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City photos on rolling paper
City photos on rolling paper
City photos on rolling paper, Hai Hui Xiong, MA Book Arts, Camberwell College of Arts

AKO Storytelling Institute stories.

  • Game Flow , AKO Storytelling Institute

    Disinformation Lab

    We explored how game designers can help players build resilience to misinformation. Without sacrificing entertainment, we took psychological literacy skills to build into gameplay. Read what we did and find practical ideas to apply in your own games.

  • Succession , Photograph: Warner Brothers

    Wealth Inequality Lab

    The AKO Storytelling Institute created the Wealth narratives storytelling lab to explore another possibility. What if creative work could make the structures behind inequality more visible, without becoming didactic or losing the audience?

  • The Matrix , Photograph: Warner Brothers

    AI Narratives

    At Sheffield DocFest, we explored how storytelling can move audiences from anxiety to agency on AI. Discover three projects that challenge dominant AI narratives. Plus six practical counternarratives storytellers can use.

  • STIGMATA, Davide Lhamid, 2022 MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, UAL

    What can creative storytellers learn from organising leader, Marshall Ganz?

    In May 2025, a group of folks from across the broad social and environmental justice field gathered in Central London to hear from legendary organiser, Marshall Ganz. In this guest blog, writer and facilitator Ruth Taylor reflects on the