Dio Moore has a multidisciplinary background in both the arts and academic research;

• 2014 LARP awards winner for Best New LARP

• 2014 LARP awards runner up for Best Medium LARP

• Studied Archaeology and Ancient History BA at University of Liverpool

• Studied Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies MSc at University of Strathclyde

• 2026 participant in Digital Crip Camp at FACT (funded by the BFI)

• 2026 participant in BRiGHTBLACK’s Electric Dreaming AI Lab

His prior work has looked at;

• The development and implementation of long-form role playing scenarios as a way to explore nuanced topics without social repercussion (Dark Tempus)

• Commensalism; reciprocal relationships between humans and animals prior to domestication

• Exploring and contextualising the shifting reception of sex and sexuality through time, using the material record

• Archiving; ways in which immersive technologies (photogrammetry, VR, etc) can be implemented in order to provide access to historical artefacts on a wider scale, including those in museum stores/private collections

• Research as introspection; using genealogy to contextualise personal experience

• Queer history; how it’s recorded, why it’s recorded, who it’s recorded by, and who it’s recorded for