DrMark Johnson

Dr Mark Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Discipline of Media and Communications. He is the Co-Director of the University of Sydney Game and Play Lab and a globally leading authority on website Twitch.tv, and game live streaming / live streaming more generally. He has published extensively on these topics, as well as on esports and competitive gaming, and the gamblification of digital games. Alongside his academic research Dr Johnson is also an independent game developer, a regular games blogger and podcaster, and a commentator on gaming news in radio, print and television. He is best known outside the academy as the developer of the roguelike game Ultima Ratio Regum, and he tweets regularly about games research and game design from mrj_games.

Before coming to Sydney Dr Johnson completed his doctoral work in sociology at the University of York in England, after which he took up postdoctoral positions at the University of York, Goldsmiths College University of London, and the University of Alberta. He joined the University of Sydney in 2019.