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Name: Dr Jonathan Sykes

Current position: Senior Lecturer

Institution: Glasgow Caledonian University


ACADEMIC LIFE

Responsibilities: Director of eMotionLab

Research Area: The design and evaluation of playful experiences

Key Projects

OpenBox (development of Otago exergames for Falls patients on our very own open gaming platform)

ThinkGames (KTP with Bunnfoot to develop games for behavioural research)

Snow Tails (working with Fragor Games to realise a digital iteration of their top selling board game)


Doctoral Students

Romana Khan - Games for Health [collaborative games for exercise]

Gume Osorio - Games for Health [mechanics for motivation]

Craig Stevenson - Games for Research [behavioural research]

Mary Duffy - Emotional Product Design

Thomas Welsh - AI [bot turing test]


Television

Richard and Judy (CH4)

Tomorrow’s World (BBC1)

Child of Our Time (BBC1)


COMMERCIAL LIFE

Responsibilities: CEO Play Technologies Ltd

Games:

PokerDogs (PC)

HandsOff (iPhone)

Flux (PC/iPhone/Web)


PERSONAL LIFE

Marital Status: Married to Sarah Haywood

Kids: None

Pets: Arty (Main Coon)

Address: Edinburgh, UK