“Change makers don’t understand games; game makers don’t understand change”

IMMORTALITY is not what most people would think of when they think of video games. Image: Whynow gaming.

Dr. Joost Vervoort from the faculty of Geosciences has just uploaded an opinion piece about the current state of interaction between policy makers, activists and game developers. Being involved as a researcher in the ANTICIPLAY project and currently in STRATEGIES has made him realize that there is a “huge rift” between these parties. That is why he calls for these parties to “step into each other’s worlds”, as he elaborates with for example anecdotes from teaching students and some examples of recent sustainability focused games, where activist organisations work together with game developers to create wonderful sustainability-focused serious games. The full article can be found HERE.

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dr. Joost Vervoort

 Joost Vervoort is Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination in the Environmental Governance Group at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. His research focuses on how different imaginations of the future connect to action in the present.

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