Valerie Butler is the Programme Coordinator of the MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Media run by the Huston School of Film & Digital Media in association with the Information Technology Department and the Digital Research Enterprise Institute (DERI).

Butler, V. (2011) "Supporting the social, situated and tacit nature of design", IMC-28, Proceedings of the 28th International Manufacturing Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland, 30th August - 1st September, pp. 145-159
Butler, V., Kelly, K. (eds). (2010) "IMC27 - Manufacturing Matters in the Smart Economy", Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, ISBN: 978-1-4461-7704-4
Butler, V., Redfern, S., Hernandez, J., (2006) "Design: A Social Process of Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing", Design History Society Conference 2006, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, August 13 - September 2.
Butler, V., Redfern, S., (2005) "Fostering the Social Dimension of Design", ENACTIVE 2005, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Genoa, Italy, November 17-18

Valerie's research interests include 3D collaborative virtual environments (CVEs), immersive virtual environments, creative design, human-computer interaction (HCI), teamwork and organisational behaviour, computational visualisation tools and techniques