Game Development and Design Faculty Position

1 week ago


København S, Copenhagen, Denmark IT-Universitetet i København Full time

The Play, Culture and AI Section at the IT University of Copenhagen seeks a talented scholar to join our faculty as a visiting professor. The position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of novel theories and methods for the study of play and games in the 21st Century.

About the Center for Digital Play

The Center for Digital Play (CDP) is an interdisciplinary research unit that develops novel theories and methods for the study of play and games in the 21st Century. From game-trained Artificial Intelligence, to social communities created around videogames, gamification, esports, or game engines as artistic tools, digital play is an intrinsic yet understudied phenomenon in digital societies.

Research Environment

The CDPs ambition is to define what it means to study play in digital societies from a multidisciplinary perspective. Its purpose is to develop novel methods and theories needed to deal with novel phenomena, and to be a reference center in the present and future of play and game studies.



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