On November 26th, 2021 GEMH-lab's own Marlou publicly defended her PhD thesis entitled: "Engaging Youth in Depression Prevention: Testing the Effectiveness and Appeal of Applied and Commercial Video Games". In this blog you can find a link to her doctoral thesis as well as a link to the recorded defense.
Video games offer us so much more than just entertainment. For our latest GEMH session, we invited Dr. Nick Bowman to tell us all about the evolution of video games and how much they can mean to us. Check out Dr Bowman's presentation here!
A storytelling podcast celebrating indigenous history, culture, perspectives, and creatives. Join us to learn about Ken Koontz the Creative Director at GEMH Lab
The second installment of our GEMH session series features Farshida Zafar, a Senior Fellow at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Digital Governance and Director of ErasmusX,
Joanneke was invited as a guest on the Play Well for Life Podcast hosted by Dr. Sarah Campbell where they discussed using Virtual Reality to improve mental health, merging art and science, and the importance of play.
Exciting! In exactly a week, on February 19th, we'll be launching GEMH Sessions: a quarterly live webinar series in which Joanneke Weerdmeester, Nastasia Griffioen and Hanneke Scholten invite guests to discuss digital media for good!
In this online event that takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 24th of November, Isabela will lead a discussion about how we create the story of our 'self', how the tendrils of identity become intertwined through storytelling. We will think about the many processes and artefacts we use to construct the self, centuries old to the present digital moment.
On October 13th, 2020 Geert Verheijen successfully defended his dissertation on the interplay between video games and social adjustment in adolescence. In this blog you can find a summary of the press releases surrounding his doctoral defence as well as a link to his dissertation.
We are seeking a senior level backend developer with working experience in Unity3D Development to join our team!
During the online edition of the Waterkant Festival, Joanneke Weerdmeester (GEMH Lab) & Owen Harris (Explore DEEP) gave a joint talk on using interactive technology such as games and VR to improve our well-being. Check it out!