Associate ProfessorAaron Drummond

Dr. Aaron Drummond is a cognitive and media psychological scientist who obtained his Ph.D. in 2010. Dr. Drummond has over 20 years combined experience in the psychological antecedents and consequences of digital media and technology use, with a particular focus on their impact on human mental health. Dr. Drummond is a world leading researcher in the psychology of gaming, and one of Australia’s leading experts on gambling-related mechanisms in video games. Together with my colleague James Sauer, our research has had outstanding international impact by contributing to the scientific understanding of the risk factors associated with engagement with gambling-like mechanisms in video games, as well as contributing to the policy responses to these mechanisms both domestically and internationally. Our work has contributed to international changes in the ways that video games are classified in approximately 40 countries around the globe, and new Federal Law changes within Australia.