GAIA: Gamifying Climate Education Through Citizen Science and AI

DATE & TIME

1 October 2026, 09:00 – 10:30

ROOM

Peacock 2

TRACKS

TRACK 3: Living Labs for Inclusive Soci(et)al Engagement

Description

GAIA is a hands-on workshop that uses a climate education mobile game to explore how Living Labs can make climate literacy more engaging, inclusive, and action-oriented. Participants will play, reflect, and co-design ways to adapt game-based climate engagement to their own communities, projects, and Living Lab contexts.

Agenda

Time	Item
09:00 – 09:10	Welcome and framing Introduction to the workshop, the OLLD26 context, the session goals, and the expected takeaways.
09:10 – 09:20	Setting the context Short interactive framing on climate literacy, misinformation, citizen engagement, and the role of Living Labs in climate transitions. Why did we develop this game? The case of Climate Resilience Workshops with Galopolis Community and University of Westminster.
09:20 – 09:40	Gameplay experience Participants play and test the GAIA climate education game individually and discuss learnings and actions in small groups.
09:40 – 09:55	Debrief and reflection Collective discussion on what participants learned, how the game shaped engagement, and what kinds of dialogue it can enable.
09:55 – 10:20	Adaptation sprint Groups co-design one concrete way to adapt the game or its mechanics to a specific audience, challenge, or territorial context.
10:20 – 10:30	Sharing and closing Groups present their ideas, facilitators synthesise key lessons, and participants identify next steps for replication in their own contexts.