The Researcher’s Toolbox

A recent CFP from Journal of Virtual Worlds Research aligns nicely with our upcoming PhD seminar on Virtual Worlds and Methodology. We hope some of the participating students and staff will submit an abstract (due september 15th 2009). We will to devote time at the seminar to discuss paper proposals that might contribute to this methodological toolbox for researchers of virtual worlds.

CFP: The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research announces a special issue devoted entirely to research methods and virtual worlds with the objective of creating a methodological toolbox for researchers. The editors for this special issue invite submissions from a broad array of disciplinary approaches. Methods can include (but are not limited to): Physical-world and in-world ethnography, Surveys, Focus Groups, Interviews (both physical-world and in-world), Design Research/Playtesting, Experimental Methods, Back-End Data-Collection-Based Research.

Editorial Team
• Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine
• Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech University
• Dmitri Williams, University of Southern California
• Thomas Malaby, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Elizabeth Dean, RTI
• Tracy Tuten, East Carolina University

Full CFP from the Journal of Virtual Worlds

PhD seminar at Roskilde University on Analytical strategies and methodologies for the study of virtual worlds