[Commlist] Funded PhD opportunity: Political Communities and Gaming

Please see this fully funded PhD to investigate ‘Political Communities 
and Gaming’ with Professor Sarah Mills and Professor David Deacon. 
Closing date 15 March 2024

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/political-communities-and-gamification/ 


Project details

A new Vice-Chancellor’s Cluster of PhD Studentships is being established 
at Loughborough University on ‘Digital Communities and Inclusion’ 
starting in October 2024. Six projects will examine timely and important 
issues on how ‘the digital’ is being used to create new communities, 
encourage more inclusive community engagement, or where digital 
exclusion is impacting lived experiences.

This project examines the relationship between gamification, politics 
and inclusion. There are vibrant academic debates on gaming and 
gamification, but their relationship to political engagement is ripe for 
further investigation. Indicative examples include ‘Fantasy Congress’, 
an online game drawing on points-based fantasy sports. In a different 
context, ‘Biden Island’ within the game ‘Fortnite’ reveals how 
promotional and partisan motives are intruding into, and defining, 
educative functions. More broadly, gamification – the application of 
game design elements in non-gaming contexts – is a growing feature of 
initiatives to engage young people in politics. These and other examples 
raise questions about in/exclusion within (digital) political 
communities that are worthy of scholarly attention.
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