Inclusive Serious Games in Education

Living beneath the surface of the earth seems more and more realistic. Τhe extreme weather conditions often create a particularly inhospitable environment for human living on the surface of the earth. An example is the relocation of the majority of the population of Coober Pedy to underground dwellings due to extremely high temperatures (up to 50 degrees Celsius). On the contrary, a number of underground shops and sports facilities were constructed in Helsinki to avoid the polar temperatures prevailing there during winter. Another reason for the increase in underground dwellings could be the lack of space in big cities.

Participants:
Panagiotis Vergoulis : PhD candidate at NTUA

Panagiotis Vergoulis got a degree in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens with honors (2011) and was awarded by the Greek Mining Enterprises Association (GMEA) for coming first among students of all Mining Schools of the country. In 2013 he specialized in environmental studies and got a masters degree at the interdisciplinary program of postgraduate studies of NTUA with honors. Afterwards he worked for one and a half year in the Public Power Corporation of Greece as a geotechnical engineer and an environmental specialist both in the lignite mines of Megalopoli and in Athens. He has taken part in international and Greek conferences as a rapporteur on environmental and geoscience issues, while writing for the monthly magazine “Periscope of Science”, “Huffington Post Greece” and “News on Minerals”. He is currently a PhD candidate at NTUA while completing his studies as a civil engineer at the University of Thessaly.
National Technical University of Athens