I acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which I live, the Wurunjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Dr Fareed

Kaviani

Social scientist at the Emerging Technologies Research Lab (ETRL), Monash University, Department of Human-Centred Computing, Faculty of IT and Art, Architecture, and design

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My work at the Emerging Technologies Research Lab is focused on thinking about the role of people in energy futures by asking how people will live in the future and what that means for energy forecasting.

Field: Energy | Futures

Theory: Social practice theory | Critical Futures

Methods: Ethnography

Disciplines: Social sciences

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My work at Monash University's Sustainable Development Institute, Accident Research Centre, BehaviourWorks, and the School of Social Sciences involves asking how do smartphones impact younger drivers and compliance.

Field: Road Safety | Smartphones

Theory: Nomophobia | Deterrence theory

Methods: Focus groups | survey

Disciplines: Social science | psychology | criminology

Industry Partner: Department of Transport (formally VicRoads)

Study 1: Nomophobia & problematic smartphone use among Australians

Kaviani, F., Robards, B., Young, K. L., & Koppel, S. 2020. Nomophobia: Is the Fear of Being without a Smartphone Associated with Problematic Use? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 17(17), 6024. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176024 (altmetric)

Study 2: Nomophobia & illegal smartphone use while driving

Kaviani, F., Young, K. L., Robards, B., & Koppel, S. 2020. Nomophobia and self-reported smartphone use while driving: An investigation into whether nomophobia can increase the likelihood of illegal smartphone use while driving. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol. 74, 212–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.08.024 (altmetric)

Study 3: The deterrent impact of informal and formal sanctions on illegal smartphone use while driving

Kaviani, F., Young, K. L., Robards, B., & Koppel, S. 2020. Understanding the deterrent impact formal and informal sanctions have on illegal smartphone use while driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105706 (altmetric)

Study 4: Young drivers perceptions of smartphone road safety law

Kaviani, F., Benier, K., Robards, B., Young, K. L., & Koppel, S. 2021. “Does that mean I can’t use my phone to pay when I’m in the Maccas drive thru?”: Younger drivers’ uncertainty and attitude toward smartphone law and punishment. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106314 (altmetric)

Study 5: Young drivers normalisation of risk-avoidance strategies while using a smartphone illegally when driving

Kaviani, F., Young, K. L., Robards, B., & Koppel, S. 2021. “Like it’s wrong, but it’s not that wrong”: Exploring the normalisation of risk-compensatory strategies among young drivers engaging in illegal smartphone use. The Journal of Safety Science, Vol. 78, 292–302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2021.06.010 (altmetric)

Study 6: The impact of information about risk on illegal smartphone use

Kaviani, F., Young, K. L., & Koppel, S. 2022, Deterring illegal smartphone use while driving: Are perceptions of risk information associated with the impact of informal sanctions? Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106611 (altmetric)

Study 7: Severity of nomophobia and illegal use

Kaviani, F., Young, K. L., & Koppel, S. 2022, Using nomophobia severity to predict illegal smartphone use while driving, Computers in Human Behaviour Reports, 100190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100190

Project: Tattoo and body modification

I have been writing about tattoo and body modification for over a decade. Click here for the short story and then visit my website at the4thwall.net

“I find it quite absurd that, as humans we are introduced to this world inside of a Body which we've had absolutely no part in its design. Why not use body art and modification to adjust the default design so that it can become more us?”


—Touka Voodoo

Selected engagement:

Channel 7 interview on nomophobia research

Channel 9 interview on nomophobia research

The Project interview on nomophobia research

WIN News interviews on nomophobia research

ABC News Radio interview on nomophobia research

ABC Breakfast Radio interview on nomophobia research

Participated in an additional 30 local and national radio interviews on nomophobia research

Presentation to Phoria, an immersive technology company

Moving beyond our digital addictions” panel discussion at Something Digital

Presentation to the Department of Transport (DOT) (available online)

AAA Road Safety Research Forum participation


Monash Lens article: Nomophobia and the illegal use of mobile phones on Australian roads

Herald Sun interview smartphone deterrence research

ABC radio interview for tattoo and body modification research


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