Research study · Client work · Games, poverty
Center for Transformational Play research
A study of how game mechanics a player cannot control shape understanding of systemic poverty.
AskedSep 2025
Can losing control teach how poverty works?
Does losing control in a game change how people understand poverty that is built into systems?
MadeFall 2025
A protocol built to human subjects standards.
A study protocol, screener and consent process under human subjects research standards.
Ran2025 to 2026
Play, then talk.
In-person gameplay sessions, each followed by a focus group.
Kept2026
Every recording coded and de-identified.
Audio, video and survey data coded and de-identified for analysis.
Details
- My role
- Mixed-methods UX researcher: protocol design, recruitment and screening, consent, gameplay sessions and focus groups, secure coding and de-identification.
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