Jana Wendler

MSc Environmental Governance, University of Freiburg, Germany, 2009.

BA Philosophy, Politics & Economics, University of Oxford, 2006.

Exploring the role of play and playfulness in environmental efforts and sustainability engagement.

Supervisors: James Evans and Mark Jayne.

• Sustainability practices and green living
• Play and playfulness
• Experimentation and creativity in cities
• The urban experience

My project asks how personal engagements in environmental efforts for the sustainable city can be promoted in creative ways. It explores the role of play as a potential driver for such engagements, understanding playfulness as an important and ubiquitous part of both personal practice and the wider urban experience. Based on the literature of extended experimentation and insurgent spaces, the research investigates experimental green initiatives and alternative living projects with the aim of conceptualising play as a wider approach to sustainable urban imaginations and practices.

I am interested in all kinds of games, played with cards, on boards or in cities, and always look for new ones to try out.