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Short abstract:

We present a participatory project that develops a serious game with stakeholders. We will reflect on our experiences with the opportunities and challenges of inclusive research design focusing on the identification of stakeholders, but also on their involvement in the research process.

Long abstract:

This submission concerns a project that focuses on the participatory development of a serious game with and for stakeholders. The project focuses on future water conflicts in Germany and explores such futures through a scenario analysis, involving stakeholders in the process. In collaboration, we collected data for the model and determined which details to include, which already, which has already led to insights for those involved. One central new aspect of this project (in addition to other) is the translation of the underlying scenario method (Cross-impact balance) into a serious game. The aim is to provide stakeholders and all other players of this serious game with a tool to explore and discuss different futures and to demonstrate how even small actions can interact. In the game, participants have different choices (e.g. policies), which can be changed for every round.

We will reflect on our experiences with the opportunities and challenges of inclusive research design. Here focusing on the identification of stakeholders, but also on their involvement in the project and research process.

To ensure effective time management there will only be a short introduction to this project without going into too much detail. This is because during the discussion (using the remaining time) we want to explore the points of interest for the audience about our project, upon which we can go into more detail. To allow for more interaction with the audience, this presentation will be no longer than 10 minutes and could be shortened.