Category: Play

By Al Mik A lot has changed in the world of digital play over the past decade. The speed and power of processors have produced »

By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone Back in 2016, the number of daily active users of Pokémon Go rocketed close to 45 million users within »

By Al Mik The first stage of the Digital Futures Commission has focused on rethinking play for a digital world. This is an incredibly broad »

By Kruakae Pothong In our digital play consultation we are hearing from children and young people how they are finding ways to enjoy online the »

By Sonia Livingstone To ask afresh why children’s play matters, and to figure out how to design a better digital world, we have already taken »

To understand the right to play and how that manifests in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Gerison Lansdown, an expert »

To gain insights into children’s world and how they use play, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Paul Ramchandani, a Lego Professor at the »

To understand how play is designed in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone OBE and Kate Cowan spoke to Katie Salen Tekinbas, as part of our »

The Digital Futures Commission has launched its first consultation on play in the digital world. The aim is to re-imagine play in the digital world.  We invite you to »

To understand how theories of play can be translated into practice, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Dr Bo Stjerne Thomsen, from the LEGO »

To understand how play is defined and characterised, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Kristiina Kumpulainen, a Professor of Education at the University of Helsinki, as »

By Sonia Livingstone Play is a vital way in which children enjoy and express themselves, develop, build relationships and participate in the world. But today »