Steffi Davey

Researcher

Steffi is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University with a BSc in Interactive Media with Animation. During her studies, she completed a placement year working alongside psychologists conducting research focused on the perception of actions in virtual environments. After she graduated Steffi worked developing high fidelity, interactive tools to train students in the faculty of Health and Wellbeing. She later went on to work in industry as an e-learning developer before returning to research. 

Steffi joined the CENTRIC Serious Games Team back in 2015, her work here revolves around creating innovative, engaging and fun learning tools using modern technologies such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Since working in CENTRIC Steffi has also completed a PGCert in Psychology expand her knowledge and interest in the psychology of learning and design. 

Publications

  • Bayerl, P. S., Davey, S., Lohrmann, P., & Saunders, J. (). Evaluating Serious Game Trainings. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 149-169). Springer, Cham.
  • Redhead, A., & Davey, S. (). Serious Games for First Responders. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 173-188). Springer, Cham.
  • Hancock, P., Saunders, J., Davey, S., Day, T., & Akhgar, B. (). ATLAS: Preparing Field Personnel for Crisis Situations. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 189-193). Springer, Cham.
  • Saunders, J., Davey, S. Bayerl, P.S. & Lohrmann, P. (). Validating Virtual Reality as an Effective Training Medium in the Security Domain. In: IEEE 2019 Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR). Japan, 1908-1911.