You cannot fully understand a complex system by observing it from the outside. You must play inside it, and games are the most powerful technology we have for making that possible.
What we believe
The GST Lab helps organisations, communities and society build the capacity to engage with and thrive in complexity. We bring systems thinking to life through games and play, turning abstract methods into something people can experience, feel and act on.
Systems thinking as contact with reality
It widens the worldview and distributes agency, so no one can hide in a silo.
Games as epistemology, not just pedagogy
Play as a way of doing systems inquiry, not only teaching it.
Gamification as civic infrastructure
Game mechanics that structure collective deliberation about shared challenges.
Simulation, play and imagining alternatives
Committing to action under uncertainty to build systems agency.
Work with us
Learning
Seminars, workshops, masterclasses and summer schools.
Assessment
Explore your challenge at a Lab Café or through a consultancy primer.
Solutions
Research projects, student projects, knowledge transfer partnerships and consultancy.
Research
Visiting researchers, sandpit events and new collaborations.
