Biography
I am Reader in Digital Cultures and the author of "Performativity in Art, Literature and Videogames" (Palgrave MacMillan 2017). This book鈥檚 title names many of my main research interests, and develops a media studies approach to performance in digital space and time. I am also interested in youth cultures and internet studies. I have served as a jurist on the Independent Games Festival鈥檚 Award for Narrative Excellence, and was Principal Investigator on a report on loot boxes for the UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport.
Currently, I am Co-Investigator for the CoSTAR National Laboratory and the GAME-ER Horizon Europe research project. I am also serving as an external examiner for University College London's Media Arts MA programme.
I have several completed PhD and Masters degree supervisions, and currently supervise 4 PhD and 2 MPhil projects.
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Knowledge Exchange and Esteem
Advisor, Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 鈥淐reating a Positive Foundation for Greater Civility in the Digital World鈥� Workshops.听
OFCOM 鈥淢aking Sense of Media鈥� Research Advisory Group.
UK Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office Age-Appropriate Design Roundtable Member.
Jurist 鈥� Prize in Narrative Excellence, Independent Games Festival.
Member, Fair Play Alliance.
