ROBIN J.S. SLOAN
Education & AWARDS
Scottish Crucible
2015
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
2011, Abertay Universiy
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2010
PGCE Higher Education Teaching
2010, Abertay University
BA (Hons) Computer Arts (1st Class)
2005, Abertay University
EMPLOYMENT
Senior Lecturer
2018-, Abertay Universiy
Lecturer
2011-2018, Abertay Universiy
Lecturer
2010-2011, Dundee College
Post-Production
2006-2007, I-play
Game Art
2005-2006, Genuine Games / YooStar
teaching & examination experience
writing
HE Leadership
Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Game Design and Production Management, Abertay University, 2016-
Taught Programmes
BA (Hons) Computer Arts
BA (Hons) Sound and Music for Games
BA (Hons) Game Design and Production Management
BA (Hons) Visual Communication and Media Design
BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology
BSc (Hons) Computer Games Application Development
MA Game Art and Animation
MProf Game Development
Research Degree Supervision
Santiago Martinez (PhD), Co-supervisor, 2011-2013 (Completed)
Orion Mavridou (PhD), Lead Supervisor, 2014-2019 (Completed)
Kym Primrose (MRes), Lead Supervisor, 2014-2016 (Completed)
Emilie Reed (PhD), Co-supervisor, 2015-2019 (Completed)
Vedant Sansare (MbR), Lead Supervisor, 2018-2019 (Completed)
Ken Fee (PhD), Lead Supervisor, 2015-
Alexander Tarvet (PhD), Lead Supervisor, 2017-
Grant Clarke (PhD), Co-Supervisor, 2018-
Brian Robinson (PhD), Co-Supervisor, 2019-
Other Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer, EUCROMA, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014
Guest Lecturer, MIT Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2012
Guest Lecturer, Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway, 2009
External Examination
BA (Hons) Game Art, University of Northampton, 2013-2017
MSc Digital Media Production, Oxford Brookes University, 2017-
External Validation and Approval
BA (Hons) Game Art, Staffordshire University, 2015
FdSc and BSc (Hons) Games Development, SSR Manchester, 2015
MDes Digital Culture, The Glasgow School of Art, 2013
Research Degree Examination
PhD, Abertay University, UK, 2019
PhD, The Glasgow School of Art, UK, 2018
PhD, Griffith University, Australia, 2016
research and knowledge exchange funding
TOTAL FUNDING: > £3,600,000
Living histories of sugar in Scotland and the West Indies: Transnationalisms, performance and co-creation
Funded by AHRC, 2020-2022
InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise
Funded by AHRC, 2018-2023
Visualizing Sugaropolis: Interdisciplinary recreations of Greenock's transnational past
Funded by British Academy / Leverhulme, 2018-2019
Design challenge internships
Funded by Hymans Robertson LLP, 2017
Dundee and me: How the city shapes our moods
Funded by University of Dundee/Wellcome Trust, 2017
A computer game to educate the public about cancer progression
Funded by University of Dundee/Wellcome Trust, 2017
Breaking the chain
Funded by the European Commission, 2017
Games and media facilitated e-learning
Funded by Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, 2016-2018
Process, product and play: Research in support of videogames exhibition
Funded by Association of Art Historians, 2016
Carnegie Trust educational game
Funded by the Carnegie Trust, 2016
Play to promote: Developing games for the communication and promotion of science
Funded by Scottish Crucible, 2015
Sugaropolis: Transnational foodways and dietary change in Scotland
Funded by Scottish Crucible, 2015
Developing sustainable interdisciplinary team projects for the new Abertay curriculum
Funded by ATLEF, 2014
NCR retail games concept design
Funded by NCR, 2012
NCR design visualisation project
Funded by NCR, 2011
Facilitating interdisciplinary learning and innovation in game art education
Funded by HEA, 2011
professional activities
Creative Industries Research Theme Leader
Abertay University, 2017-
Peer Review College Member
Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2017-2020
Panel Member
Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities (SGSAH), 2018-
Treasurer
Scottish Media and Communication Association (SMCA), 2013-
Editorial Board
Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds (Intellect), 2017-
The Computer Games Journal (Springer), 2014-
Committee Member
ICGJ 2018: The 3rd International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events
DiGRA 2017: The 10th Digital Games Research Association Conference
HCI 2013: The 26th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
HCI 2012: The 25th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
Judging Panel
A MAZE 2018
Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2017, 2018
Games 4 Health 2017
public engagement & outreach
Exhibitions
PLAYER: Videogames from Atari to Toys to Life, Exhibition, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Summer 2016
Festivals
Gaming and Digital Technology Weekend, Dundee Science Festival, Dundee, November 2016
Science in the City, Sensation Science Centre, Dundee, January-February 2010
Dundee Science Festival, DISC, Dundee, October 2009
Dare Protoplay, EICC, Edinburgh, August 2009
Public Lectures
Dundee Science Centre, November 2016
Cafe Arts, McManus Galleries, Dundee, November 2010
FilmCamp, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, September 2010
School Talks and Workshops
Hayshead Primary School, Arbroath, Angus, 2016
Possible Worlds course, Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, Fife, 2013-2016