Yaraslau I. Kot
Dr. Yaraslau I. Kot PhD, MBA, MPsy | |
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| Nationality | Belarus |
Yaraslau I. Kot, PhD, MBA, MPsy. Larper since 1996. Game designer and researcher. Was part of hundreds larp projects around the world. Coowner of Law and tax firm Business Advisers;Senior lecturer of Belarusian State University; Research Fellow and game expert of National Institute of Education of the Ministry of Education of Republic of Belarus; is the Head of LARP, Social Mission at Business School IPM; serves as one of Directors for the Medical charity organization “Medicine and Chernobyl” and Trustee for the charity “Independent Children’s Aid”, etc. organizer and participant of numerous international larp related projects, research projects and events. He applies larp methodology for education, therapy, rehabilitation, corporate training, crime investigation, research and entertainment.
Coowner of larp company Heroes Guild;
Member and cofounder of International Larp Academy
Head organizer of annual International Larp Academy Conference (ILAC)
Head of BelGameDev,
Cofounder of Central and East European Games Awards
Coauthor editor or contributor of over 100 books and articles about larp. Among them:
Branches of Play
Wyrd Con Companion 2012
Wyrd Con Companion 2012, revised edition
KoLa Book 2013
Wyrd Con Companion Book 2013
Nordic-Russian Larp Dialogue
Kola Book 2014
The Cutting Edge of Nordic Larp
LARP thought, word and deed
Larp as a social tool
Role-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations
Imagine This. The Transformative Power of Edu-Larp in Corporate Training and Assessment
The Larpwriter Summer School Collection
