Finished research projects: GAME Research Group

2018-2021 The Studio Ludum project harnessed the positive momentum within gaming and gaming culture to engage young people in finding their place in society.

2021-2022 Future Media Theaters brings together partners from industry, academia, and the cultural sector in Sweden, the UK, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, and the US who are all working together to investigate and create new forms of performance using interactive technologies.

2022-2023 In the project, we aim to create a shared platform for open and critical discussions about children's and young people's gaming habits.

2016 What is it that makes electronic sports a positive experience for the spectators, and how can that experience become even greater? A research project at the University of Skövde will give an answer to those questions. The project, partly financed by the Västra Götaland region, is a collaboration between the University and the computer-game company Stunlock Studios as well as two more partners: Tarhead Studio and Folkuniversitetet.

2014-2015 The project’s aim is to develop a framework for inclusive video game design. In this first exploratory study we are developing two games for smartphones and tablets that include players with visual impairments.

2015-2021 KASTiS is a sub-regional collaborative and knowledge platform for the sustainable use of game technology and interactive media in Skaraborg. The project started 1 August, 2015 and ends on 31 July, 2018.

2014-2015 Online “sexual grooming” is the process by which a child is befriended by a would-be abuser in an attempt to gain the child’s confidence and trust. In online interactions, children run the risk of being abused and some contacts may also lead to physical meetings where children can become subject to further abuse.

2015-2021 KLUB is a sub-project and demonstrator within the KASTiS project, where the fictional characters Kira and Luppe experience adventures at cultural heritage sites in Skaraborg through a transmedia storytelling format. The narrative is based on intangible cultural heritage, legends, folklore, and mythical creatures.

2019-2020 The game application The Paper Machine is a KLUB demonstrator and a co-design project by game developers Kristofer and Camilla Vaske, KASTiS project managers, and Linda Svensson at the Vadsbo Museum. In the game, the old paper machine from Katrinefors Paper Mill, now housed at the museum, is brought to life.

2015-2020 The main focus of the Level Up project is to study if it by using gamification and game technology is possible to increase young citizens (16-39) consumption and re-distribution of news.

2018-2021 The project Off Season Art Gardening aimed to contribute to, and create, art works in public outdoor spaces in three different countries.