PhD Digital Media

University of Hull

Research in Digital Media at the University of Hull is wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, covering topics as diverse as immersive design, narrative and animation, human-computer interaction, games design and development, commercial design and visual communication. By employing real-world approaches, we develop projects that contribute to the creative economy nationally and internationally and offer practical components that drive research and innovations in cultural and creative industries. We support students’ development into articulate and critical thinkers who are acutely aware of how their work engages with current scholarship, new and emerging technology, social issues and debates within the contemporary media culture landscape. As a design and arts discipline, we do not expect high levels of technical proficiency in our researchers however a willingness to engage with advanced digital technologies is paramount. Some applicants are digital specialists and others are specialists in other areas that overlap with digital design from diverse domains including journalism, psychology, film-making and graphics. At present, we are particularly interested in PhD proposals in these areas: Immersive design and virtual reality particularly when applied to educational or health-related domains such as dementia The use of Social Media to support governmental and/or personal brands Game design or use of video game engines, with an emphasis on visualisation, immersion or representation E-learning and virtual learning technologies The impact of visual communication across multiple media forms.