Mag. Natalie Denk, MA
Head of Center (currently on maternity leave) - Center for Applied Game Studies
- natalie.denk@donau-uni.ac.at
- +43 2732 893-2362
- To contact form
- Campus Krems, Tract F, Ground Floor, F 0.08 bzw. F 1.01
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- Center for Applied Game Studies
- Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
- 3500 Krems
- Austria
Functions
Head of Center
Course Director
Research Associate
About the person
Research Areas
- Game-based Education
- Educational Game Design
- Gender & Diversity in Digital Game Culture
- Qualitative Social Research
- Media Education
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Running projects
Duration: 01/04/2024–31/03/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Gregor Pirker
Funding: Sonstige
FROG - Future and Reality of Gaming 2024
Duration: 01/04/2024–31/10/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
Duration: 01/09/2023–31/08/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: FFG
Duration: 01/05/2022–30/04/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: EU
Completed projects
Games for Innovation, Games for All: G.I.G.A.
Duration: 01/12/2021–30/11/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: EU
Duration: 01/03/2021–28/02/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: EU
Duration: 01/09/2020–30/08/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: FFG
Duration: 01/09/2019–31/10/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: FFG
Duration: 01/03/2019–30/09/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: Sonstige
Program: FGOE
Duration: 01/09/2019–31/08/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Wernbacher
Funding: FFG
Create Digital Games for Education
Duration: 01/10/2017–30/08/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: EU
Program: ERASMUS+
Duration: 01/04/2018–31/03/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Wernbacher
Funding: FFG
Program: FFG - Mobilität der Zukunft
Duration: 01/03/2019–01/08/2019
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Natalie Denk
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)
Duration: 01/03/2017–30/04/2019
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Thomas Wernbacher
Funding: FFG
Program: FFG - Mobilität der Zukunft
Publications (Extract Research Database)
Zwischenberger, M.; Denk, N.; Pasch, H.; Wimmer, S. (2024). (Un-)Finished Stories: Crafting Interactive Stories of Interpreted Encounters for Educational Purposes. In: Iacono, K; Heinisch, B.; Poellabauer, S., Kommunikation mit geflüchteten Menschen / Communicating with Refugees: 253 - 258, Frank & Timme, Berlin
Brinkmann, H.; Potz, B.; Wimmer, S. & Denk, N., (2024). Exploring Archival Practices: Unveiling Cultural Heritage Through a Live Escape Room Experience. DAC, Digitales Journal für Kunst- & Kulturwissenschaften, Varieties on how to play, 1: https://doi.org/10.48341/j72z-sy48
Brinkmann, H.; Potz, B.; Wimmer, S.; Denk, N. (2024). Exploring Archival Practices: Unveiling Cultural Heritage Through a Live Escape Room Experience. DAC - Digital Journal for Arts and Cultural Studies, 01: 1-23
Denk, N.; Wimmer, S.; Hollinetz, H. (2024). CosTechPlay: Towards a Teaching Concept that brings Cosplay to Schools. Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2024 Conference: Playgrounds.
Koenig, N.; Denk, N.; Pfeiffer, A.; Wernbacher, T.; Wimmer, S. (2023). Freedom | Oppression | Games & Play. University of Krems Press, Krems
Pfeiffer, A.; Krishna, N.; Denk, N.; Wernbacher, T. (2023). MEDIA, ARTS AND DESIGN (MAD) ANTHOLOGY II: MAD Pandemic: Stories of Change and Continuity during the COVID-19 Crisis. University of Krems Press, Krems
Wernbacher, T.; Wimmer, S.; Denk, N.; Kraus, C.; Mittmann, G.; Pfeiffer, A. (2023). Hygiene in the Course of Time: A Serious Adventure Game on the Topic of (Hospital) Hygiene. INTED2023 Proceedings, 17: 1315-1322, IATED
Denk, N. (2023). Kreative Spielräume. Potenziale von Computerspielen zur Förderung der Kreativität von Jugendlichen. Battistel, G; Kriwak, C., zum Beispiel. Beiträge zur Jugendarbeit in Südtirol und Tirol, 2/2023: 8-9, Land Tirol in Kooperation mit dem Amt für Jugendarbeit in Südtirol, Innsbruck
Häfner, P.; Wernbacher, T.; Pfeiffer, A.; Denk, N.; Economides, A.; Perifanou, M.; Attard, A.; DeRaffaele, C.; Sigurðardóttir, H. (2023). Limits and Benefits of Using Telepresence Robots for Educational Purposes. Auer, M.E., Pachatz, W., Rüütmann, T., Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition. ICL 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems: 23–33, Springer, Cham., Schweiz
Koenig, N.; Denk, N.; Pfeiffer, A.; Wernbacher, T. (Hrsg.) (2022). The Magic of Games. Edition Donau-Universität Krems, Krems
König, N.; Denk, N.; Wimmer, S., Prandstätter, H. (2022). Creating an Escape Room for Cultural Mediation: Insights from "The Archivist's Dream". In: Conceição Costa, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2022 Vol. 16 No. 1: S.297-306, Academic Conferences International Limited, Reading, UK
Pfeiffer, A.; Bezzina, S.; Denk, N.; Vella, V. (2022). AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR. In: iated digital library, ICERI2022 Proceedings: 776-781, iated digital library, online
Pfeiffer, A.; Denk, N.; Peter, L., Fleischhacker, M. (2022). REFLECTING ON ONE YEAR OF ESPORTS SCHOOL LEAGUE IN VIENNA DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CORONA CRISIS. In: iated digital library, INTED2022 Proceedings: 6824-6830, iated digital library, online
Pfeiffer, A.; Denk, N.; Serada, A.; Dingli, A. (2022). DIGITAL IDENTITIES, NFTS AND AI IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR: SHOWCASING A DEMONSTRATOR. In: iated digital library, INTED2022 Proceedings: 6867-6876, iated digital library, online
Pfeiffer, A.; Denk, N.; Wernbacher, T.; Bezzina, S.; Vella, V.; Dingli, A. (2022). Two novel use-cases for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In: Academic Conferences International Limited, European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (proceedings): 214-222, Academic Conferences International Limited, Reading, UK
Pfeiffer, A.; Wernbacher, T.; König, N.; Denk, N.; Vella, V.;Dingli, A. (2022). Blockchains, Kryptowährungen, Utility-Token, NFTs und das Metaverse: Eine Einführung für den Bereich der Cyberkriminologie. In: Springer VS Wiesbaden, Handbuch Cyberkriminologie: 1-36, Springer VS Wiesbaden, Deutschland
Denk, N.; Göbl, B. (2022). Für einen fixen Platz in unserer Bildungslandschaft. Weiterbildung: Zeitschrift für Grundlagen, Praxis und Trends., 04/2022: 14-17, ZIEL-Verlag
Häfner, P.; Wernbacher, T.; Pfeiffer, A.; Denk, N.; Economides, A.; Perifanou, M.; Attard, A.; DeRaffaele, C. and Sigurðardóttir, H. (2022). Limits and benefits of using telepresence robots for educational purposes. Proceedings of the ICL2022 "Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition”, 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and 51st International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy, 51: -, Springer
Wernbacher, T.; Zauchner, S.; Denk, N.; Pfeiffer, A.; Wimmer, S.; Hollinetz, M.; Hofstätter, J. and Ehardt-Schmiederer, M. (2022). E-MINT: A Gamified App for Empowering Parents in Their Role as STEM Gatekeepers. Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Social Media, 9: 202-210, Academic Conferences International
Wernbacher, T.; Pfeiffer, A.; Häfner, P., Buchar; A.; Denk, N.; König, N.; DeRaffaele, C.; Attard, A.; Economides, A.A.; & M. Perifanou (2022). Trine: telepresence robots in education. Proceedings of the 16th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) 2022, 16: pp. 6514-6522, IATED
Lectures (Extract Research Database)
“The Archivist´s Dream” – A Live Escape Room at the Archives of Contemporary Arts
Summer School "Beyond the Lock: Innovative Approaches to Escape Rooms in Education, Culture, and Organisational Development", 05/07/2024
CosTechPlay: Towards a Teaching Concept that brings Cosplay to Schools
DiGRA Conference 2024, 03/07/2024
Keynote: Informelle Lernräume der Gaming-Kultur als Chance für unsere Bildungslandschaft
EdTech Austria Summit 2024, 07/05/2024
Informelle Lernräume und ihre Bedeutung für die Kompetenz- und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung junger Menschen
BLOCKALOT Vortragsreihe des LMZ Baden-Würtemberg, 15/04/2024
Games 2023 Panel: All Engines Running?
SUBOTRON arcademy, 14/12/2023
Gaming-Kultur als Chance für den Unterricht
Vortragsreihe "Demokratie spielend lernen", 13/11/2023
Cultural Mediation through Play & Games
Frog. Future and Reality of Gaming, 25/11/2022
Game-based Education: Wie digitale Spiele unsere Bildungslandschaft bereichern können
Alumni-Tag 2022, 14/10/2022
Introduction to Game-based Education
Game-based Education Workshop, 13/05/2022
Game-based Learning als Chance für den Deutschunterricht
PH-Online Kärnten, Seminar: Digitaler Deutschunterricht. Theoretische Konzepte und praktische Ansätze in der Sekundarstufe II, 05/05/2022