ISAGA 2026 Stockholm

Why join?

Since the 1970s, the ISAGA community has gathered to develop the field of gaming and simulation, as a method to address, learn and design for complex problems. Whilst the method has matured and is now to be considered a professional and accepted field, the scientific acceptance of gaming and simulation has been lagging and is out of sync with the current data-driven and AI-focused paradigm. Many subbranches have formed new professional communities (for instance gaming for learning, and game studies in terms of the concept of play), but the academic acceptance of scientists using games goes in waves. We need to strengthen the scientific rigor to be able to increase the impact of gaming and simulation studies.

At the 2026 conference, we dig into the deeper scientific rigor behind gaming and simulation, building on the work of the ISAGA SIG on Game Science. We ask ourselves the questions: what is there to be known through games? And which realities do we accept and embrace? What does this mean for validity of studies using gaming and simulation? 

Are you senior faculty or a young aspiring researcher in the domain, and do you want to spend a week in Stockholm to work on these questions? Then the ISAGA 2026 conference is for you!

Are you a gaming professional, then consider to join us to strengthen the rigor in how we can support clients in drawing valid conclusions from gaming projects. Proceedings of the conference will be published again within Springer LNCS as has been the tradition since the previous Stockholm conference! Deadline for full paper submissions is March 15th, 2026.

Want to combine with a visit to Sweden or Scandinavia?

There is no better period to visit the Nordic countries than the summer! Starting with Midsummer (this year celebrated on 19-20th of June), and lasting until mid-August, it is truly a marvelous environment to explore in connection to the ISAGA Conference.

Tips for Sweden:

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