Games4Sustainability

Author: Michal Pajak

I am a Senior Game Designer, coordinating the development of social simulations and their delivery to our customers. It is my responsibility to take care of all the rules and mechanics behind the games. In addition to these, I work on research projects that apply experimental games as a way of gathering data, and educational projects connected with sustainable development and widely defined resilience of communities. Apart from work at the Centre for Systems Solutions, I am working on my PhD thesis on game theory and teach students at the University of Economics in Wroclaw. I really like traveling by bike. I especially enjoy long bike trips through the Europe.

The future starts now: experiencing scenarios for energy transition through social simulation

The future starts now: experiencing scenarios for energy transition through social simulation

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Michal Pajak

The energy transition will inevitably have to be introduced soon, and both the process and the time framework of the change are the key to success.

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Beyond rationality: When math and logic fail?

Beyond rationality: When math and logic fail?

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Michal Pajak

You can take a chance and try to save everyone with a 90% probability of failure or save 100 individuals from the group of 1000. What would you do?

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Games and groundwater governance

Groundwater governance

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Michal Pajak

Groundwater management becomes more and more pressing issue for many communities. Can games be used to tackle these dilemmas?

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Few lesson from A Common Dilemma

Few lessons from A Common Dilemma

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Michal Pajak

What can be better than learning about game theory through games? During my classes on this topic at the University, I regularly use A Common Dilemma. Why?

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Catan: Oil springs

A few lessons from Catan: Oil Springs

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Michal Pajak

Some time ago I played Catan: Oil Springs in the Green Games project. Can it fulfill the job of an educational tool? Few lessons from this game.

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tournament

Let the Tournament Begin

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Michal Pajak

Over 35 years ago Robert Axelrod invited several people to the tournament. The idea was simple – win by earning the most in the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma.

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Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! - part 2

Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! part 2

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Michal Pajak

We continue with the topic of the common-pool resource. I hope you already had a try with simple A Common Dilemma experiment.

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Common-pool resource

Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! part 1

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Michal Pajak

Last time we talked about common-pool resource dilemma. This time we will focus on implications and results of using common-pool resource.

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Rationality. Common-pool resources.

All hail the rationality. Down with the sustainability.

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Michal Pajak

Have you ever heard the term “common pool resources”? Our sustainable future might depend on understanding the CPR.

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CPRs

Coordination, communication and climate change mitigation

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Michal Pajak

196 countries are ready to work together to limit the global emission of GHG.

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