NetZeroCities Social Simulation for Urban Climate Action

NetZeroCities Social Simulation for Urban Climate Action

How do cities prepare to achieve climate neutrality? By learning, testing, and experimenting in a "safe space", where no idea is too bold. That’s exactly what happened at the Fifth NetZeroCitiesEU school "Peer-to-Peer Collaboration for Effective Implementation of the...

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Social simulation about sustainable development for high school students

Social simulation about sustainable development for high school students

Together with the partners of the FutureSIM project, we have developed an innovative social simulation for high school students. The simulation Up to You! focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is part of a broader educational program...

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Up to You! – training for educators in Poland

Up to You! – training for educators in Poland

A diverse group of educators, students, and serious games enthusiasts gathered at our office for an immersive training session on the Up to You! social simulation. This unique event led by the project leader, Aleksandra Solińska-Nowak, was designed to...

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Presenting Food Alert to EFSCM: Insights and Takeaways

Presenting Food Alert to EFSCM: Insights and Takeaways

In April, our Scientific Director, Piotr Magnuszewski, along with Chris Hegadorn (SciencesPo) and Kristen Sukalac (Prospero & Partners), had the opportunity to present the Food Alert methodology to the Expert Group supporting the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and...

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Launch of the Food Alert Report

Launch of the Food Alert Report

The much-anticipated Food Alert Report, the product of several months of dedicated effort, has been officially unveiled. The Food Alert Report Launch took place at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU. Event Highlights The welcoming remarks were delivered...

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Kick-Off Meeting of the MultiFutures Project!

Kick-Off Meeting of the MultiFutures Project!

In late February 2024, Noam Obermeister represented our organization at the kick-off meeting of the MultiFutures Project in Vienna, Austria. Coordinated by the Energy Institute at Johannes Kepler University Linz, the MultiFutures Project brings together 11 partners from 10...

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TRUST strategic initiative: workshop of the Climate Science Crisis Simulation

TRUST strategic initiative: workshop of the Climate Science Crisis Simulation

Noam Obermeister conducted a workshop on the Climate Science Crisis Simulation for researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Climate Science Crisis Simulation is an innovative exercise aimed at fortifying trust in climate science during crises.This...

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Can games help us understand the complex reality and entangle global issues often too big to fully comprehend? 

Can games help us understand the complex reality and entangle global issues often too big to fully comprehend? 

In today's interconnected world, grappling with complex global issues can often feel like trying to untangle a knot with no end in sight. However, in recent years, an unexpected ally has emerged in this battle for understanding: serious games....

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Farmer Protests in Brussels during “Food Alert” Workshop

Farmer Protests in Brussels during “Food Alert” Workshop

On February 1, 2 in Brussels, Belgium, together with our Project Partners Sciences Po, Prospero & Partners, Chatham House , European Policy Centre and INRAE organised a food crisis simulation expert workshop just as angry European farmers were closing...

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Feel the Magic of Collaboration: (After)Fantasy Simulation

Feel the Magic of Collaboration: (After)Fantasy Simulation

At the turn of November and December, we organised a unique two-day workshop Education to Citizenship – Feel the Magic of Collaboration! in EkoCentrum, Wrocław. The workshop featured the (After)Fantasy simulation, and demonstrated that complex problems can be addressed...

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