Daisy Abbott

Daisy Abbott is a Research Developer at the School of Innovation and Technology, The Glasgow School of Art. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary research in game-based learning, serious games, and digital heritage visualization. She holds a PhD in Game-based approaches in Higher Education (2025) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Her research explores the application of games for teaching research skills in academia, digital heritage preservation, and decolonizing narratives through augmented reality. Key projects include the AHRC-funded 'Decolonising the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 through Augmented Reality Narratives' (2024-25) and the EPSRC-supported SECRIOUS project (2020-23), which developed cybersecurity education through game design.

Abbott has published widely on serious game design methodologies and co-designed tools like the Empire 3D semantic annotation system. She serves as a peer reviewer for serious game journals and the AHRC/EPSRC funding bodies.

• Grants: £1m EPSRC grant (SECRIOUS), AHRC grants for digital heritage projects, Creative Founders Fund for game-based research skills training.
• Teaching: Leads courses on academic research skills and serious game design at postgraduate levels.
• Labs/Teams: Part of the Digital Design Studio and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on projects like the Agents of Change Toolkit.