On August 27th, Dr. John Muñoz (Wilfrid Laurier University) released his first patent that uses biofeedback technology to explore how we approach tense situations.
Games Institute (GI) faculty member Dr. Igor Grossmann (Psychology), in collaboration with his team at Wisdom and Culture Lab, successfully secured a $1.5 million grant for their “Wisdom across cultures beyond traditional decision-making paradigms” project.
The Games Institute (GI) welcomed representatives from AMD, a global leader in advanced computing technologies. The delegation toured the GI facility, exploring GI labs and learning about ongoing research that are currently taking place at the GI.
This past summer, Drs. Pejman Babaei (Ontario Tech University) and Jennifer Whiston (Sociology and Legal Studies) launched the Changing Gamedev Life, a podcast dedicated to showcasing stories and experiences of people working within the games industry.
On August 8th, Dr. Emma Vossen was featured on the Continuing Studies Podcast series in the episode entitled “Game On: How the Games Institute Uses Podcasting to Expand Research and Diversity.”
GI members launches open-access feminist journal. This journal comes out of Drs. Wiens and MacDonald’s Feminist Think Tank, a research collective based at the GI, focusing on intersectional feminist design.
After completing our Interdisciplinary HQP Workshop pilot series with student members at the GI, we’re happy to see GI faculty contributing to the conversation on the faculty level with the support of the Office of Research and the Faculty of Arts.
This year’s Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 1 to July 5. 12 GI members and alumni presented their on-going research, facilitated workshops, and participated in panels.
Congratulations to all who were accepted, attended, and presented!
From June 27th to 28th, GI members presented and attended UWaterloo’s in-person conference that brought together international and local scholars from various disciplines to demonstrate the different ways our communities can—and should—foster trust within academia.
From June 6th to June 27th, the Games Institute (GI) ran a series of four workshops aimed at engaging GI student members on navigating the complexities of interdisciplinary research.