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PhD (University of Queensland)
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Computer Science Dr. Daniel Johnson leads the QUT Games Research and Interaction Design Lab and is a Professor in the Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment. He has completed Bachelors and Honours degrees in Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and a doctorate on the psychology of human-computer interactions and video games. Daniel has also worked in the games industry with companies such as NextGenVideos and The Binary Mill. His research interests include motivations for videogame play, the player experience, the impact of videogames on wellbeing, and gamification. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge working for the Engineering Design Centre and remains an Affiliate of the Cambridge University Well-being Institute. Over the past decade, Daniel has undertaken consultancies exploring usability, user experience and design issues in entertainment and non-leisure software. He is the Chair of the Steering Committee for the ACM conference on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY).
Projects
- Cognitive Activity During Gameplay
- Cystic Fibrosis Queensland Collaboration
- Impact of Rewards on Play
- MindMax
- Passion & Social Connectedness
- Well Played
Additional information
Daniel's research has a real-world focus and has involved a number of collaborations with industry. He has worked closely with the Movember Foundation (on the Mindmax and WellPlayed! projects), conducted a Researcher in Business placement with The Binary Mill and has been involved in multiple cooperative research centres (including Young and Well CRC, Smart Services CRC and the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design).
- Johnson, D., Klarkowski, M., Vella, K., Phillips, C., McEwan, M. & Watling, C. (2018). Greater Rewards in Videogames Lead to More Presence, Enjoyment and Effort. Computers in Human Behavior, 87, 66–74. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118504
- Perry, R., Drachen, A., Kearney, A., Kriglstein, S., Nacke, L., Sifa, R., Wallner, G. & Johnson, D. (2018). Online-only friends, real-life friends or strangers? Differential associations with passion and social capital in video game play. Computers in Human Behavior, 79, 202–210. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/113908
- Johnson, D., Gardner, J. & Perry, R. (2018). Validation of two game experience scales: the Player Experience of Need Satisfaction (PENS) and Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ). International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 118, 38–46. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118426
- Vella, K., Peever, N., Klarkowski, M., Ploderer, B., Mitchell, J. & Johnson, D. (2018). Using applied games to engage mHealth users: A case study of MindMax. Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 511–522. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127713
- Hides, L., Quinn, C., Cockshaw, W., Stoyanov, S., Zelenko, O., Johnson, D., Tjondronegoro, D., Quek, L. & Kavanagh, D. (2018). Efficacy and outcomes of a mobile app targeting alcohol use in young people. Addictive Behaviors, 77, 89–95. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112299
- Mulcahy, R., Foth, M., Johnson, D. & Horton, E. (2017). Gamification and serious games within the domain of domestic energy consumption: A systematic review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 73, 249–264. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102987
- Johnson, D., Deterding, C., Kuhn, K., Staneva, A., Stoyanov, S. & Hides, L. (2016). Gamification for health and wellbeing: A systematic review of the literature. Internet Interventions, 6, 89–106. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102951
- Johnson, D., Gardner, J. & Sweetser, P. (2016). Motivations for videogame play: Predictors of time spent playing. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 805–812. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105951
- Johnson, D., Nacke, L. & Wyeth, P. (2015). All about that base: Differing player experiences in video game genres and the unique case of MOBA games. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2265–2274. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82070
- Jones, C., Scholes, L., Johnson, D., Katsikitis, M. & Carras, M. (2014). Gaming well: links between videogames and flourishing mental health. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82539
- Title
- Engaging Augmented Reality on 3D Head Up Displays to Reduce Risky Driving
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100979
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- Make and Connect: Enabling People to Connect through their Things
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150104001
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Human-Computer Interaction; Participatory Design; User-centred Design
- Title
- Visual Analytics for Next Generation Sequencing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100574
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Visual Analytics; Bioinformatics - Next Generation Sequencing; Big Data - Large Scale Visualisation