Professor Leighton Evans
BSc (Econ.), PGCE, MA, PhD, fHEA, FLSW
Professor of Media Theory, Swansea University
Professor Evans’ research explores virtual and augmented reality, digital games, and social media, with a focus on presence, identity and culture in immersive technologies. He has authored multiple books, shaped the new GCSE in film and digital media as a subject expert for Qualifications Wales, and won the Learned Society of Wales Dillwyn Medal for Social Sciences in 2023.