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
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
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
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
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”
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