WUR GAME HUB
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DESIGN A PLACE FOR SERIOUS GAMES AT WUR
Serious games are a well-developed participatory research approach to learn about, discuss and explore complexity. By playing a game that mimics part(s) of the real system, stakeholders explore the potential impacts of their actions, while sharing their knowledge and understanding of the functioning of the system at hand.
One of the most successful examples of game research is the companion modelling approach (ComMod), which aims to facilitate social learning about complex social-ecological systems among diverse actors. ComMod estabilished certain rules among reserachers on how to apply this method responsibly. Others Dutch universities such as Delft (Delft GameLab) and Utrecht (Utrecht Game Research) have made place to discuss gaming. In Wageningen serious games are widely used in many different disciplines, but no common place has been designed for connecting researchers who apply this method. The WUR Games Hub aim to create a dialogue among scientists to foster a common understanding on how to design, apply and assess this method. This Games Hub plan to assemble a small group of researchers at WUR (PhD students and Postdocs from different chair groups and PhD schools).
This Hub aims to develop a multi-disciplinary understanding on serious games and to develop the following activities: - Program regular meetings for discussion or game presentation - Invite guest researchers to share their games - Develop a protocol from the design to the assessment of serious games - Discuss games as a transdisciplinary tool for bridging science and society and as a transformative learning tool for education.
---- Game Research at lunch:
Friday 9 December 2022
- Part 1 from: 14:00 – 15:30
- Part 2 from: 15:30 – 17:00 ( Drinks and Snacks included)
Location: Plus Ultra 2| Training room
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Programme |
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13:30 – 15:15 |
A carousel of serious games to experience and engage with games made by |
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WUR researchers and students (SESAM games, Ludi Soli, FoodForestFriends and more); |
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Break |
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15:30 – 17:00 |
An open space setting to reflect and explore the common ground |
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between dialogue and serious games with game and dialogue experts. |
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17:00 – |
Drinks and snacks |
Presence
To help us avoid food waste and prepare for the day, please register your presence here. Feel free to forward this invitation to any interested colleagues, students or friends.
We look forward to an eventful session with you on the 9th of December.
For more information, please contact Federico Andreotti (federico.andreotti@wur.nl) or Jillian Student (jillian.student@wur.nl)