Innovation lab
The Researchlab
An experimental lab building the evidence base for game facilitation — what it actually does, measured honestly.
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- Innovation lab
- Coming soon
17
hubs in formation
Open
Founding membership
2026
Founding cohort
An experimental lab pushing new formats for the field.
About this lab
What this lab is
Game facilitation is rich in testimony and poor in evidence. Practitioners see games change groups every week, but the field has little rigorous, shared research on outcomes — which weakens its case with clients, institutions and skeptics alike.
The Research Lab is being formed to fix that: a working group that designs studies, gathers data across many practitioners, partners with universities, and publishes what it finds — including null results. Slow, careful, and exactly what a maturing profession needs.
The practice
What members will do
- Design and run practitioner-based studies on session outcomes
- Build shared measurement instruments any member can use
- Review and summarize existing research for working facilitators
- Develop partnerships with universities and research groups
- Publish an honest evidence base — positive, negative and unclear
At a glance
- Type
- Innovation lab
- Status
- Coming soon
- Founding membership
- Open
Other hubs
All 17 hubsThematic hub
Transformational Games
The launch wedge — for practitioners of transformational, metaphorical and self-discovery games.
Visit this hubHelp build the Research lab
It's free to apply, and founding members shape the lab from day one — the agenda, the standards, the community. Tell us this is your lab in your application.