Daisy Abbott can act as a Primary or Co-Supervisor.
Research Keywords: Game-based learning, serious games, interaction design, learner experience design
Daisy Abbott is an interdisciplinary researcher and research developer based in the School of Simulation and Visualisation at Glasgow School of Art.
Daisy’s current research focusses on interactivity, game-based learning, serious games, usability, and interactive or transmedia narratives. She regularly attends conferences and publishes in journals relevant to these topics. Selected recent publications include: “Preserving Interaction” in The Preservation of Complex Objects; Volume 2: Software Art; “Linking Evidence with Heritage Visualization using a Large Scale Collaborative Interface” in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, and “Theoretical Discussions on Digital Representations of Performance” in Capturing the Essence of Performance: The Challenges of Intangible Heritage.
Daisy would be very interested in collaborating with researchers or PhD students on research into interactive or transmedia narratives, livecasting, digital and participatory culture, interaction design, game-based learning, or serious games.
With an MA(Hons) in Theatre, Film and Television Studies and an MSc in Information Technology, Daisy has experience as a PI, CoI, and lead researcher on a range of interdisciplinary projects combining digital technology with the arts and humanities. These projects include Enhancing Engagement with 3D Heritage Data through Semantic Annotation (AHRC, £140k, 2010-2011), Storystorm (EPSRC Culture and Communities Network, £15k, 2013-14), Digital Representations of Performing Arts (AHDS, £15k, 2007), and Digital Repositories and Archives Inventory (JISC, £50k, 2007-2008). Daisy has been a reviewer for the International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC), Serious Games Development & Applications (SGDA), and Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts (DRHA).
As a research developer Daisy also has experience of preparing successful major funding bids and writing and assessing technical plans for projects with digital outputs. Daisy is a peer reviewer for both the AHRC and the EPSRC Culture and Communities Network and previously was an Advisory Manager for the Digital Curation Centre and the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) Performing Arts.
Daisy has teaching experience in courses such as Academic Skills for Master’s Research (postgraduate) and Digital Cultures (undergraduate).
