Publications

Playing a Role in Democracy: Political Live Action Role-playing Games, Activism, and Deliberation.

Mapping the Design Terrain between Live Action Role-playing Games and Deliberative Events for Democratic Skill Development

  • Bowman, Sarah Lynne, PerOla Öberg, Karin Johansson, and Annika Waern. 2026. Mapping the Design Terrain between Live Action Role-playing Games and Deliberative Events for Democratic Skill Development. In In Ed. Susan Haarman. Education and Analog Role-Playing Games Theory and Pedagogy Vol 1.  Routledge (2026).

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Lowering Barriers to Cultural Participation through Larp and Larp-adjacent Practices

  • This report documents the activities of Work Package 4 within the Larpocracy project, focusing on the DRIFT artist residency and a public-facing programme of performance in Belém, Brazil, in the lead-up to, and during, COP30 in November 2025. Work Package 4 investigates how larp and larp-adjacent artistic methods can contribute to lowering barriers to participation in democratic and civic processes, particularly for communities who may not typically engage with formal deliberative structures

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  • Johansson, Karin, Johanna Koljonen, Jaakko Stenros, PerOla Öberg, and Sarah Lynne Bowman. 2026. “Playing a Role in Democracy: Political Live Action Role-playing Games, Activism, and Deliberation.” I In In Ed. Susan Haarman. Education and Analog Role-Playing Games Theory and Pedagogy Vol 1.  Routledge (2026)

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Larp festivals as Democratic Spaces

Development of a Deliberative Civic Values Index Observational Checklist

  • Koljonen, Johanna, Hanne Grasmo, Piotrek Warzyszynski, Elektra Diakolambrianou, Alessandro Giovanucci, Mafalda Morganti, Marcin Slowikowski, Jaakko Stenros. 2026. Larp festivals as Democratic Spaces. Larpocracy deliverable D5.1

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  • Feng, JingPeng, Annika Waern and PerOla Öberg. 2025. Development of a Deliberative Civic Values Index Observational Checklist. Larpocracy technical report.

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