Menno Deen graduated as a (BA) designer at the Utrecht School of Arts and subsequently as (MA) cultural researcher at Utrecht University. His design and research is on virtual citizenship, homosexuality, and the educational potential of video games. Deen wrote his MA thesis on the correspondence between learning styles and playing styles. Subsequently he works as Ranj’s game researcher, validating the learning outcome of a second language learning game called CheckOut!

Since 2009 Deen is PhD candidate at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. He published about serious games and education (OSG), co-authored a report about the attractiveness of casual games (My Child Online Foundation), and co-authored a chapter on online casual games. Deen’s PhD research is on motivations for games and learning. He works on a serious game design method for educational games that may change students’ motivation towards learning for the better.

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