Dr Melissa Rogerson

I am an international expert in modern boardgames and hybrid digital boardgames, with a strong history of industry engagement, examining future design directions for people’s leisure participation. I work at the intersection of Game Studies, Board Game Studies, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), as a Senior Lecturer in HCI in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne (see my staff profile page here). 

My current research centers on the use of digital and electronic tools for hybrid tabletop game play. This is supported through two Australian Research Council funded projects:

• Hybrid Technologies for Tabletop Play (Melissa Rogerson; Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 2024-2026)

• Co-designing Innovations In Digital Storytelling with Older Adults (Jenny Waycott, Melissa Rogerson, Lucy Sparrow, and Martin Gibbs;  Discovery Project, 2024-2027)