Dr. + Link to pdf

Last Thursday, 28.04.2016, I have defended my dissertation Role Playing Materials and obtained the title of Dr. at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The paranymphs were Drs. Lotte Thissen and Dr. Maarten Michielse.

The chair, committee members (corona), and supervisors were:

Prof. dr. S. Vanhoonacker Chair	Pro-rector; Maastricht University
Prof. dr. S. Wyatt Supervisor	Professor of Digital Cultures in Development; Maastricht University
Dr. K. Wenz Co-supervisor	Assistant Professor, Literature & Art; Maastricht University
Prof. dr. R. van de Vall Chairman degree committee	Professor of Arts and Media; Maastricht University (absent)
Prof. dr. M. Meijer Member of degree committee	Professor in Women- and Gender Studies; Maastricht University
Prof. dr. F. Mäyrä Member of degree committee	Professor of Information Studies and Interactive Media; University of Tampere, Finland
Dr. M. Copier Member of degree committee	HKU; University of the Arts, Utrecht.
Dr. A. Harris	Assistant Professor, Department of Technology and Society Studies, FASoS; Maastricht University
Dr. J. Wachelder	Associate Professor, Department of History, FASoS; Maastricht University
Prof. dr. C. Mody	Professor in the History of Science, Technology, and Innovation; Maastricht University

The defense included a 15 minutes presentation of my main findings and 45 minutes of questions by the opposition.

Role Playing Materials is the first dissertation that examines materials in role-playing games and one of the first -or maybe the first?-  dissertation on role-playing games by a German scholar.

The book can be obtained as a hardcopy, ebook, or pdf here.