Peter James Thomas OBE
Born	Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British, Australian
Alma mater	University of Hull, York St John University, University of Cambridge
Known for	Human-Computer Interaction, Personal Information Management, Ubiquitous Computing, social media, service design, experience design, design thinking, future of work.
Scientific career
Fields	Human-Computer Interaction, Personal information management, Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile computing
Institutions	Brunel University, University of Melbourne, Beijing Normal University, Falmouth University, Newcastle University, Haileybury school, RMIT University.
Doctoral advisor	Professor Michael Norman
Notable students	Professor Robert Macredie
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Former Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP)

Peter James Thomas OBE is a British academic and entrepreneur.

Biography

Thomas was educated at Mexborough Grammar School, South Yorkshire, York St. John University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Hull. Following a PhD at The University of Hull in the applications of social science to computing, he lectured in Human-Computer Interaction at Brunel University, West London between 1990–1992 and became Professor of Information Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 1993. He is currently the inaugural director of FORWARD, The Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia; CEO and founding partner of THEORICA; founder and CEO of cybersecurity education platform Upling; global education strategist for the Conversation Design Institute and co-founder of the School for Conversation Design; and creative director of Medicine Unboxed. He was founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Nature research journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. He is board President and Chair of The CDI Foundation. He was previously the founding director of the learning platform HaileyburyX.

Publications

• Social and Interactional Dimensions of Human-Computer Interaction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995. ISBN  052145302X.
• Personal Information Management: Tools and Techniques for Achieving Professional Effectiveness. New York: NYU Press. 1999. ISBN  978-0-8147-2200-8.
• "Personal and Ubiquitous Computing". Heidelberg: Springer. ISSN  1617-4909.
• Thomas P; Macredie D (June 2002). "The New Usability". ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 9 (2): 69–73. doi: 10.1145/513665.513666. S2CID  168546.
• "RMIT FORWARD on Medium". Medium.