PhD studentship: Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales. @ Imperial College w/ industry partner King, deadline March 1
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Sebastian Deterding
Jan 21, 2025, 5:58:07 AMJan 21
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Sebastian
PhD studentship: Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London & Nottingham University w/ industry partner King, deadline March 1 2025
Link to full posting: https://bit.ly/casual-phd
# The project
What makes people stick to a mobile game for days, months, or years? This interdisciplinary, data-intensive PhD project unpacks casual game engagement across time scales. The PhD works closely with industry partner King (now part of Microsoft Gaming), providing data access to over 200 million active players of Candy Crush Saga. The project combines longitudinal mixed methods with interpretable machine learning. Housed in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, in collaboration with N/Lab at University of Nottingham, it is supervised by experts in game engagement, explainable AI, behavioural analytics, and user experience. It offers a unique opportunity to impact responsible industry practice and policy guidance in games; experience state of the art data science in the games industry; and learn advanced machine learning methods for social science.
# Key info
- 3.5 years fully funded PhD (home tuition fees + £21,237 stipend per year) through an ESRC London Interdisciplinary Social Science DTP Case Studentship
- Enrolled at Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, affiliated with N/Lab, University of Nottingham
- Close collaboration with King, makers of Candy Crush
- Supervised by Sebastian Deterding, Matthew Wicker, James Goulding, and Muriel Garreta-Domingo
- Application deadline: March 1, 2025
- Interviews: Week of March 17, 2025
- PhD start date: October 1, 2025
# To learn more
- Check https://bit.ly/casual-phd (tab “Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales)
- Contact Sebastian Deterding at s.deterding at imperial dot ac dot uk, subject “LISS DTP: Casual Game Engagement”
Link to full posting: https://bit.ly/casual-phd
# The project
What makes people stick to a mobile game for days, months, or years? This interdisciplinary, data-intensive PhD project unpacks casual game engagement across time scales. The PhD works closely with industry partner King (now part of Microsoft Gaming), providing data access to over 200 million active players of Candy Crush Saga. The project combines longitudinal mixed methods with interpretable machine learning. Housed in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, in collaboration with N/Lab at University of Nottingham, it is supervised by experts in game engagement, explainable AI, behavioural analytics, and user experience. It offers a unique opportunity to impact responsible industry practice and policy guidance in games; experience state of the art data science in the games industry; and learn advanced machine learning methods for social science.
# Key info
- 3.5 years fully funded PhD (home tuition fees + £21,237 stipend per year) through an ESRC London Interdisciplinary Social Science DTP Case Studentship
- Enrolled at Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, affiliated with N/Lab, University of Nottingham
- Close collaboration with King, makers of Candy Crush
- Supervised by Sebastian Deterding, Matthew Wicker, James Goulding, and Muriel Garreta-Domingo
- Application deadline: March 1, 2025
- Interviews: Week of March 17, 2025
- PhD start date: October 1, 2025
# To learn more
- Check https://bit.ly/casual-phd (tab “Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales)
- Contact Sebastian Deterding at s.deterding at imperial dot ac dot uk, subject “LISS DTP: Casual Game Engagement”
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