Paul Wake is a big part of the Manchester games studies network: https://www.manchestergamestudies.org/

His current kickstarter is at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1010climateaction/carbon-city-zero

If you're interested in the zones of play by Scott Rogers: https://mrbossdesign.blogspot.com/2019/07/

I've listed the games we talked about here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/262898/games-i-talked-paul-wake-about-play-thing