The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Gianni's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Gianni

Associate Professor in Interactive Media 
CODEX PhD Director and Network Coordinator
Joint programme coordinator with Nanjing University of the Arts (NUA)
i-DAT Creative Producer

Supervised Research Degrees

PhD – Tommaso Maggio “A Framework For Syncretic Pluriversal Narrative: Somaesthetics And Consciousness In Thai Design Education ” – Completed 2023

PhD - Jie Yan “#Instafood: a speculative design exploration of the eating experience, perception, fabrication, and consumption.” – Completed 2024

PhD - Christiana Kazakou “Un-Framing Transiting Trajectories: A ‘Beyond Disciplinary’ Approach To Curating In The Context Of Art And Science Discourse”. Funded by the 3D3 Center for doctoral training, Arts & Humanities Research Council – Completed 2025

PhD - Shuo Qi “Mapping Place and Attachment - a study of morphological and social attachment of Qingdao Liyuan in the context of cultural, ecological, economic, political and social challenges. ”.– expected completion 2026

PhD - Yan Feng “A Practice-Based Exploration of Natural dye in Fashion and Textile Design Application.” – expected completion 2026

PhD - Yaojiong Yu “Inspiration Mobile Augmented Reality Interactive Story System (IMARISS): Design and Optimization for Story Creation Phase” – expected completion 2026

PhD - Haoyun Jiang “Sustainable Innovation Design Towards Carbon Neutrality ThroughMarine Ecosystems” – expected completion 2026

PhD - Alexandra Carr “Reconceptualising co-design within contemporary practice: an exploration of human-matter relations” – expected completion 2026

PhD - Elizabeth Coulter-Smith “Creative Deep Learning: A Multimodal Exploratory Computational Art Practice” – expected completion 2027

PhD - Yuming Chen “Real-Time Emotion-Driven AI Art” – expected completion 2028

PhD - Shiyuan Liu “Virtual narrative of XR media in digital archive” – expected completion 2028

PhD - Haoyue Qin “Cross cultural epistemologies in game design: the use of Chinese traditional practices” – expected completion 2028

PhD - Shangren Li “Practice on Experience Optimization in Art-Based Intervention through XR and Tai Chi Philosophy” – expected completion 2028

PhD - PengPeng Yang “Gamified Learning of Hui Architectural Heritage in Youth Education:Towards Improved Structural Understanding” – expected completion 2029

Contact Gianni

( Room 205, Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586269
G.Corino@plymouth.ac.uk