Mental Health | Atmospheres | Video Games

Jimena Aguilar Rodríguez is the head of digital narratives at ifs internationale filmschule köln, and is the co-founder and creative director of Alharaca, a Salvadorean feminist news media organization.

Federico Alvarez Igarzábal (Dr.) works at the Cologne Game Lab of Technische Hochschule Köln as researcher and project coordinator for the ISEDA project. The goal of this project is to deliver a series of tools and strategies, including a serious game, to combat domestic violence in Europe. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher for the project VIRTUALTIMES, aimed at developing virtual environments to treat and diagnose psychopathologies like depression. He conducted his Ph.D. at Universität Köln and Technische Hochschule Köln on the topic of »Time and Space in Video Games«.

Michael S. Debus is a postdoctoral researcher at the IT University of Copenhagen, entrepreneur, and industry expert. He obtained his PhD on game ontologies in 2019.

Curtis L. Maughan holds a PhD in German Studies from Vanderbilt University, where he is currently a postdoctoral scholar.

Su-Jin Song is a teaching and research assistant at the Cologne Game Lab of TH Köln, teaching in the field of media and game studies. She is also a film producer and director based in Germany.

Miruna Vozaru (Ph.D.) is lecturer at the IT University of Copenhagen.