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games PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 40 games PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

How to slay the dragon?! Assessing the role of coincidences in causal learning using video games

Coincidences are common in everyday life but surprising and important because causal interaction is so important. However, it is challenging to assess reasoning about them while people are experiencing them. Read more

Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games

Historical Games continue to find critical and commercial success. Game series such as Assassin’s Creed, Red Dead Redemption, Total War, and Civilisation are amongst the most recognisable forms of popular history. Read more

Game Design for Post Climate Futures: A Practitioner-led Approach

Project advert. Games have massive global reach among diverse populations. The transformative potential of the game industry is therefore huge, but research is needed if this potential is to be realised. Read more

Resilience games on infrastructure networks

The resilience of the transport infrastructure systems can be thought of as a game between an attacker and a defender. This relates directly to the idea of infrastructure networks being targeted by malicious attacks, but can as well be extended, for example, to weather disruptions linked to climate change. . Read more

Generative AI for Video Games

Generative AI is one of the most promising methods for achieving the long-standing goal of Non-Player Character (NPC) imitating particular playing behaviors which are represented as rules, rewards, or human demonstrations in modern video games. Read more

Engaging the public in sustainable strategic planning through serious games

The UK requires major changes to public policy and planning of cities to address the challenges we face. meeting Net Zero emissions targets by 2050, revitalizing high streets in economic decline, addressing a crisis of public health and supporting equitable well-being for all while we do so. Read more

The Catfish Hunter: Games for Combating Online Deception (Ref: SCI25-OB)

Are you interested in exploring human aspects of cyber security, and the ways we interact with emerging technologies? This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to investigate romance fraud (or catfishing) using games. . Read more

Exploring gamers benefits of playing video games categorised as violent

The literature surrounding effects of playing violent videogames tends to be focused around possible negative effects, with an ongoing debate challenging the straightforwardness of some of these results. Read more

Using electronic textiles to create games that promote physical exercise

Project ID. DTC_4. Theme. Digital, Technology, and Creative. This exciting project aims to understand the opportunities presented by recent innovations in electronic textiles for use in exergaming. Read more

Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales

What makes people stick to a mobile game for days, months, or years? This interdisciplinary, data-intensive PhD project unpacks casual game engagement across time scales. Read more

LITAC Scholarship - Inclusive Colour Design for Neurodivergence

LITAC (Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour), which sits within the School of Design, is offering a highly competitive PhD scholarship consisting of the award of tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend that matches UKRI rates (19,237 GBP in 2024/25). Read more

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