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Amedeo Viccari

Doctoral Student

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Amedeo Viccari is a doctoral candidate at the University of Giessen and affiliated with the LEAD Graduate School & Research Network and the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology at the University of Tübingen, where he has worked since February 2022. His PhD research focuses on innovative educational methods through Roman history. As part of this work, he developed Limes, a 2D top-down adventure game designed to foster academic learning, motivation, and intercultural empathy by combining historical storytelling with interactive gameplay. Before starting his PhD, Amedeo gained extensive experience in archaeology and geophysics. From 2017 to 2020, he worked in the UK as a commercial archaeologist, first with Wessex Archaeology and Archaeological Research Services, and later as a geophysical archaeologist at Magnitude Surveys in Bradford.

Research Interests

  • Educational video games development
  • Educational video games and game-based learning
  • History education and digital media
  • Motivation and emotions in learning
  • Digital storytelling and narrative approaches to teaching
  • Intercultural competence and empathy through game-based learning

 

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 08/2025
    Research Associate
    Department of Psychology, University of Giessen
  • 02/2022 – 07/2025
    Research Associate
    Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen
  • 04/2018 - 06/2020
    Geophysical Archaeologist
    Assistant Project Officer/ Research Assistant at Magnitude Surveys, Bradford, United Kingdom
  • 03/2018 - 04/2018
    Field Archaeologist
    Site Assistant at Wessex Archaeology, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • 08/2017 - 02/2018
    Field Archaeologist
    Site Assistant at Archaeology Research Service, Bakewell, United Kingdom
  • 02/2016 - 04/2016
    Research Internship
    Placement Second Term: Assistant at Archeology Data Service, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
  • 10/2015 - 12/2015
    Research Internship
    Placement First Term: Assistant at Internet Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
  • 10/2015 - 01/2017
    Master of Science, Archaeological Information Systems
    University of York, York, United Kingdom
  • 09/2008 - 10/2012
    Research Internship
    Field Archaeologist in Egnazia Projekt, University of Bari-Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
  • 12/2007 - 07/2014
    Bachelor of Science in Classical Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
    Universität Bari-Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy