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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 2021 of representatives from different academic institutions and experienced professionals with an interdisciplinary background:

Dr. Andrea Frank

Portrait 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

Prof. Dr. Willy Kriz

Portrait 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

Dr. Heide Lukosch

Portrait 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

Dr. Max Monauni

Portrait 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    

Prof. Dr. Stefan Rappenglück

Portrait 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

Dr. Sebastian Schwägele

Portrait Dr. Sebastian Schwägele

Playful Insights GbR, Owner, Managing Partner

  • Facilitation of change processes using playful and visual methods
  • Research and publication activities focussing didactical aspects of simulation and gaming
  • Board member of SAGSAGA

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Trautwein (Chair)

Portrait Prof. Dr. Friedrich Trautwein

DHBW Stuttgart, Academic Head of the ZMS

  • Certified simulation game supervisor
  • 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”

Dipl. Soz. Eric Treske

Portrait 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).