The European Game Science Lab brings together five complementary institutions spanning applied game design universities, doctoral research schools in behavioral economics, interdisciplinary game innovation centers, and European policy transfer agencies.
HTW Berlin serves as the lead coordinating institution for EGSL. As Berlin’s largest public university of applied sciences, its DE:HIVE Institute houses one of Europe’s foremost game design programs. DE:HIVE spearheads project management, the conceptual development of the LUNA Framework, and the joint 5-ECTS higher education curriculum.
The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca hosts the renowned Game Science Research Centre (GSRC), an inter-university hub dedicated to game science, experimental economics, and complex systems. IMT Lucca leads Work Package 2, focusing on the rigorous academic foundation of game science methods, blended learning courses, and micro-credentials.
The University of Florence brings pioneering expertise in behavioral game theory and prosocial impact through its GiX Centre. UniFi leads Work Package 3 (Dissemination & Societal Impact), organizing annual consortium meetings, high-visibility public festival stages at Play Bologna, and field studies on games promoting civic engagement.
Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, through its pioneering BUG Game Lab, is a vibrant bridge between higher education and the booming Turkish games industry. BAU leads project-wide digital communications, hosting international hybrid game jams (e.g. “Games in a Society in Flux”), and integrating LUNA into undergraduate curricula across continents.
The Lithuanian Innovation Centre (LIC) is a leading public innovation agency supporting European R&D cooperation and technology transfer. In EGSL, LIC provides specialized independent quality assurance, structured impact monitoring, risk mitigation protocols, and long-term exploitation strategies beyond the 2027 project lifecycle.