Humor researchers, game designers, human-computer interaction researchers, interactive media researchers, comedy writers, and artists are invited to contribute to this event.
Held in conjunction with INTETAIN 2014, 6th International Conference on Intelligen Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, that will take place in Chicago, United States,
July 9–11, 2014. http://www.intetain.org/2014/show/home
Game-based learning is one of the current buzzwords almost everywhere, even if the successful examples are few and far between. The worldwide systems movement could greatly benefit from a critical survey of research and insight in this field, furthering the application of game based learning principles to various fields within the scope of the conference.
The European Serious Games Awards aims to celebrate the best works on games for learning in Europe. Organized by GALA (an European Network of Excellence dedicated to research on Serious Games), these awards are based on a scientific analysis of the games by members of GALA and experts from the GALA network . We will evaluate the learning qualities of the submitted games, in order to reward the best ones. We will also give an award to students doing research on games for learning.
Concordia University and the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre (www.tag.hexagram.ca) are offering substantial 3 year PhD recruitment awards (up to $25,000 CAD per year not including other awards and fellowships) for students wishing to pursue graduate work in humanities/cultural studies related game studies. This initiative is offered in conjunction with a 7 year Canadian network grant called IMMERSe (the Interactive and Multi-Modal Experience Research Syndicate) which involves researchers and students at the University of Waterloo, University of California at Davis, McMaster University and Ryerson University (amongst others).
Uppsala University invites applicants for no less than two senior lecturers at the Game design department at campus Gotland. (Gotland is an island in the Baltic, but close enough to Uppsala by air travel.) The details can be found at http://www.uu.se/en/jobs/?positionId=29544 .
Deadline for applying is January 13th, 2014.
In spite of preservation and accessibility issues, the history of video games has become a topic of interest for a growing community of scholars and museum curators around the world. In Digital Play (2003), Stephen Kline, Greig de Peuter and Nick Dyer-Witheford invited us to understand video games as a complex network of interactions between industrial structures, technological innovations and sociocultural exchanges. In doing so, they also provided us with a useful tool to map out which areas have been explored more thoroughly, and which have been left out.
Two faculty positions available starting next autumn.
One in design/tech, including CI in games and PCG:
https://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=159688&departmentId=3439&uiculture=en&MediaId=1282
And one in game studies:
http://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=159690&DepartmentId=3439&MediaId=1282
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Quinnipiac University invites applications for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Game Design and Development to begin August 2014.
Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 2 years
Extent: 100 %
Location: Department of Education, Communication and Learning, Göteborg
First day of employment: by agreement
Reference number: PER 2013/493