Supporting game research
Game in Lab is a program that supports the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge about board games on an international scale.
Game in Lab’s missions are based on three pillars: support for research, dissemination of scientific knowledge and events.
Our actions
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Supporting research
Game in Lab funds multidisciplinary scientific research projects to promote the production of scientific knowledge about board games.
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Dissemination of scientific knowledge
Game in Lab disseminates current scientific knowledge on board games to various audiences in engaging formats that are adapted and accessible to all.
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Events
Game in Lab creates opportunities for meetings to promote discussions with a variety of audiences around scientific knowledge about board games.
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SPIEL 2025 - “Neuropsychological intervention with modern board games”
Game in Lab supports the conference “Neuropsychological intervention with modern board games.” at the Educator’s Day, SPIEL, on Friday 24 October, at 4:30 pm, Hall 4. Learn about play and learning! Modern board games go beyond mere entertainment: they engage essential skills, necessary to learn and adapt. Game in Lab invites you to explore how scientific research sheds light on the links between board games and the development of cognitive skills. Through Prof. Jorge Moya-Higueras and Dr. Nuria Vita-Barrull’s studies, discover how gameplay influences learning, concentration, and group dynamics, with concrete findings that can inspire players, game designers, and any curious mind! -
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Generation Analog 2025 - PUNK
Analog Game Studies and Game in Lab are happy to announce the return of Generation Analog for the fifth year in a row. The online event is free and open to the public with registration. All presentations will be recorded and made available after the event AGS YouTube’s channel. This edition will explore Punk through games. Questionning Punk attitude, aesthetics, mode, legacy and histories in play. The conference will examine mechanics, genres, platforms, stories embracing the Punk spirit. The event also aims to to highlight recover, remember, and reinvigorate the stories, voices, bodies, places, practices, and play of those forgotten and marginalized. Give back a place to forms of play and universes too often set aside, promoting alternative, subversive or experimental dynamics of play. Generation Analog 2025 is open to researchers, teachers, artists, professionals and curious minds altogether! -
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Benjamin Le Hénaff
Collective Role Play as Inclusive Territory (CRIT): Role-playing as and with diverse others to promote gender and sexual orientation social inclusionIn 2024, Game in Lab selected Dr. Benjamin Le Hénaff’s project to explore how playing characters with different genders and sexual orientations can foster empathy and intergroup interaction. Through a series of experimental studies, this research investigates the potential of role-playing games to reduce prejudice and promote social inclusion among players of the Dungeons & Dragons community. This contributes to a deeper understanding of how games can become spaces for experiencing and transforming gender and sexual norms. -
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Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin
The impact of board games’ materiality on the reception of their environmentalist messageIn 2024, Game in Lab selected Pr. Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin's project to examine how the materiality of board games influences the reception of their environmentalist messages. This research focuses on games that promote sobriety and degrowth, and investigates whether minimalist or sophisticated production choices affect negatively or positively players’ interpretation of ecological values. The project will contribute both to the advancement of game studies and sustainable design practices.
Founding Members
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Asmodee was founded in 1995 and is a member of the Embracer group. It has become a world leader in the production and distribution of board games. Its aim is to offer a game for all players of all ages, from the most casual to the most engaged. Asmodee is convinced that board games are much more than just entertainment. Therefore, it focuses on studying and promoting the value of games for society.
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Created in 2013 to meet the challenges of digital technologies and companies’ needs to accelerate their transformation, Innovation Factory is a not-for-profit association composed of partner companies and students. At its heart: digital natives of the Web School Factory, a five-year post-baccalaureate school that trains future digital managers. Innovation Factory’s mission is to create innovative interaction and training modules to foster collaboration, training and innovation.