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When urban planning and sound decision making relies on the aggregated knowledge and collaboration of many, gamification is a promising approach that allows us to explore possible futures and untangle difficult issues while having fun…or?
Welcome to a new episode of the Urban Lunch Talks series hosted by the JPI Urban Europe programme.
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In this episode of the Urban Lunch Talks series, we will investigate how serious games can be a useful tool in tackling complex planning situations, to support a better understanding of the issues at stake among stakeholders, help increase the engagement for sustainable urban development and better decision making. We want to share insights from two projects funded in JPI Urban Europe and deep-dive into learnings from these projects and discussion. In what situations are games helpful, vs not so helpful? What are the key success factors and are there any hidden traps? What are the do’s and do-nots’ when setting up your own serious game?
We will take a starting point in findings from two projects funded in the ERA-NET Cofund call Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC).
Speakers:
Glenn Lyons, Professor at the University of the West of England, and project coordinator of the TAP for uncertain future project.
Hilda Tellioglu, Associated professor at TU Wien, and main partner of the SmartHubs co-design games.
Jonas Bylund, Researcher KTH Royal Institute of Technology, with a background in the JPI Urban Europe management board with a focus on research and innovation strategy, shares insights on how serious games relates to a tradition of other exploratory methods and Urban Living Labs.
About the ENUAC projects
TAP for uncertain future explores approaches to better consider both uncertainty and different ways to strengthen accessibility through strategic transport planning. The project has developed the Triple Access Planning (TAP) system – a novel approach that considers transport, land use, and digital connectivity in combination. Workshops that helped stakeholders to co-create a mental model of the system, i.e. to understand the system. “Before you can plan how to shape a system, you really need to understand what system you’re trying to shape,” says Glenn Lyons, project coordinator and professor at the University of the West of England. One of the project’s most innovative outputs is a serious game that introduces TAP to practitioners. The game challenges its players to weigh up the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of adopting TAP in their own contexts. Glenn Lyons will join us and tell us more about the project and the game they have developed!
The SmartHubs project examines mobility hubs, dedicated on-street locations where citizens can choose from different shared and sustainable mobility options. The main objective is to assess if a co-designed, user-centric development can enable mobility hubs to act as a game changer towards inclusive sustainable urban mobility and accessibility. The project has developed different tools that facilitate a co-design, user-centric development of mobility hubs involving users, governments and businesses to increase the attractiveness and adoption of shared and sustainable mobility modes. One of the tools is called the Co-design Tool for supporting the planning process of mobility hubs. The tool includes a set of gaming materials and a guiding handbook to enable living labs to design tailored Design Games, encourages and supports the communication between designers, users, researchers, and other stakeholders, and helps to reveal new insights more candidly. Hilda Tellioglu, Associated professor from TU Wien, was the main partner involved in the development of the SmartHubs co-design games. In the Urban Lunch Talk Hilda will share some lessons learned on the development and application of the games.
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Urban Lunch Talk webinar series
This Urban Lunch Talk is part of a webinar series to discuss and synthesise cross-cutting research and innovation, with diverse stakeholders across Europe and beyond. By facilitating conversations among various stakeholders, we aim to inspire collaborative efforts and practical solutions that can drive sustainable transitions in urban policies and practices. The webinar is designed to be more of a listening experience, allowing you to enjoy your lunch or take a walk at the same time. The Urban Lunch Talk is live recorded on Zoom, and later published for the JPI Urban Europes’ /Driving Urban Transitions’ YouTube channel.
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