What happened to our surveys?
On Thursday I was in Bern to share the first research insights with Carol Schafroth from the Campus for Democracy Michael Erne from smartvote. …
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step into action is an event which was first organized by volunteers in 2011. In an interactive parcours, students playfully get into contact with various topics in the area of sustainability. This year, I joined the event to sit together with young people and discuss the future of politics, democracy and games. …
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On June 21, I visited Liip AG in their Zurich office at the Limmat. I met one of Liip’s co-founders and SP candidate for the national council, Hannes Gassert. He is dedicated to creating digital applications, which are designed in the best interest of the end-user. …
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This Weekend I was in Lausanne for a hackathon by ‘Le Temps’. During two days we worked on game concepts for political participation. The event was organized by Paul Ronga, Florian Fischbacher and Laure Dousset. I was in a team with Stéphane Decrey from Operation Libero. …
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Yesterday, I was in the Federal Palace to meet Christoph Stutz from the Parliamentary Services. The Parliament Services assure that the parliament can operate trouble free, and they are in charge of the parliament’s public relations. Here too, they use games to make politics more tangible. Christoph gave feedback on our concept and a short interview on voter participation. …
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Since 2011, Politcast Uri is a platform for the discussion of political topics in the canton Uri. The team of volunteers produces regular podcast episodes and short videos. Christian Arnold is one of the founding members. I met him on June 9 in Schattdorf. …
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The Centre for Democratic Studies Aarau is researching democratic systems, both nationally and internationally, while also doing a lot of work on political education. Stefan Walter and Manuel Hubacher concern themselves with political education in schools, and both use games to create innovative learning experiences. On Friday, June 6 I met them at the ZDA’s Villa Blumenhalde in Aarau. …
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From Bern, I went on to Fribourg. Here I met with the President of the Swiss Game Center and co-founder of sugarcube Information Technology, Maurizio Rigamonti. …
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May 29 began with an appointment at the University of Bern. This time, I met Marc Bühlmann, the director of Année Politique Suisse (APS) and employee at the university’s institute of political science. Since 1967, the APS is documenting Swiss politics.,,,
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Things are moving along! Today, on May 22, I met Zoë Maire. She is the deputy manager at FSPJ (Fédération Suisse des Parlements des Jeunes) and division manager at easyvote, the top address for simple and neutral information on Swiss referendums and the political system. …
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Yesterday, on May 15, I travelled to our administrative capital. Here I met Smartvote’s Senior Project Manager, Michael Erne. Smartvote uses questionnaires to create political profiles for parliamentarians and parties….
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On April 29 I met Gregory Turkawka, mayor of Regensberg, Zurich and research associate at the Zurich University of Teacher Education. He is heavily involved with digital learning platforms. …
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