783
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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. ISSN 1389-0417 doi: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2022.02.001
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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, 35 (6). pp. 1639-1657. ISSN 1741-0398 doi: 10.1108/JEIM-09-2021-0421
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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, 35 (6). pp. 1277-1296. ISSN 0951-354X doi: 10.1108/IJEM-12-2020-0563
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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). e07343. ISSN 2405-8440 doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07343
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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, Online. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-79460-6_14 (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79460-6_14)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
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, Online, pp. 11-18. doi: 10.1049/icp.2021.2403
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Maroukian, K. and Gulliver, S. (2020) Defining leadership and its challenges while transitioning to DevOps. In: The Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances ICSEA 2020, 18 - 22 October 2020, Porto, Portugal.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Maroukian, K. and Gulliver, S. (2020) Exploring the link between leadership and Devops practice and principle adoption. Advanced Computing: An International Journal, 11 (4). ISSN 2229-6727 doi: 10.5121/acij.2020.11401
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Koranteng, F. N., Obeng, E. N., Assyne, N., Wiafe, A. and Gulliver, S. (2020) Artificial intelligence for cybersecurity: a systematic mapping of literature. IEEE Access, 8. pp. 146598-146612. ISSN 2169-3536 doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3013145
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. R. and Feredoes, E. (2020) Visual search fixation strategies in a 3D image set: an eye tracking study. Interacting with Computers, 32 (3). pp. 246-256. ISSN 0953-5438 doi: 10.1093/iwc/iwaa018
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Dzandu, M. , Pathak, B. and Gulliver, S. (2020) Stimulus-organism-response model for understanding autonomous vehicle adoption in the UK. In: BAM2020 Conference in the Cloud, 2-4 September 2020.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Vlastos, D. D., Kyritsis, M. , Varela, V.-A., Gulliver, S. R. and Papaioannou-Spiroulia, A. (2020) Can a low-cost eye-tracker assess the impact of a valent stimulus? A study replicating the visual backward masking paradigm. Interacting with Computers, 32 (2). pp. 132-141. ISSN 0953-5438 doi: 10.1093/iwc/iwaa010
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Maroukian, K. and Gulliver, S. (2020) The link between transformational and servant leadership in DevOps-oriented organizations. In: ESSE2020 - European Symposium on Software Engineering, 6-8 Nov 2020, Rome, Italy. doi: 10.1145/3393822.3432340
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. R. and Feredoes, E. (2020) Visual search fixation strategies in a 3D image set: an eye-tracking study. Interacting with Computers, 32 (3). pp. 246-256. ISSN 1873-7951 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwaa018
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Ud Din, S. and Gulliver, S. (2018) Quotient algorithm: a simple heuristic for the travelling salesperson problem inspired by human solutions. In: 2018 Fifth HCT Information Technology Trends (ITT), 28-29 Nov 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pp. 47-49.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. , Feredoes, E. and Ud Din, S. (2018) Human behaviour in the Euclidean Travelling Salesperson Problem: computational modelling of heuristics and figural effects. Cognitive Systems Research, 52. pp. 387-399. ISSN 1389-0417 doi: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2018.07.027
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Almazroa, M. and Gulliver, S. (2018) Understanding the usage of Mobile Payment Systems- the impact of personality on the continuance usage. In: 4th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM), 25-27th May 2018, Oxford University. doi: 10.1109/INFOMAN.2018.8392833 (2018 4th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM))
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. and Feredoes, E. (2018) Acknowledging crossing-avoidance heuristic violations when solving the Euclidean travelling salesperson problem. Psychological Research, 82 (5). pp. 997-1009. ISSN 1430-2772 doi: 10.1007/s00426-017-0881-7
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Uppal, M. A., Ali, S. and Gulliver, S. (2018) Factors determining e-learning service quality. British Journal of Educational Technology, 49 (3). pp. 412-426. ISSN 1467-8535 doi: 10.1111/bjet.12552
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Ali, S., Uppal, M. A. and Gulliver, S. (2018) A conceptual framework highlighting e-learning implementation barriers. Information Technology & People, 31 (1). pp. 156-180. ISSN 0959-3845 doi: 10.1108/ITP-10-2016-0246
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Nadee, W., Gulliver, S. and Sarah, A. (2017) A dual aspect model: modelling systems alignment. In: 9th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'17), 7-10 Nov 2017, Bangkok Thailand.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Blathras, G., Gulliver, S. and Vasiliki-Alexia, V. (2017) Sense of direction and conscientiousness as predictors of performance in the Euclidean travelling salesman problem. Heliyon, 3 (11). e00461. ISSN 2405-8440 doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00461
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. , Feredoes, E. and Nadee, W. (2016) Do more pictures mean more effort? Investigating the effects of monocular depth on target detection in a 3D WIMP pictures folder. In: The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2016), 24 - 28 April 2016, Venice, Italy, pp. 1-5.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. R. and Feredoes, E. (2016) Environmental factors and features that influence visual search in a 3D WIMP interface. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 92-93. pp. 30-43. ISSN 1071-5819 doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.04.009
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Fillingham, V., Gulliver, S. and Nikolic, D. (2015) Building information Modelling for the optimisation of facilities management: a case study review. In: CIB W78 Conference, 27-29 Sep 2015, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Ghinea, G., Timmerer, C., Lin, W. and Gulliver, S. R. (2014) Mulsemedia: state of the art, perspectives, and challenges. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM, 11 (1s). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1551-6865 doi: 10.1145/2617994
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Alhammad, M. M. and Gulliver, S. (2014) Online persuasion for e-commerce websites. In: The 28th british human computer interaction, 9 - 12 September 2014, Southport, UK.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kyritsis, M. , Gulliver, S. and Morar, S. (2014) Cognitive and environmental factors influencing the process of spatial knowledge acquisition within virtual reality environments. International Journal of Artificial Life Research, 4 (1). pp. 43-58. ISSN 1947-3087 doi: 10.4018/ijalr.2014010104
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Alhammad, M. M. and Gulliver, S. (2014) Consideration of persuasive technology on users acceptance of e-commerce: exploring perceived persuasiveness. Journal of Communication and Computer, 11 (2). pp. 133-142. ISSN 1548-7709
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Nakata, K. and Gulliver, S. (2014) Categorizing users in behavior change support systems based on cognitive dissonance. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 18 (7). pp. 1617-4909. ISSN 1617-4909 doi: 10.1007/s00779-014-0782-3
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Keiichi Nakata - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Grzybek, H., Xu, S., Gulliver, S. and Fillingham, V. (2014) Considering the Feasibility of Semantic Model Design in the Built-Environment. Buildings (2014), 4 (4). pp. 849-879. ISSN 2075-5309 doi: 10.3390/buildings4040849 (Grzybek, H.; Xu, S.; Gulliver, S.; Fillingham, V. Considering the Feasibility of Semantic Model Design in the Built-Environment. Buildings 2014, 4, 849-879.)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Liu, K. , Li, W. (V.) and Gulliver, S. (2013) Web of things, people and information systems (ICISO 2013). SCITEPRESS Science and Technology Publication. ISBN 9789898565518 (Proceedings of the 14th International conference in Informatics and semiotics in organisations)
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Kecheng Liu - Professor Weizi (Vicky) Li - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Hu, S., Gulliver, S. , Kyritsis, M. and Stevens, R. (2013) Fashion magazines: design implications of focus and perception variance between Chinese and UK females. In: The International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems 2013 (MEDES), 28-31 October, 2013, Luxembourg.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver - Dr Markos Kyritsis
Reference: Gulliver, S. , Grzybek, H., Radosavljevic, M. and Wiafe, I. (2013) Changing building user attitude and organisational policy towards sustainable resource use in healthcare. Health Policy and Technology, 2 (2). pp. 75-84. ISSN 2211-8837 doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2013.03.006
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Muna, A., Nakata, K. and Gulliver, S. (2012) Analyzing the persuasion context of the persuasive systems design model with the 3D-RAB model. In: Persuasive 2012, June 6-8, Konsert & Kongress, Linköping, Sweden, pp. 193-202. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2012 Volume 7284, Persuasive Technology. Design for Health and Safety)
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Keiichi Nakata - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Yu, J., Gulliver, S. , Tang, Y. and Ke, L. (2011) New advances in aircraft MRO services: data mining enhancement. In: Fourth International Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence (IWACI2011), 19-21 October 2011, Wuhan, China.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver - Professor Yinshan Tang
Reference: Kyritsis, M. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Appreciating individual differences: exposure time requirements in virtual space. In: Ghinea, G., Andres, F. and Gulliver, S. (eds.) Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications: New Developments in MulSeMedia. IGI Global, pp. 60-79. ISBN 9781609608217
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Markos Kyritsis - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Wiafe, I., Nakata, K. , Moran, S. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Considering user attitude and behavior in persuasive systems design: the 3D-RAB model. In: The 19th European Conference on Information Systems, 9 -12 June 2011, Helsinki, Finland.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Keiichi Nakata - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Opoku-Anokye, S., Tang, Y. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Enterprise intelligence: searching for a single version of the truth. In: ICBIFE 2011 - International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering, 12-13 December 2011, Hong Kong.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Yinshan Tang - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Grzybek, H. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Development of a semantic graph-based scene description. In: Jorna, R., Liu, K. and Faber, N. (eds.) Problems and Possibilities of Computational Humanities: Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations. Fryske Akademy. ISBN 9789490719005
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Yu, J. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Improving aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul: A novel text mining approach. In: International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems, November 18-20, 2011, Guangzhou, China.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Grzybek, H., Shah, H. H., Wiafe, I., Gulliver, S. R. and Nakata, K. (2011) Modeling building semantics: providing feedback and sustainability. In: World Renewable Energy Congress 2011, 8-11th May 2011, Linköping , Sweden, pp. 1016-1022.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver - Professor Keiichi Nakata
Reference: Grzybek, H. and Gulliver, S. (2011) Generic unified modelling process for developing semantically rich, dynamic and temporal models. In: IASTED Modelling and Simulation, July 4-6 2011, Calgary, Canada.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Huang, Z., Liu, K. and Gulliver, S. (2011) A normative approach to multi-agent systems for intelligent buildings. In: Jorna, R., Liu, K. and Faber, N. (eds.) Problems and Possibilities of Computational Humanities: Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations. Fryske Akademy, The Netherlands, pp. 119-128. ISBN 9789490719005
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Kecheng Liu - Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Kent, S., Broadbent, P., Warren, N. and Gulliver, S. (2008) On-demand hd video using Jini based grid. In: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2008, 23-26 June 2008, Hannover, Germany, pp. 1045-1048.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. R. (2006) Incorporating and understanding the user perspective. In: Ghinea, G. and Chen, S. Y. (eds.) Digital Multimedia Perception and Design. IGI Group Publishing, pp. 81-109. ISBN 9781591408604
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. R. and Ghinea, G. (2006) Defining user perception of distributed multimedia quality. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, 2 (4). pp. 241-257. ISSN 1551-6865 doi: 10.1145/1201730.1201731
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Serif, T., Gulliver, S. and Ghinea, G. (2004) Infotainment across access devices: the perceptual impact of multimedia QoS. In: ACM symposium on Applied computing 2004, March 2004, Cyprus, pp. 1580-1585.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. R. and Ghinea, G. (2004) Stars in their eyes: what eye-tracking reveal about multimedia perceptual quality. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part A-Systems and Humans, 34 (4). pp. 472-482. ISSN 1083-4427 doi: 10.1109/TSMCA.2004.826309
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. (2004) Distributed multimedia quality: the user perspective. PhD thesis, Brunel University.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. R. and Ghinea, G. (2003) How level and type of deafness affects user perception of multimedia video clips. Universal Access in the Information Society, 2 (4). pp. 374-386. ISSN 1615-5289 doi: 10.1007/s10209-003-0067-5
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver
Reference: Gulliver, S. and Ghinea, G. (2002) Impact of captions on deaf and hearing perception of multimedia video clips. In: Multimedia and Expo, 2002. ICME '02., 25-28 August 2002, Lausanne, pp. 753-756.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen R Gulliver

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Dr. Gulliver ’s research relates to the field of pervasive informatics, which considers how to get the right information, to the right people, in the right form/place, at the right time - in order to support practical outcomes. Research themes include: Information acquisition and perception, human factors and consideration of individual difference, business systems alignment / conflict, technology acceptance, and behaviour capture.