Dr Kieran Nolan
Lecturer
Biography
In addition to my work as Co-Director of DkIT’s Creative Arts Research Centre, I’ve lectured full-time in Creative Media at Dundalk Institute of Technology since 2007.Over the years I’ve a built a broad base of experience and expertise in effectively designing, delivering, and assessing university level courses and modules across art, design and technology related domains.
My teaching-related training includes an MA in Learning and Teaching, and a Certificate in Postgraduate Research Supervision.
You can read more about my teaching, externing, and research on my website at kierannolan.com.
Teaching
BA (Hons) in Creative Media
Course type:
Undergraduate
Study mode:
Full-Time
Duration:
4 Years
Start date:
Sep 2025
Qualifications & Awards
Qualifications:- PhD (School of Computer Science and Statistics, and Digital Arts and Humanities PhD Programmes) (2019, TCD)
- MA in Learning and Teaching (2012, DkIT)
- MA in Interactive Media (2002, UL)
- BDes (Hons) in Digital Media (2001, LYIT)
- NDip in Design Communications (1998, LYIT)
Honours and Awards (Selected):
- Elected as Co-President for the History of Games International Conference Series, 2023.
- Winner, Experience Design Category, 21st IDI Awards, Institute of Designers in Ireland, 2020.
- Awardee, Top-Ranked LABS Abstracts, Leonardo / The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, 2020.
- Selected Exhibit, Indie Game Arena, Tokyo Game Show, 2020.
- Jury Selection, 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, 2020.
- Winner, Technical Achievement Award, Imirt Irish Game Awards, 2019.
- President’s Award for Research Excellence, Early Career Researcher (Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences), Dundalk Institute of Technology, 2017.
- Official Selection, International Symposium on Electronic Art / ISEA, Hong Kong, 2016.
- Official Selection, Out Of Index Experimental Games Festival, Seoul, 2015.
- Finalist, A MAZE International Independent Game Awards, Berlin, 2014.
- Shortlisted, Upstart Nokia N-GAGE Game Design Challenge, 2003.
- President’s Award for Academic Excellence, University of Limerick, 2002.
- Design Student of the Year, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 1998.
- Winner, Multimedia Category, Glen Dimplex Graduate Design Awards, IDI / Institute of Designers in Ireland, 1998.
Research & Interests
My research interests include Digital Art, Interactive and Immersive Design, Game Studies, Platform Histories, Anime and Manga.I'm Co-President for the History of Games International Conference series, a member of the board of reviewers for Game Studies journal, and a Management Committee member representing Ireland and workgroup co-lead for the EU funded COST action Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing (GRADE).
An up to date index of my research publications is available online at https://kierannolan.com/publications.
Publications
The publications listed below represent my 2 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD
11 February 2024
DOI: 10.1145/3623509.3635324
Type: Conference paper
23 July 2023
DOI: 10.1145/3588029.3599742
Type: Conference paper
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