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Simulation Game «Post-Fossil Cities»
Constraint Aware Pathways to the Post-Fossil Swiss City (CAPATHITY)

Short Description

The project CAPATHITY aims at developing a generic simulation game "Post-Fossil Cities" that allows finding and evaluating pathways towards possible future cities. The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). It has started in January 2018 and last for 3 1/2 years. The principal work place will be at EMPA St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Project descriptions:

• Deutsche Kurzbeschreibung des Projekts (German short description)
• English Project-Presentation

Project information on the website of the National Research Programme NRP73 Sustailable Economy:

• Projektbeschreibung „Postfossile Städte" (deutsch)
• Project description„Post-fossil Cities" (English)
• Description du project „Villes post-fossiles" (français)
• Project presentation by Patrick Wäger (Project leader) at the NRP73-Kick-off Event, 22. Jan. 2018: Play video (7'24")

Further Information

We will inform about the ongoing project on a regular base in the UCS newsletter "UCSinformiert" (subscribe by mail).

Project Partners

• Project lead:
  EMPA St. Gallen, Technology and Society Lab (Patrick Wäger), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• PhD Material Flow Analysis:
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),
  Industrial Ecology Programme (Daniel B. Müller), Trondheim, Norway
• PhD Information Systems:
  University of Zurich, Informatics and Sustainability Research (ISR) Group
  (Lorenz M. Hilty), Zurich, Switzerland
• External partner for simulation game design and workshop facilitation:
  UCS Ulrich Creative Simuations GmbH (Markus Ulrich), Zürich, Switzerland

UCS Ulrich Creative Simulations
Dr. Markus Ulrich
Pfingstweidstrasse 31A
CH-8005 Zurich – Switzerland

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