Doctor Vanissa Wanick

Dr Vanissa Wanick

 FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design

Research interests

  • Games for change, social good and wellbeing
  • Games Design, Gamification and player experience (e.g., player agency, emerging storytelling)
  • Human behaviour and Interface Design (e.g. rituals, gestures, mental models, values)

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Accepting applications from PhD students.

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Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Games for change, social good and wellbeing
  • Games Design, Gamification and player experience (e.g., player agency, emerging storytelling)
  • Human behaviour and Interface Design (e.g. rituals, gestures, mental models, values)
  • Participatory design and co-design methodologies
  • Data-driven design (e.g., data visualisation, sensors, wearables)

Current research

  • Participatory design games for citizen agency and decision-making
  • Natural interface design (e.g., hand interface, gestures, sensors, wearables) 
  • Data manifestations through making (e.g., data materiality)
  • Player agency and creativity
  • Immersive technologies and experience design (e.g., XR/VR/AR)

Research projects