Carl Hayden Smith
@interbeing

Carl Hayden Smith is Associate Professor of Media in the School of Arts & Creative Industries at the University of East London and is the former Head of Research and Director of the Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC) at the Institute for Creativity & Technology, Ravensbourne University London. Carl is the founder of the Museum of Consciousness at Oxford University and co-founder of the Cyberdelics Nexus. His research concentrates on the relationship between technology and the human condition, and he is developing ‘Hyperhumanism’ which reframes technology as a catalyst for developing our own innate human abilities. Raising over £10 million in research funding, Carl has worked on numerous large-scale Leonardo LifeLong Learning, Erasmus+, FP7, Horizon 2020 projects and the XPRIZE. He has given over 300 invited public lectures, conference presentations and keynotes in 40 countries and published more than 50 academic papers. His research interests also include Hyperhumanism, Contextology (Context engineering), Embodied Cognition, Spatial Literacy, Umwelt Hacking and Sensory augmentation. His industry partners include Microsoft, Epic Games (Unreal), Unity, Samsung and Hanson Robotics.