Explore our collection of past webinars, featuring insightful talks by game developers who are making a difference. Each webinar delves into the unique ways games can address and solve humanitarian issues, offering inspiration and knowledge to both developers and humanitarian advocates.

Past Webinars:

  • Title: Antura And The Letters
  • Date: 10th of December, 2024
  • Time: 14:00 CEST
  • Guest: Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Guardiola We are excited to announce the next session of the Humanitarian Game Network’s webinar series, where we explore the intersection of game design and humanitarian impact. Our guest is Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Guardiola. Prof. Dr Emmanuel Guardiola is a Professor of Game Design at the Cologne Game Lab, and the founder of the HGN. In game design research, he focuses on the way that gameplay experiences can have an impact on education, health, psychology, or humanitarian causes. He is showcasing the game Antura and the Letters, which aims to aid children that have no access to education due to the conflicts they are surrounded by. It has received numerous international awards in the field of education and humanitarianism.
    For more information, see the Antura and the Letters website at: https://www.antura.org/
  • Title: AFTERSHOCK: A Humanitarian Crisis Game
  • Date: 14th of October, 2024
  • Guest: Prof. Dr. Rex Brynen, McGill University
  • Bio: Prof. Dr. Rex Brynen is Professor of political science at McGill University and senior editor of the conflict simulation website PAXsims. He is designer of the board game AFTERSHOCK (on coordination challenges during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations) and was a member of the core design team for the digital simulations Outbreak READY! and Outbreak READY 2: Thailand in Crisis (designed to strengthen the operational and health technical readiness of non-governmental organizations to respond to large-scale infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian contexts). In addition to his academic works he has worked as a consultant on peacebuilding, forced displacement, and development assistance to the government of Canada, UN agencies, and the World Bank.
  • For more information, see the AFTERSHOCK website at: https://paxsims.wordpress.com/aftershock/

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