HuBEx gained Imperial College Research Network of Excellence approval in December 2018.

The network held its Launch Event on June 20th 2019, hosted at the Dyson School of Design Engineering. The launch event was officially opened by the network leads, Dr Nejra van Zalk, Dr Weston Baxter, and Dr Talya Porat, discussing the importance of joining forces across the College to help bring together scholars whose research concerns human-centred outcomes. The event also included an inspirational talk by Dr Victoria Betton, founder and Managing Director of mHabitat, an NHS hosted team specialising in co-design of healthcare technologies. This was followed by a speed networking event that helped bring together quick ideas for collaboration among network members.