*CFP* "BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE", SUMMER SCHOOL: MULTIDISCIPLINARY GAME RESEARCH

Between Theory and Practice

Summer School: Multidisciplinary Game Research

16-20 August 2021

Utrecht University [online-only]

 

This summer course provides an overview of contemporary research perspectives on games and play, bringing together perspectives from the humanities, educational sciences and social sciences. It provides participants with a holistic perspective, including aspects of analysis, critical design and validation, which is necessary to employ games and play meaningfully and productively within contemporary academia as well as society at large. The program comprises workshops by senior researchers from the Center for Game Research (Utrecht University/UU), the Departments for “Media and Culture Studies” and “Information and Computing Sciences” (UU), the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (UU), Palacký University Olomouc and Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Each day is dedicated to a different angle, starting with game analysis, moving on to games for sustainability and environmental communication, games for learning, scenario-planning games and finally interactive narrative design.

The course is aimed at students (from ambitious BA and MA/MSc students to PhD candidates) as well as members of private and public sector institutions (companies, NGOs etc.) that may already utilize games or gamified systems, or aim to better understand how and when to use them.

Important: Due to the ongoing Covid-related restrictions, the course is conducted entirely online via Microsoft Teams.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until August 6th, 2021.

More information (including a tentative program) and to apply online.

 

Course leader: Dr. Stefan Werning | s.werning@uu.nl

Credits: 1,5 ECTS credits + certificate of attendance

Course Fee: € 100 (Course fee + course materials)