Are you interested in being a Chapter Author or Reviewer for the “Handbook of Esports”?
Project Overview "Handbook of Esports" Past esports books focus on specific areas of esports (e.g., esports medicine, esports business/management, esports history, collegiate esports, etc.). A reference source is lacking in the literature that provides a broad...
Sustainable Esports in the Digital Society – ERN Conference 22
2ERNC22 ‘Sustainable Esports in the Digital Society’ is the first in person conference for the Esports Research Network. While last year's event ‘Health & Wellness in Esports’ was forced to go online due to the pandemic, this year it is being held in Jönköping in...
ERNC 2021
ERNC 2021 The Esports Research Network (ERN) and the Institut des Sciences du Sport-Santé (I3SP) of the University of Paris hosted the first international esports research conference, ERNC21on the 9 & 10th of December 2021. Held online due to the pandemic the...
Lessons learned from the ESIC Global Esports Summit 2022
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) hosted a one-day summit for key stakeholders in the esports industry to gather and share knowledge on the 13-14th April 2022. ERN member Charlie Smith was there and brought back three things he learned.
Understanding Valorant with Mitch McBride
Valorant is the great challenger to CS:GO and Mitch 'Mitchman' McBride is a font of knowledge on both. As a VALORANT commentator and analyst it's literally his job to know more than everyone else. Oh and he also has a degree in quantum physics going on that he plans...
MISSHARVEY (Stephanie Harvey) talks diversity and inclusion initiatives in esports plus cyber-citizenship
Stephanie Harvey (missharvey), former CS and CS:GO player and World Champion and now Director of Franchise Development and Outreach for Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), joins Steph & Brian to talk about diversity and inclusion initiatives in esports. It's clear why she...
Nico Besombes on French Esports & the Sociology of Sport
Nicolas (Nico) Besombes does a lot. Including organizing our first conference on esports health and well-being in two weeks, meaning many of us would have been in Paris in normal pre-pandemic times. His roles in research, esports and education means he knows a lot,...
Call for Papers on “Disruption by Esports: The digital transformation of media businesses” in Journal of Media Business Studies
UPDATED SUBMISSION DATE: May 1st 2022 Due to requests and our understanding of the current issues affecting many globally we have extended the submission date to May 1st 2022. Call for papers Special Issue on “Disruption by Esports: The digital transformation of...
The Music of League of Legends & Esports with Dr. Eulalia Febrer Coll
You may have just watched the League of Legends finals and marveled at the sheer magnificence of the entire show. We talked to the person who has literally researched the importance of music at the event: Dr. Eulalia Febrer Coll. Besides providing us all with...
Esports participation, health and physical activity behavior. Podcast with Michael Trotter
With the first ERN conference coming up we are on a roll with health and well-being topics podcasts. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Deezer, Google or Stitcher or watch it on Youtube . Episode 29 features...