Skip to main content
Zur Startseite der DHBW Stuttgart
DE  |  EN
The Centre for Management Simulation (ZMS)
The Centre for Management Simulation (ZMS)
Zur Startseite der DHBW Stuttgart ZMS DHBW Stuttgart

The Jury

The selection of the prize winners from the entered academic theses requires a top-class jury.

The jury of the German Simulation And Gaming Award consists of representatives from different academic institutions and experienced professionals with an interdisciplinary background:

Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Andrea Frank

Dr. Andrea Frank

University of Birmingham, Teaching Fellow at Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • Teaching on Sustainable Urban Design, English for Planners and International Planning Principles
  • Cooperative, self-directed and experimental learning
  • Development/Application of simulation games in research and urban/enviromental planning
Show larger version for: Dr. Maria Freese

Dr. Maria Freese

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Group leader “Work Research & Industry 5.0“

  • She combines the disciplines of psychologie and engineering sciences
  • Research with and on serious and simulation games
  • Member of the SAGSAGA Executive Board, member of ISAGA
[Translate to English:] Portrait Silke Geithner

Prof. Dr. Silke Geithner

Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Rector of the University and Professor of Leadership and Organisation in Social and Health Care Management

  • Member of the SAGSAGA Executive Board
  • Passionate about playful teaching and learning methods and researching their learning effects
  • LEGO® Serious Play® & PLAYMOBIL pro® Facilitator
Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Willy Kriz

Prof. Dr. Willy Kriz

FH (Polytechnic), University of Applied Sciences, Professor for Human Resource Management

  • Founder member of SAGSAGA
  • Development and realization of simulation games
  • Director of and lecturer at the ISAGA summer school
Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Heide Lukosch

Dr. Heide Lukosch

Human Interface Technology Lab New Zealand, Academic Staff

  • Media and Social Scientist
  • Designing and evaluation of simulation games for complex systems
  • Chair of ISAGA, member of the Academic Committee of SAGSAGA
Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Max Monauni

Prof. Dr. Max Monauni

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lecturer for Controlling und simulation-based Learning

  • Dr. rer. pol. in Strategic Planning, Master in Controlling, Finance & Accounting
  • Facilitation of >200 simulation-based workshops, leadership trainings and lectures
  • Research and publications on simulation game concepts and use of gamification elements as well as blended learning with simulation games   
Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Stefan Rappenglück

Dr. Stefan Rappenglück

Lecturer for Political Science/European Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Munich

  • Developer and trainer of political simulation games
  • Research and multiple publications concerning also educational-didactic aspects of the simulation game method
  • Conferral of Doctorate on the subject of Simulation Games
Show larger version for: [Translate to English:] Portrait Friedrich Trautwein

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Trautwein (Chair)

DHBW Stuttgart, Scientific Director of the ZMS

  • Co-responsible for the research forum on SG, the European Simulation and Gaming Forum as well as the ZMS publication series on SG
  • Research on methodological and didactic aspects of SG
  • Honoured with the state teaching award for outstanding and innovative concepts on facilitation of SG