DrJoanne Lloyd

I graduated in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University (St. Hilda’s College) in 2002. I went on to do a PhD in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the University of Birmingham, in which I investigated route-learning techniques for people with acquired brain injuries, using non-immersive virtual reality software.

In 2007, I returned to Oxford University where I worked as a postdoctoral researcher, and then as a senior postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry. There I carried out large scale web-based surveys of online gamblers, investigating problem gambling, motivations for gambling, comorbid mood and substance use disorders, and participation in other online activities. In 2013, I moved to the Nuffield Department of Population Health at Oxford University, where I worked on a qualitative study of treatment outcomes in schizophrenia. I worked as a Psychology Lecturer at Staffordshire University from 2014-2017, where I continued my research into gambling behaviour, branching out to begin exploring the links between gambling and gaming.

I moved to Wolverhampton University in 2017 to join the Cyberpsychology Research Group, and take up a role as lecturer in Cyberpsychology. Since moving to Wolverhampton I have continued researching the links between gaming and gambling, leading a research project funded by GambleAware, investigating loot box purchasing. I have also begun work on a Facebook-funded study exploring the factors associated with online sharing of extreme violent content. I am currently a Reader in Cyberpsychology and co-lead the Cyberpsychology Research Cluster. I am a member of the Psychology Ethics Committee and Athena Swan Self Assessment Team, and qualitative handling editor for the BJPsych Bulletin.