How Does a Serious Game Contribute to the Sustainability-Oriented Training of an Urban Planner?

This chapter presents an exploratory study of the application of a serious game in a teaching experience based on a course held at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). The main research question is: how does a serious game contribute to the sustainability-oriented training of a planner, in terms of critically understanding the decision-making, the spatial, and the economic contexts? The chapter discusses the potentials and limitations of such innovative action and experiential learning approaches. The contribution is targeted at faculty and students in bachelor’s degree planning courses that deal with related issues of urban sustainability and energy transition.