John has been studying for his PhD at the University of Huddersfield since January 2017. He first obtained his degree in Psychology with Criminology at the university in 2009, and then returned to complete his MSc in Investigative Psychology in 2016.

His current research interests include: child abuse/exploitation, sexual assault and rape among young adults and male sexual assault. For the completion of his PhD, John is currently researching sexual assault and rape amongst young people in the UK.

John has joined the Ni3 centre as a Research Assistant. He works closely with the Games Team to support the production of publications regarding the development of each game.