Motivation
Migration law is complex on a legal, societal and political level. Students find it hard to differentiate between these different layers and shift between levels. Can a simulation help students better understand migration law?
Legal education becomes more interesting and of higher quality when the material is more lively. This can be accomplished through the use of educational simulation games. The Migration Game is one of those education simulations. It gives students the opportunity to pretend to be one of the many legal roles that are relevant in migration law. This way future lawyers are challenged to think critically and creatively within their role.
Desired solution
The goal of this project is to stimulate students to critically think about migration law. Not like a static given amount of rules, but as a living set of instruments to shape society with. What we hope is that through The Migration Game students learn to shift between different layers of law, with which they can help think about societal issues in a more effective way.
Action plan
The aim is that The Migration Game can be incorporated in the course European & Comparative Refugee Law in academic year 2021/2022 and during the Summer school in 2022. To realise this, first substantive development of the game scenario has to be created with the learning objectives for students in mind. This can then be transformed into a simulation.
Students will test The Migration Game, together with lecturers from other disciplines and elsewhere in Europe. After improvements are made, there is another check to make sure the game is in line with the learning objectives and theory. If all is well, after that the game can be used in education.