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I study\u00a0the transformative effects of interactive media, my research spans user experience design and evaluation, interactive digital storytelling, game studies, and virtual reality. Typical research questions are: What makes an application enjoyable and entertaining? What do users experience when using an application and what do they learn? \u00a0How to improve user experiences and application design?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#fcfcfc”][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″]
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht<\/p>\n
Within the professorship for Interactive Narrative Design<\/a>, I’m conducting\u00a0user experience studies to evaluate prototypes. My teaching includes interactive narrative design, user experience research for designers, and meaningful, transformative design (HKU Games & Interaction). I am docent at the Minor Interactive Narrative Design.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n My doctoral research was in the scope of the European FP7 project \u0010Integrating Research in Interactive\u00a0Storytelling (IRIS)\u0011, design and implementation of a user experience measurement battery to\u00a0evaluate Interactive Storytelling applications. As part of the IRIS project, I was the researcher and\u00a0project manager of the IRIS WP7 team, coordinating the e\u001bfforts of a research assistant and two MA\u00a0students in conducting experimental lab studies.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t The GameCamp Berlin<\/a> (#gcberlin) is the annual meeting of game experts in Germany’s \u201cGames<\/span>Capital\u201d Berlin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Formerly known as\u00a0researching games BarCamp, part of GamesWeek Berlin.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n Research on digital games as a challenge for the protection of minors.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t University of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany<\/p>\n As part of the Department of Journalism and Communication Research (IJK), I participated in at the Center for Youth Protection Lower-Saxony (Landesstelle Jugendschutz Niedersachsen). Development and application of strategies that integrate computer games in youth work and the training of pedagogical media. Production of the film Computer Games in the Youth Culture (German)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″] PhD in Communication Science<\/p> VU University Amsterdam<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Master of Science in Psychology<\/p> Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″] <\/li>Doctorate researcher<\/h4>
Co-founder and organisator<\/h4>
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\nthe design and analysis of studies within the EU Project: \u0010Fun of Gaming – Measuring the Human
\nExperience of Media Enjoyment (FuGa)\u0011.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\tExtern associate<\/h4>
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