Interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of applied linguistics, game studies, digital media, and intercultural communication.

My research examines how videogames and other narrative-rich interactive media function as cultural, pedagogical, and communicative environments, with particular attention to intercultural learning, cultural representation, identity, memory, social values, environmental imagination, and player meaning-making.

I hold a PhD from the University of Limerick, where my doctoral research investigated the pedagogical potential of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) role-playing games for cultivating intercultural communicative competence in higher education.

My work combines qualitative and interpretive approaches across applied linguistics, game studies, media studies, and cultural analysis, positioning videogames both as interactive cultural artefacts and as environments through which players encounter, interpret, and negotiate cultural meanings.

Game Studies and Digital Culture

Digital Game-Based Learning and Technology-Enhanced Educatio

Intercultural Communication and Intercultural Learning

Videogames, Cultural Representation and Identity

Narrative, Ludonarrative and Interactive Media Analysis

Digital Media, Cultural Memory and Environmental Imagination

Content-Based Instruction and Language Education

Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Mediation