Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the young, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and helping them to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology …

There is an urgent need to curb emissions and mitigate climate change, and this fight requires a change in teenagers’ attitudes. In search of new approaches targeting youth, online games are seen as a promising tool for communication and education. Using the serious game 2020 Energy as a case study, …

Objective: A key aspect of psychiatric rehabilitation is supporting individuals with serious mental illness in reaching personal goals. This study aimed to investigate whether various aspects of the working alliance predict successful goal attainment and whether goal attainment improves subjective quality …

In this work, we trace and analyze some production and design choices taken during the developing of Progetto Ustica: a serious game about memory. The game tells the story of the Itavia civilian flight shot down over the Mediterranean Sea, near the island of Ustica, on June 27th, 1980. We aim at discussing …

Presentation: “A comparative quality assessment between Spanish and American serious games on climate change

Afdeling Legale & Illegale Buitenlandse Integratie, A.L.I.B.I., zo luidt de titel van de serious game die Marcel Bloemendaal en Paul Bierhaus van YipYip ontwikkelen in samenwerking met de Hogeschool Rotterdam en partners. Het doel van de game: voorkomen dat kinderen met autismespectrum-problemen vroegtijdig …

The first reason for this study is that a gap appears to exist in the available theories on corruption; very little research is available on corruption by a network, nor does the network theory thoroughly discuss the risks or pitfalls of networks. The second reason for this study is the observation that …

Risk management is considered as the core process of an effective safety management system for identifying hazards and assessing risks. However, recent fatal hull loss accidents appear to have resulted from a combination of factors, none of which can alone cause an accident or even a serious incident. …

Aims and objective To estimate the increased care demand and medical costs caused by falls in nursing homes. Background There is compelling evidence that falls in nursing homes are preventable. However, proper implementation of evidence‐based guidelines to prevent falls is often hindered by insufficient …

Nederland zit in een transitie naar de circulaire economie, een kringloopeconomie waarin zo veel mogelijk afval wordt omgezet in waardevolle producten. Het terugwinnen van grondstoffen en energie uit organische reststromen vormt één van de belangrijkste elementen van de circulaire economie. In het RAAK-MKB-project …