Miguel Angel Sicart

Miguel Angel Sicart is a Professor and Head of the Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on digital play, ethics in technology, game design, and the intersection of play with artificial intelligence. He leads the Play, Culture, and AI Games Research Group. Sicart has published extensively on topics such as ethical gameplay, the aesthetics of game rules, and the societal implications of digital play. He has been involved in projects like CDI: Creative Digital Industries and GIFT: Meaningful Personalization of Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences. His work bridges philosophy, computer science, and cultural studies to explore how play shapes human interactions with technology and society.

• Education: While specific academic degrees are not detailed in the text, his role as a professor implies advanced academic credentials in computer science or game studies.

Research Interests: Sicart's work examines the ethics of play in computational culture, the design of ethical gameplay, and the role of play in digital systems. He explores how games and interactive media can reflect and challenge societal norms, particularly through projects like LAIKA (focusing on dialogue trees and natural language processing) and FROG (user task visualization). His studies often address contemporary issues such as AI ethics, playful capitalism, and the aesthetics of game mechanics.

Projects & Grants: Key projects include:

• CDI: Creative Digital Industries (2012–2014)
• GIFT: Virtual Museum Experiences (2017–2019)
• LAIKA: Video Game Narrative Tools (2022)
• FROG: User Task Visualization (2023–2024)

Media Engagements: Sicart has been featured in media discussions on topics like AI-generated celebrities, gaming industry trends, and ethical dilemmas in virtual environments.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Center for Digital Play, fostering interdisciplinary research on play's cultural and technological dimensions.