Staff

University of York. I am fascinated by the different experiences games offer players, what those experiences are and how to quantify them. I am also excited by using diverse research methods to understand games.

Queen Mary University of London. Computational Creativity researcher working on getting AI software to act creatively in an autonomous fashion, with applications to procedural content generation, whole game design, music, visual art, design, mathematics and software engineering.

Queen Mary University of London. Research leader seeking to understand how research can positively impact the games industry and wider society. Interested in using games/creativity/AI to determine promising future directions for games/creativity/AI research.

University of York. A designer-researcher working on games and playful design for enjoyment, learning, wellbeing, and climate adaptation. Especially interested in curiosity in games, motivational affordances, behaviour change, design research, psychology of games, methods for entertainment and applied game design.

University of York. Data scientist focusing on behavioral modeling in the Creative Industries.

De Montfort University. Technology ethicist with an interest in the ethics and social impact of video games and innovative research methods. Anything to do with games, philosophy, society, critical theory, diversity & inclusion, or ethics.  

Queen Mary University of London. Game AI researcher with a focus on computational game design: how can computers help design video games? Interested in computational creativity, procedural content generation, and applications of AI in game development.

Queen Mary University of London.  AI and Games, statistical forward planning (e.g. Monte Carlo Tree Search), efficient optimisation, procedural content generation, automated game design, reinforcement learning, evolutionary algorithms, game AI for real-world decision making.

University of York. Design researcher focusing on the roles of traditional storytelling and engagement in digital contexts. Particularly interested in environmental design and speculative design processes and approaches.

Queen Mary University of London. Game AI researcher focused on the field of game AI players by means of Statistical Forward Planning (Monte Carlo Tree Search, Rolling Horizon Evolutionary Algorithms) and Forward Models for modern games.

Queen Mary University of London. Physically interactive mobile and wearable games. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) especially in relation to improving learning and cognition. Content generation, social media and a bit of player experience thrown in for good measure.

University of York. Researching and developing new forms of storytelling and narrative experiences supported by immersive and interactive digital media aiming to innovate in form as well as in dedicated technologies, acknowledging the mutual dependency between technology and form in the research methodology.