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Dr Luca Morini is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Learning (GLEA) of Coventry University. He holds a Master's Degree in Psychology and a Doctorate in Education and Communication, obtained researching into the social, cultural and pedagogical dynamics which occur in Do-It-Yourself amateur game design communities.
He started his career in Coventry working on research projects pertaining game- and play-based learning and cultures, among which BEACONING and Crowds4Roads H2020 Projects, looking into ways to sustainably and ethically implement seamless game-based learning on a European Union scale, and GameChangers and CreativeCulture, trying to embed game design thinking and practices in everyday pedagogies.
More recently, he has focused on critical aspects of internationalisation and intercultural engagement, particularly on the need to decolonise and ecologise higher education. To do this he has drawn on participatory, narrative and co-creative methodologies, often again with a playful twist.
He is also Deputy Lead for GLEA's postgraduate programmes, promoting a flexible, reflective and philosophically informed approach to doctoral education.
His main areas of interest are co-creation (particularly through playful means), philosophy of research, critical pedagogy, doctoral education and systems thinking. He has experience in qualitative research methodologies, particularly in participatory research and ethnography, seamlessly transversing online and offline spaces.
Luca has a record of publications, including peer reviewed journals, conference papers and book chapters, which touch on the diverse themes of digital and critical pedagogy, decolonisation, game design, human ecology, and research methodology.
Education/Academic qualification
Education and Communication, Doctorate, The World Makers Playgrounds: Mapping the Networked Spaces of Ludic Creation, University of Milano-Bicocca
1 Jan 2012 → 17 Sept 2015
Award Date: 17 Sept 2015
Psychology, MSc, Composing Lives: Avatar Autobiographies, University of Bergamo
30 Sept 2008 → 30 Apr 2012
Award Date: 12 Apr 2010
Psychology, Degree, Cooperation in Nursery School Children, University of Bergamo
30 Sept 2003 → 10 Nov 2006
Award Date: 10 Nov 2006
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Projects
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UK-ASEAN PEER: UK-ASEAN Partnerships and Exchanges Baseline Research
Dang, Q., Wimpenny, K., Clouder, D., Ma, J., Morini, L., Karakus, M. & DeWinter, A.
2/03/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Hacking Institutional Strategies for Rapidly Deployed Digital Education
Morini, L., Villar-Onrubia, D. & DeWinter, A.
1/03/21 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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A Community-A Community-Centred Educational Model for developing Social Resilience (ACES): Playfulness towards an inclusive, safe and resilient society
Arnab, S., Tomlins, R., Wimpenny, K., Masters, A., Clarke, S. & Morini, L.
1/02/20 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Reviewing the reforms associated with decolonisation: the curricula, institutional structures and processes
Morini, L., Hickey, C., Mooney, A., Adefila, A. & Wimpenny, K.
4/11/19 → 29/01/21
Project: Research
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Enhancing staff capacity towards knowledge exchange: in engineering education and in practice
Gerber, F., Wimpenny, K., Aslam, F., Wolffe, K. & Morini, L.
1/04/18 → 29/02/20
Project: Research
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Between sameness and difference: challenges for TNE
Dang, Q. & Morini, L., 11 Mar 2023, University World News.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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75 Years of Scouting/Guiding Activities in Pakistan - Celebrating the Shared British Heritage of Active Citizenship
Noreen, S. & Morini, L., Dec 2022, 98 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Being All Over the Place and Pulling Oneself Together
Morini, L., 24 May 2022Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Web publication/site
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Critical digital literacy as a key for (post)digital citizenship: an international review of teacher competence frameworks
Villar-Onrubia, D., Morini, L., Marín, V. I. & Nascimbeni, F., 30 Dec 2022, Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 18, 3, p. 128-139 12 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Doctorate Supervision in Virtual Borderland Spaces
Wimpenny, K., Frick, L., Gerber, F., King, V., Cishe, E., Gogela-Smith, M., Kariyan, I., Musodza, B., Dang, Q., Morini, L., Tshuma, N., Rule, P. & Ayoola, O., 16 Mar 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education (Journal)
Luca Morini (Advisory Board Member)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Rebellious Playfulness in Higher Education
Luca Morini (Speaker)
12 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education (Journal)
Luca Morini (Guest Editor)
2021 → 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development (Journal)
Luca Morini (Editorial Board Member)
2021 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Who Makes The Rules? Who is Getting Played? Games, Play and Decolonising Education
Luca Morini (Speaker)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
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Enhancing staff capacity towards knowledge exchange: in engineering education and in practice”
Wimpenny, Katherine (Recipient), Aslam, Farzana (Recipient), Morini, Luca (Recipient) & Du Plessis-Walker, Hannelie (Recipient), 31 May 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Gamification Award for Education and Learning 2019
Arnab, Sylvester (Recipient), Clarke, Samantha (Recipient), Masters, Alex (Recipient), Beaufoy, Jayne (Recipient) & Morini, Luca (Recipient), 28 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)