I am a postdoc researcher with a PhD in psychology and specialisation in mental health and Youth Studies.
The goal of my research is maximising the psychological and social benefits of interactive technologies while reducing the potential risks it can present to some individuals.
Critical inquiry on the psychosocial implications of interactive technologies has been my professional passion since undergraduate school when I conducted one of the first studies on Internet pathological use in 2000.
In 2010, I coined the term Game Transfer Phenomenon (GTP) carving a multidisciplinary area of research to understand the effects of video games. My research on GTP has been founded by the European Union and has had impact beyond academia.
My research on GTP have been featured worldwide in books about everything from video games, evolution of the senses and a science fiction book; reports (Lloyds emerging risk report (2018); POSTnote by the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (2012); newspapers/magazines (e.g. The Telegraph – Science, (2016) and the Guardian (2014), Boston Globe (2014), The International Herald Tribune (2011), Discovery News (2016); TV and radio programs (BBC TV news East Midlands (2015), BBC World Service – Click (2011), and an episode of the TV series “CSI: Cyber”).
I have published academically and presented at several conferences.
