Stockholm university

Digital gaming is a growing industry all over the world, and Sweden has a strong position in game development. Research in this area is also growing, incorporating concepts like storytelling, accessibility, believability, co-creation and meaningfulness.

Play is a fundamental human activity that most of won’t give up as we grow older. Playing digital games is entertaining, but it also has many other values. You can learn and develop from games, and they can be social and inclusive.

We study play as a practice in many different contexts, for example around meaningful gaming experiences, how believable characters can be built, and how people with physical, intellectual or other disabilities can have equal access to games.

Simulation is another important part of this research area. One example from research is a social simulation project connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking how people actually react and behave into account. The alternative scenarios that are created can provide important input to policymakers.

Related research subject

Computer and Systems Sciences
Genre photo: Person holding a control and playing a digital game, the photo illustrates research.
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Researchers

Tobias Falk

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Peter Idestam-Almquist

Enhetschef ACT

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Kjell Erik Näckros

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
photo of Mirjam Eladhari

Henricus Verhagen

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
Harko Verhagen

Thomas Westin

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Mats Wiklund

Universitetslektor

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Steven Bachelder

Doktorand

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Yanina Knight

PhD student

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

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Courses and programmes

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Doctoral studies

Interested in doctoral studies? The Department of Computer and Systems Sciences offers two separate four-year doctoral programmes: Computer and Systems Sciences and Information Society.

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Departments and centres

The research activities take place at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV.

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences