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Johannes Katsarov is an ethicist, educational scientist, and serious game designer at Leuphana. He promotes game-based learning, teaches ethics, and develops digital games to sensitize people for ethical problems and risks associated with artificial intelligence, chatbots, and social media. Currently, he is finishing up a serious moral game on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in business, which has already been tested by more than a hundred students from diverse degree programs. Previously, he worked at the University of Zurich, where he conducted research on the promotion of moral sensitivity and research integrity. Here, he also developed two digital games for ethics education, which are used for the training of medical and business students at several universities and submitted a doctoral dissertation on “Virtuous Play – Promoting Moral Sensitivity with Digital Games”. His principal research interests are to identify teaching mechanisms and strategies that effectively facilitate the development of responsible attitudes and competences for moral agency and to understand, how game-based learning can achieve optimal outcomes.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate , Virtuous Play - Promoting Moral Sensitivity with Digital Games, Universität Zürich
Award Date: 01.01.2023
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Keywords
- Management studies
- Business Ethics
- Empirical education research
- Game-based Learning
- Ethics Education
- Didactics/teaching methodology
- Serious Games
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Game-Didaktik - Spielbasierte Lehre an der Leuphana
Katsarov, J. (Project manager, academic) & Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.24 → 30.03.26
Project: Teaching
Research output
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Conveying the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in K–12 and Academia: A Systematic Review of Teaching Methods
Tschoppe, N. J., Katsarov, J., Drews, P. & Trittin-Ulbrich, H., 07.01.2025, Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: Hilton Waikoloa Village, January 7-10, 2025. Bui, T. X. (ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, p. 4744-4753 10 p. (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS); vol. 2025).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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uFood: Concept for a Serious Moral Game on Social-Media Marketing
Katsarov, J., Rabener, T., Wagenbach, T., Zakharova, E., Blanco Hoppmann, Y., Tran, L., Drews, P. & Trittin-Ulbrich, H., 2025, Games and Learning Alliance: 13th International Conference, GALA 2024. Schönbohm, A., Bellotti, F., Buchiarone, A., de Rosa, F., Ninaus, M., Wang, A., Wanick, V. & Dondio, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 355-360 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 15348 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Moral Sensitivity
Katsarov, J., 01.01.2024, Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. Allison, S. T., Beggan, J. K. & Goethals, G. R. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 1421-1429 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Virtuous Play - Zur Förderung moralischer Sensitivität mit digitalen Spielen
Katsarov, J., 2024, Planspiele – interdisziplinär vernetzt: Rückblick auf das 34. Europäische Planspielforum und den Deutschen Planspielpreis 2023. Tobias, A., Simon, H., Isabella, F., Birgit, Z. & Friedrich, T. (eds.). Stuttgart: ZMS – Zentrum für Managementsimulation, DHBW Stuttgart, Vol. 14. p. 78-104 27 p. (ZMS-Schriftenreihe; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Kann man eine ethische Haltung erlernen?
Katsarov, J. & Trittin-Ulbrich, H., 01.10.2023, In: people & work. 5, p. 54-56 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
Activities
- 1 Conference Presentations
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CO-BOLD: A serious game to promote an ethical use of artificial intelligence in business
Katsarov, J. (Speaker)
28.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Prizes
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AACSB Innovations that Inspire
Katsarov, J. (Recipient), Drews, P. (Recipient) & Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Education
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Deutscher Planspielpreis 2023 - Sonderpreis Dissertation
Katsarov, J. (Recipient), 22.06.2023
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Teaching Award
Banerjee, D. (Recipient), Kohler, M. (Recipient), Sterzl, S. (Recipient) & Katsarov, J. (Recipient), 10.12.2025
Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Education
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Press/Media
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The use of artificial intelligence tools in the career guidance practice
01.03.23
1 Media contribution
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