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 2023 of representatives from different academic institutions and experienced professionals with an interdisciplinary background:

[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

[Translate to English:] Portrait Maria Freese

Dr. Maria Freese

Delft University of Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer

She combines the disciplines of psychologie and engineering sciences
Research with and on serious and simulation games
Board member of SAGSAGA, member of ISAGA

[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

[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
Board member of ISAGA, member of the Academic Committee of SAGSAGA

[Translate to English:] Portrait Max Monauni

Dr. Max Monauni

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

Facilitation of >100 business game based lectures, management training and strategy conferences
Research and publications on gamification elements and blended learning in combination with simulation game concepts
Doctoral thesis on "Conversion concepts for production networks

[Translate to English:] Portrait Stefan Rappenglück

Prof. Dr. Stefan Rappenglück

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

Developer and trainer
Research and multiple publications concerning also educational-didactic aspects of the simulation game method
Conferral of Doctorate on the subject of Simulation Games

[Translate to English:] Portrait Friedrich Trautwein

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Trautwein (Vorsitz)

DHBW Stuttgart, Academic Head of the ZMS

Responsible for the Planspiel-Forschungs-Forum (research forum on SG), the European Simulation and Gaming Forum as well as the ZMS publication series on the topic of simulation games
Research concerning also educational-didactic aspects of the simulation game method
Conferral of Doctorate on the subject of “Occupational Decision-Making and Responsibility as Objective of Studies”

[Translate to English:] Portrait Eric Treske

Dipl. Soz. Eric Treske

intrestik - Owner

Playful moderation of participation processes
Development of simulation games for mobility and urban development
Board member of SAGSAGA

The submitted theses will be judged by the jury according to generally accepted academic criteria (especially relevance with regard to context and added value for the sciences and / or professionals). Deliberations will not be public and selection decision is final. The winners will be informed in writing immediately (no later than 3 weeks before the Award Ceremony).