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JT Velikovsky

(He/Him/His)
Evolutionary Culturologist, University of Newcastle

Dr J T Velikovsky is a PhD in Evolutionary Culturology. He has also been a professional filmmaker, game designer and videogame historian for 20 years, and is also a story analyst for major film studios, a judge for the Writers and Director’s guilds, and is a million-selling transmedia author (films, videogames, television, novels).

In 1999-2000 he was the National Videogames Market Analyst for Australia.

His doctoral research blog on High-RoI Films is: http://storyality.wordpress.com/

Dr. J T Velikovsky Ph.D

Evolutionary Culturologist (Meta-meta-Scientist)

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-066X

Academia: https://newcastle-au.academia.edu/JTVelikovsky

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jt-Velikovsky

Dr JT Velikovsky PhD is: the Information Scientist/Communication Scientist/Creativity Scientist who discovered the structure & function of all units of culture, and is the Founder of the meta-meta-Science of Evolutionary Culturology, in 2016.

He received his Ph.D. in Communication Science from The Newcastle School of Creativity.

His PhD dissertation, Communication, Creativity and Consilience in Cinema: A comparative study of the top 20 Return-on-Investment (RoI) Movies and the Doxa of Screenwriting’ (free online at his PhD weblog, StoryAlity), examined cultural evolution & creativity within the economics of the domain of Cinema (movies), and resulted in the 02016 scientific discovery of the fractal HOLON/parton structure & function of all units of culture. (Namely, discovery of the fractal HOLON/parton structure, function, & 3 Laws of all culture & biology.)

Velikovsky of Newcastle is also a member of the Cultural Evolution Society, AppEEL, and the Philosophy of Science Association.

He is also a million-selling, multi-award-winning transmedia writer (videogames, movies, television, books, songs, comics), filmmaker, songwriter, and actor. See: https://on-writering.blogspot.com/2023/02/online-multimedia-showreel-02023.html

Experience

  • 2012–2016
    Doctoral Candidate, University of Newcastle

Education

  • 1997 
    Australian Film Television and Radio School, Screenwriting Postgraduate Certificate
  • 1994 
    University of Newcastle, BA (Communication)

Professional Memberships

  • Cultural Evolution Society (CES)
  • Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
  • The Newcastle School of Creativity, Newcastle NSW Australia
  • The Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab (AppEEL)