Institutions

ABSEL - Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning

•  Organiser of the annual ABSEL conference and professional association with a special focus on business simulations.

DiGRA - Digital Games Research Association

• DiGRA is the premiere international association for academics and professionals who research digital games and associated phenomenais

game - The German Games Industry Association

• game is the association of the German games industry with members from game development, publishing and many other players in the games industry such as esports companies, educational institutions and service providers. The association is also a co-organizer of gamescom, the world's largest event for computer and video games

HEVGA - Higher Education Video Game Alliance

• HEVGA is a platform for higher education leaders to underscore the cultural, scientific, and economic importance of video game programs 

ISAGA - International Simulation and Gaming Association

• ISAGA is the international organisation for the science and practice of simulations, business games and related methods.

JASAG

• JASAG - Japan Association of Simulation And Gaming

NASAGA

• NASAGA - North American Simulation and Gaming Association

PTBG - Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier

• The Polish Society for Games Research (PTBG) is the first academic ludological society in Poland. It brings together researchers and students from numerous universities as well as people from other professions and also "practitioners" - players and designers - who are all concerned with the phenomenon of games.

SAGAnet - Simulation and Gaming Association The Netherlands

• SAGAnet is the regional S&G association in the Netherlands.

SAGSAGA - Swiss Austrian German Simulation and Gaming Association

• SAGSAGA is the German speaking Association of Simulation and Gaming.

SAGSET - Society for the Advancement of Games and Simulation in Education and Training

SAGSET sees itself as an interdisciplinary, voluntary and professional society for promoting the further development of S&G methods.

SSAGSG - Society of Simulation and Gaming of Singapore

• SSAGSG (Society of Simulation and Gaming of Singapore) is a non-profit professional organization set up to contribute to the development of Simulation and Gaming in Singapore and the region.

TaiwanSG

• TaiwanSG is a professional association for researcher, teachers, trainers, practitioners and other professionals. Its aim is to enable and promote the sharing of expertise in the field of simulation, gaming, educational robot and serious games for teaching, learning, development and assessment.

ThaiSim

• The Thai Simulation and Gaming Association

CAP - Centre for Applied Policy Research

• The Youth and Europe Research Group is part of the Centre for Applied Policy Research at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. The simulation games of the Research Group Youth and Europe teach young people about complex topics and structures of the European Union in a playful way.

Institute for Management Simulation IMS - University of Applied Sciences Pforzheim

• The IMS of the Faculty of Business and Law at Pforzheim University aims to promote teaching and improve the quality of teaching.

Laboratory for business simulations - University of Applied Sciences Berlin

• Laboratory for business simulations at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin: A computer laboratory with five separate rooms for the working groups is available.

Simulation game lab of DHBW Karlsruhe

• The simulation game lab at DHBW Karlsruhe provides all the resources and services needed for the realisation of simulation game seminars and advises the teachers.

Zeppelin University's simulation laboratory Friedrichshafen

• In Zeppelin University's simulation laboratory, complex topics are taught in a playful way through simulation games and simulations.

TPM Serious Gaming and Simulation - TU Delft

• The TPM Serious Gaming and Simulation at TU Delft designs and develops serious games and simulation games for learning, training and research purposes.

ZEEB - Simulation Lab

• The ZEEB - Simulation Lab is part of the Centre for Empirical and Experimental Business Administration at DHBW Mannheim. The task of the Simulation Lab is the coordination and organisation of business game events.

Centre for Interactive Learning - Emden-Leer University of Applied Sciences

• The Centre for Interactive Learning (Simulation Game Centre) at Emden-Leer University of Applied Sciencesis responsible for the organisation and implementation of business games and workshops across all departments. It offers simulation game infrastructure and support in the development and application of its own as well as externally acquired simulation games. The ZMS cooperates with the centre in the form of a partnership.

ZMS - Centre for Management Simulation

• As service and research centre ZMS intensifies and optimizes the usage of simulation games at the Faculty of Business at DHBW Stuttgart.

BIBB - federal institute of vocational education and training

• BIBB maintains the BIBB-Planspielforum on its website, which is part of the multimedia publication "Planspiele in der beruflichen Bildung".

BMBF - Federal Ministry of Education and Research

• The BMBF runs business start-up games, virtual enterprises, online competitions for pupils (e.g. "Jugend gründet") and much more.

BpB - Federal Agency for Civic Education

• The Federal Agency for Civic Education maintains a simulation game database with descriptions of simulation games for use in school and extracurricular civic education.

Foundation for digital games culture

• The Foundation for digital games culture develops formats and initiates cooperations and projects hightlighting the manifold ways games can contribute to digitization and social change.