Impact & Engagement

This module equips iGGi researchers with the knowledge and skills required to understand how they

can responsibly generate economic, social and cultural impact from their research. An intensive part 1

introduces iGGi researchers to a range of topics in the context of interaction between academic

research and the games industry: user engagement, communication skills, responsible innovation, and

inclusive and ethical research.

Part 2 is an independent project you are expected to work on during the second or third year of your

PhD: to develop a demonstration piece related to your PhD, that communicates your work to a wider

audience. For example, a game, interactive experience, short film or similar. The project is supported

by Jeremy Gow, QMUL training coordinator, through the iGGi Makers group.

The module aims to help iGGi researchers more effectively communicate their research to a wider

audience, in order to create impact within the video games industry and across society more

generally. It will help them present and defend their work and ideas in a variety of formats: in papers

and posters, in presentations and in discussion, and in academic and commercial contexts. It aims to

produce researchers who can champion responsible innovation and EDI in games research.

iGGi researchers will develop a demonstration piece around their research. This is an important

way for them to communicate with iGGi's industrial partners, and is one way we aim to increase

iGGi researchers’ profile at external events.

Subject Content:

• User engagement methods, e.g. participatory design, contextual inquiry, hackathons.

• Approaches to communicating and demonstrating research ideas

• Ethical and inclusion issues in the context of video games research

Academic and Graduate Skills:

• Design a demonstration piece and plan its implementation.

• Create a plan for their engagement with end-users.

• Communicate their research across a range of audiences and formats.

• Engage effectively with traditional and social media to communicate their research. • 

• Reflect on ethical and inclusion issues in their own research and engagement activities.

• Demonstrate rounded intellectual development

• Clarity of communication

• Research capacity and information expertise