Dr Cody Phillips

Areas of interest: games that promote mental health and wellbeing, predicting player behaviour, designing reward systems in games and gamified apps, and applying game principles to enhance organisational productivity.

Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)

Dr. Cody Phillips is a Senior Lecturer of Human-Computer Interaction who leads an independent program of research within the Games Research and Interaction Design (GRID) lab. His vision is a future where digital games facilitate mastery, wellbeing, and resilience in the people who play them. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on understanding the influence of rewards and trait reward responsiveness on player motivation.