Hartmut Koenitz

Dr. Hartmut Koenitz is a scholar, designer, public speaker, trainer, and artist. He explores ways to use narrative and the digital medium together to better understand the complex world of the 21st century, as shown in his latest book “Understanding Interactive Digital Narratives” (http://understandingidn.com). Koenitz connects theoretical insight with practical application and is concerned with the theory, practice, education and societal impact of interactive narratives and games. He has published over 70 scholarly publications on these topics. He is founding member and current president of ARDIN, the Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives (https://ardin.online) which runs the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS). He is also a visual artist, and his works have been shown in Atlanta, Paris, Istanbul, Seoul, Copenhagen and Porto.