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Steven Schirra
Instructor at Emerson College, and Researcher at the Engagement Game Lab

Steven Schirra is an instructor at Emerson College and a researcher at the Engagement Game Lab, where he studies and creates games and social media to help communities make better decisions. Learn more at http://engagementgamelab.org.

  • Immersive Planning: Rethinking participation design with new technologies (Research)

    Across the globe, urban planners and community decision-makers are embracing new technologies as a way of broadening and diversifying participation in local processes. But how do we design for success with these technologies -- and how do we measure that success? Far too often, indicators such as participant satisfaction surveys and rote number of participants are used to assess the impact of a project.

    By: Steven Schirra