Call for Participation

Summer School

Research 2.0: The Virtual Stakes
Methodology, Epistemology, Ethics

For graduate students and young researchers

June 3 – 6, 2014

Concordia University
Montreal

Organised by the Research Chair on Gambling, and
Habitudes de vie et Recherches MultidisciplinairES (HERMES)

Spaces are limited.
The sessions will be held in English and French.

Subscription fees 150$ (taxes and meals included).
Funding will be provided for the 5 best applicants.

Application deadline: April 18, 2014

Details and Application at:
http://www.concordia.ca/research/lifestyle-addiction/training/summer-school2.html

Main Objectives

The Summer School Research 2.0: The Virtual Stakes seeks to offer a collegial space for exchange and interaction and to find solutions to the challenges in the study of online games, either gaming or gambling. Research 2.0: The Virtual Stakes will address the following questions: How does the internet redefines, or not, our relation to games? What are the limits of its (apparent) illimited potential? What are the limits of our research methods used until now? Gaming in a “virtual” environment prompts us to examine the epistemiological, methodological and ethical aspects of a research on games and virtuality.

At the end of their training at the Summer School Research 2.0: The Virtual Stakes, students will have:

1. Developed skills in the field of games and virtuality research;
2. Acquired tools allowing them to find solutions for the challenges presented in research on games and virtuality;
3. Developed multidisciplinary scientific collaboration networks.

Mentors

Yasser Khazaal, M.D., Assistant Chief – Medical Staff (chef de service-adjoint), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Lecturer, Université de Genève (Switzerland)

Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University (U.S.)

Natacha Brunelle, Ph.D., Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Centre de réadaptation en dépendance de Montréal – Institut Universitaire

Magali Dufour, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Université de Sherbrooke; HERMES; Centre de réadaptation en dépendance de Montréal – Institut Universitaire

Francine Ferland, Ph.D., Researcher, Centre de réadaptation en dépendance de Québec; Adjunct Professor, Université Laval & Université de Sherbrooke; HERMES

Jocelyn Gadbois, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Montréal; Research Chair on Gambling; HERMES

Rob Ghallager, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG), Concordia University

Sylvia Kairouz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University; Research Chair on Gambling; HERMES

Chantal Robillard, Ph.D., Affiliate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University; Research Chair on Gambling; HERMES

With the collaboration of

Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design, Concordia University

Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG), Concordia University