Not just playing

The politics of designing games for impact on anticipatory climate governance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8945702
AutoresJoost Vervoort (0000-0001-8289-7429, University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia), Manjana Milkoreit (0000-0002-7862-3561, University of Oslo), Lucien Van Beek (0000-0002-6187-0785, Utrecht University), Astrid Mangnus (0000-0003-4572-6510, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), David Farrell (0000-0001-9615-0254, Glasgow Caledonian University), Steven R Mcgreevy (0000-0002-3708-424X, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Kazuhiko Ota (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Christoph D D Rupprecht, Caroline Rupprecht (0000-0003-1809-2129, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Jason B Reed (0000-0001-6712-9413, Purdue University West Lafayette), Matthew Huber (0000-0002-2771-9977, Purdue University West Lafayette)
Año2022
Volumen137
Páginas213-221
Fecha de publicación2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeoforum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.009
OpenAlexW4220809473
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas47

Simulation games are increasingly popular tools for opening up future imaginaries, especially in the arena of sustainability policy-making and decision support. However, there is a lack of understanding regarding the potential power of games in anticipatory governance. We argue that the utility of simulation games in support of anticipatory climate governance can be greatly increased when game processes are consciously designed to impact present day planning and action. At the same time, game designers with the intention to support or intervene in governance and policy-making inevitably enter political arenas and bear responsibility for understanding and managing their influence at the science-policy interface. We present two case studies: a game simulating a sustainable food policy council with food system actors in Kyoto, Japan, and a game focused on the exploration and imagination of the global impacts of climate tipping points aimed at participants of the global climate negotiation community. Each case study represents a specific logic for translating game play into real-world impacts at different governance scales with distinct political implications. Based on these two case studies, we develop principles for the design and evaluation of simulation games that seek to impact anticipatory climate governance, based on five lenses: (1) purpose and positionality; (2) conceptions of the future and imaginaries; (3) beneficiaries, key stakeholders and participants; (4) the politics of game features and design; and (5) evaluation

Climate governance · Corporate governance · Economics · Management · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Sociology · Sustainability · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Law · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance