AWARDS
Won:
Finalist:
2007 : Royal Philharmonic Society Award [Audience Development]
2007 : Index Award for ‘Design to Improve Life’ [Play]
The Index Award biennale — often referred to as the 'Nobel Prize of Design' celebrates the world's most impactful and iconic designs. From tiny tools that diagnose disease to environmental moonshots saving our most vulnerable ecosystems, to innovations that enhance cities and communities. We were finalists in 2007 and lost to Tesla!
2006 : BT Digital Music Award [Best Event]
2006 : BT Digital Music Award [Best Innovation]
PATENTS
International Patent WO2005038686A1 – Conveying access to digital content using a physical token
United States Patent US20060136292A1 – Collection of data associated with an advertisement (pending)
International Patent WO2005039170A3 - Active images
TEACHING/MENTORING
Space Generation Advisory Council (Mentor)
Imperial Enterprise Lab (Mentor)
Central Saint Martins (Narrative Environments and Innovation Management)
Royal College of Art (Global Innovation Design)
St Gallen (Entrepreneurship)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/WORKSHOPS
Panel Speaker, HSJ, How can healthcare best use past, present and future information to support transformation (2023)
Panel Speaker, Industry Insights, Annual Tech Careers, Cognizant and Newham Council (2023)
Panel speaker, Women in Science, AWS Summit London (2023)
Closed workshop, Exploring a post-truth society through Science Fiction, CERN (2023)
J.Blank, J.Breslin, J.Millsapps, R. Rajani (2023) Realizing a more regenerative, equitable, & thriving collective future, On world and off. Nexus Nairobi, produced by 100 Year Starship
Keynote talk, Human-Robot Interaction, McKinsey CTO/SIO Summit (2022)
Closed workshop, The Future of Detection and Imaging for Humanity in 2075, CERN (2022)
J.Breslin, J.Millsapps, R.Rajani, J.G. Blank (2022) Model Mars: A collective learning experience for future Martians, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, Space4Women Expert Meeting
J.Millsapps, J.G. Blank, R.Rajani, J.Breslin (2022) Model Mars: A Collective Learning Experience for the Martians of the Future, 25th Annual Mars Society Convention, Keynote address
Keynote talk, Working at the Intersections, Response-Ability Summit (2021)
Judging Panel, Venture Catalyst Challenge, Imperial Enterprise Lab (2021)
Judging Panel, Venture Catalyst Challenge, Imperial Enterprise Lab (2020)
Building Multidisciplinary Teams. Interviewed for MTP Engage, The Product Experience Podcast (2020)
How diversity spurs creativity in software development. Interviewed for Computer Weekly, Building the Internet of the Future (2019)
Be Afraid and Do it Anyway, Panel Discussion at Salesforce with Helen Mullings, Rakhi Rajani, Jacqui Gilbert, Emily Lawson, Emily Freeman (2019)
Inventing new ways to lead. Cambridge University Judge Business School at the launch of the EnterpriseWomen initiative, with Kim Wedral-Rooke, Anne Boisier-Fouché and Dr Ghina M. Halabi (2019)
Panel Chair, AI and the Social Sciences. Anthropology and Technology Conference (2019)
Planning for a future where robots and humans work together, The Experience Designers Podcast, with Stefan Moritz (2019)
Planning for a future where robots and humans work together, STHLM TECH FEST, with Stefan Moritz (2019)
Women and Mars, Panel, University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy (2019)
Keynote Talk, The Business Value of Design, Design Thinking Ireland (2019)
Building great product teams. McKinsey Digital, Product UNconference (2019)
Methods for exponential invention vs incremental innovation. QuantumBlack Flash Talk at CogX (2019)
Women in tech. Women Who Code London (2019)
Keynote on Innovation for the Unknown. Bucharest Tech Week, Innovation Summit (2019)
Finding your leadership Style. Ladies that UX (2016)
Keynote panel: The focus for creating Contextual Customer Experiences. Tech Expo (2016)
Women in Innovation - driving growth through gender diversity. Women in Innovation networking event (2016)
Panel: The Elephant In The Room: Making Mobile Fit For Business. Open Mobile Summit, London (2016)
Digital Innovation in Travel. Future thinking in Digital Marketing as part of London Technology Week (2016)
Panel: Consumer Shopping Trends. Retail Innovation. unBound London (2015)
Trends in retail and new rules for engagement. Keynote speech at Hong Kong Knowledge of Design Week (2014)
Trends in hospitality fuelled by the sharing economy. Keynote speech at Hong Kong Knowledge of Design Week (2014)
Changing Behaviour in Places. Invited talk at Central Saint Martins, November 8 2012, London (2012)
Cognition in Space. Invited CPD Talk at Stanton Williams Architects & The Bartlett School of Architecture, London (2012)
The Psychology of Communication. Invited Master Class at the School of Communication Arts, February 07 2012, London (2012)
Creative Research for the Creative Industries. Invited talk at the Market Research Society, January 23 2012, London (2012)
Cross Cultural Dialogues – The Speaker vs the Listener. Invited talk at the Narrative in Practice Symposium, London (2011)
An invitation to interact – embedding engagement cues into objects and space. Invited talk at the Pervasive Media Studio (2011)
Social Research and Design. Doors of Perception 8, Delhi (2005)
Programme Chair. Designing for User Experience (DUX2005), San Francisco (2005)
PUBLICATIONS
Genomics/AI
Contribution to: How AI can support science (2023) British Science Association and Google DeepMind
Contribution to: DNA.I. (2023) Early findings and emerging questions on the use of AI in genomics, Ada Lovelace Institute and Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Mars/Space/Education
Jennifer G. Blank - NASA Ames, Rakhi Rajani - Lostin Ventures, Jan Millsapps - SFSU, Lauren Kai Yungb, Benjamin Pauleyb, Divyeshwari Vansadiab, Amy Welchb, and Jennifer Breslin - Futuristas (2023) Model Mars: A Collaborative Learning Experience for Future Martians, 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Human/Machine Intelligence
Moritz S, Smaje K, Rajani R (2022) Forging the Human-Machine Alliance. McKinsey Insights
Digital Transformation
Sheppard B, Brookhouse C, Rajani R. (2019) The luxury of time, digitally enhanced experiences in an analog industry. McKinsey Insights
Hospitality
Welcome to the Un-Hotel: Experiencing the world through someone else's home. Harpers Bazaar Interiors (2014)
‘International Intelligence’ Column in Harper’s Bazaar Interiors Arabia (ongoing). Reporting on trends in interior and spatial design experiences
Narrative, Architecture + psychology
Austin P, Rajani R. (2011). Arcs of Interaction. In the Proceedings of The Second Interaction Symposium on Culture, Creativity, and Interaction Design
Parsons A, Rajani R. (2007) The Performative Edge: Place Exploration. In the Proceedings of Livenarch III; Environments and Architecure, Turkey
Social Media
Debaty P, Goddi P, Gossweiler R, Rajani R, Vorbau A, Tyler J. (2004) Enabling Informal Communication of Digital Stories. HP Labs Technical report number HPL-2004-180
Kindberg T, Tallyn E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M. (2004) Active Photos. In the Proceedings of DIS 2004, The 5th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques. ACM New York, NY, USA. ISBN:1-58113-787-7
Rajani R, Vorbau A (2004). Viewing and Annotating Media with MemoryNet. In Proceedings of CHI 2004. ACM New York, NY, USA. ISBN:1-58113-703-6
Cloud Computing, Spatial Experiences and Internet of Things
Wilson D, Tateson J, Roadknight C, McCann J, McKenzie I, Austin T, Jones S, Rajani R, Lunt P, Parsons A, Garcia-Perate G, Comella A, Schneidler T, Macdonald N (2007), BOP: Making Sense of Space, Project sponsored by the Technology Strategy Board
Kindberg T, Tallyn E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M. Active Photos. HP Labs Technical report number HPL-2004-47
Rajani R, Vorbau A (2003). MemoryNet Viewer: Connecting People with Media. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2003-219
Kindberg T, Rajani R, Spasojevic M, Tallyn E (2003), Pulp Computing: Demonstration at Ubicomp 2003
Rajani R (2003), An Observational Study of an Independent Bookstore. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2003-107
Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brian-Strain E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M (2002), Rememberer: A Tool for Capturing Museum Visits. In the proceedings of UbiComp 2002. ISBN:3-540-44267-7
Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brien-Strain E, Rajani R and Spasojevic M (2002), From Informing to Remembering: Ubiquitous Systems in Interactive Museums. In Pervasive Computing (April-June 2002). ISSN: 1536-1268
Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brien-Strain E, Rajani R and Spasojevic M (2002), From Informing to Remembering: Deploying a ubiquitous system in an interactive science museum. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2002-54
Telemedicine and Medical Informatics
Tachakra S, Rajani R (2002), Social Presence in Telemedicine. In the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Vol 8, No 4, pp226-230. ISSN: 1357-633X
Rajani R and Perry M (2001), Forms, Boards and Bleepers – Media and Mobility in Accident an Emergency. ECSCW2001. ISBN-10: 0792371631 / ISBN-13: 978-0792371632
Rajani R and Perry M, (2000) Medical Work as Practised: implications for the design of mobile telemedicine and medical information systems. Presentation given to the SIHI conference, September 2000
Rajani R (2000), Mobility in a Complex Collaborative Setting. Presented to the Doctoral Colloquium at CSCW2000
Rajani R and Perry M (1999), The Reality of Medical Work: The Case for a new Perspective on Telemedicine. In the VR Journal, Vol 4, pp243-249. ISBN: 1359-4338 (print), ISSN: 1434-9957 (online)
Cognitive Psychology applied to SYSTEMS Design
Rajani R and Spinelli G (2000), Learning Systems: Using Distributed Cognition as a Framework for Analysing Complex Organisational Settings. In the Proceedings of the Human Centred Technology Workshop, University of Sussex
Rajani R and Rosenberg D (1999), Usable Or Not? Factors Affecting the Usability of Web Sites. In Computer Mediated Communication Magazine Special Focus on Web Usability, Vol 6, No 1, ISSN 1076-027X
Rajani, R (1998), Investigating Web Usability. In Internetworking: The ITG (Internet Technical Group) Newsletter, Vol 1, No 3