Dr. Konstantin Mitgutsch is founder of Playful Solutions and works as a game design consultant and coach in Vienna, Austria. He lectures at the University of Fine Arts Vienna and is an Affiliate Researcher at the MIT GAME LAB at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston.Playful Solutions offers a constructive mix of coaching, consulting, game design, and state-of-the-art research. To create customized solutions that fit your needs, Playful Solutions cooperates with experienced partners in game design and change management. Together we have over a decade working in the game industry, both in research and consulting. All consultations are tailored specifically to your needs.Dr. Mitgutsch did his coaching training at the Co-Active Coaching Institute (CTI) and works with clients on their personal and professional development. In his coaching he uses innovative and playful tools to explore new potentials of peoples in all areas of their lifes (click here more information).Konstantin Mitgutsch studied Media Education and Philosophy of Education at the University of Vienna and the Humboldt University Berlin and earned a MA in Education Science, Sociology, Media Studies and Philosophy (2003) and a Ph.D. in 2009. He is participating as an expert member for the Austrian Federal Office for the Positive Assessment of Computer and Console Games and is on the expert council of the Pan European Game Information (PEGI). Since 2007 he organizes the annual Vienna Games Conference FROG.Specialties: Coaching, Research, Lectures, Workshops Game Design, Learning Theories, Teaching, Didactic, Computer Games