We are collaborating with the Port of Rotterdam and The Barn to conduct an in-depth study on expertise and complex decision-making using a serious game that simulates a port environment. Our aim is to familiarize stakeholders with a new business model that is focused on sustainability and green energy. With this initiative, we are confident that we will be able to achieve our objectives and make a positive impact on the industry.
The aim of this project is to generate more insight about complex decision-making processes using serious games. The decisions that Port of Rotterdam employees take, at different levels, are complex; it is an interplay of many factors. In this project we want to analyze how these complex decisions are made. If this decision-making can be captured into models, we can translate this into serious games.
The Port of Rotterdam is interested in how her employees come to certain decisions, in particular relating to the energy transition. To measure this, it is chosen to use and digitalize the game Sustainable Port, a board game created by partner The Barn. The game offers a simulation of the future development in a port, considering the demands of the green energy transition.
With a digital version of the game, designed for one player, we can measure and monitor the decision-making process of employees in a non-invasive manner. In experiments, with both experts and students who play the game, we investigate whether expertise in the working environment also shows during serious games.
This project has been made possible by the Regio Deal Midden- en West-Brabant. For more information, please visit www.ebwb.nl or www.midpointbrabant.nl.