What this lab is
Game facilitation is rich in testimony and poor in evidence. Practitioners see games change groups every week, but the field has little rigorous, shared research on outcomes — which weakens its case with clients, institutions and skeptics alike.
The Research Lab is being formed to fix that: a working group that designs studies, gathers data across many practitioners, partners with universities, and publishes what it finds — including null results. Slow, careful, and exactly what a maturing profession needs.
What members will do
Who it's for
Practitioners who want their field taken seriously, researchers studying games and group work, and graduate students looking for a live research community. Rigor matters more here than volume.
Help build the Research lab
It's free to apply, and founding members shape the lab from day one — the agenda, the standards, the community. Tell us this is your lab in your application.