PhD candidate in Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Baillie Gifford Scholar at the Centre for Technomoral Futures. Currently based in the SF Bay Area. email me: charlotte.bird[@]ed.ac.uk
Adobe · BBC · Turing Institute · Ada Lovelace Institute · UK Government
Google DeepMind, London
Research role on creativity within the AIUX team.
Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Adobe & University of Edinburgh
Partnered with Adobe to study how creative professionals adopt AI tools. Longitudinal study with professional designers. Co-authored publications at DIS and CSCW 2026.
2024 – 2025
BRAID Programme (BBC, Ada Lovelace Institute, AHRC)
Qualitative research on generative AI adoption across creative industries. Outcomes include exhibitions and comprehensive map of UK AI artistry. 20 interviews with AI artists.
2023 – 2024
Ada Lovelace Institute & AHRC
Created a risk taxonomy for generative AI through structured review of 70+ sources. Identified 3 systematic gaps in existing frameworks. Published at AIES 2023 (200+ citations); research directly informed UK Government policy on AI regulation.
2023
CHI 2026 · From Blank Box to Creative Partner: Designing Ecological On-Ramps for First-Time AI Artists — C Bird, C Moruzzi, E Luger
CHI 2026 · Drawing the Drift: Visual Storytelling as Method for Human-AI Becoming-With — C Bird
DIS 2026 · Mapping Imaginaries: A Futures Workshop for Creative Practices with Generative AI — P Bagchi, C Moruzzi, C Bird et al.
CSCW 2026 · Exploring the Impact of AI-Powered Creativity Support Tools on Professional Creative Workflows — C Moruzzi, C Bird, L Herman
CHI 2025 · Diffraction, Creativity and AI: Towards New Methods for Design Research — C Bird
CHI 2024 · Artists and AI: Creative Interactions and Tensions — C Bird
CHI 2024 · Creativity, Ethics, User-Generated Content and AI — C Bird
AIES 2023 · Typology of Risks of Generative Text-to-Image Models — C Bird, E Ungless, A Kasirzadeh
ICCC 2023 · Evaluating Prompt Engineering as a Creative Practice — C Bird
Full list on Google Scholar