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Dr Malcolm Ryan is a researcher in game design in the Department of Computing at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His research looks at moral psychology and the lessons that it contains for game design.

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Dr Dan Staines is an adjunct lecturer in game design at Macquarie University in Sydney. Dan’s research is focused on using principles derived from moral psychology and philosophy to develop games for ethical engagement and development. In 2019, he completed work on Paparazzi, a visual novel game intended to provoke ethical reflection.

A/Prof Paul Formosa is researcher in philosophy at Macquarie University. He has published widely on topics in moral and political philosophy, including a recent focus on philosophy and technology and the nature of ethical engagement in videogames.

Dr Johannes Katsarov is a researcher at the Leuphana University in Lueneburg, Germany. He develops serious games for ethics education, promotes game-based learning across disciplines, and studies the impact of diverse educational strategies and mechanisms on people’s moral attitudes, judgment, and sensitivity.