The investigate.games research group based at YSJ is pleased to be organising the Interactive Games PGR Conference again for 2025. The event will feature keynote speakers from leading experts in the field, including Manchester Game Centre co-lead, Dr Chloé Germaine, who will be talking about her creative research, ‘Playing, Making and Breaking - Research with Games’, as a keynote address. The event also features the Manchester Game Centre research assistant, Samuel Ethan Jolly, who will be presenting his work on ‘Historical Ludo-Narratives: Turning the Past into Play’.

This event will bring together PGRs from across many disciplines to share their research in the realm of games studies, including psychology, social sciences, media studies, games design and more.