On July 7, 2020, the Esports Research Network (ERN) held their second formalization meeting and with 50 founding members present online through Zoom, the statutes were ratified and the first official board members were voted for their first one year period. This...
In the Issue of the International Journal on Media Management, a special issue edited by Tobias Scholz was just released. The focus was on the deciphering the world of esports and how this field is impacting the current media management research. Esports is a unique...
The Research Center for Esports Law of the University of Augsburg ("FeSR") and the Esports Research Network ("ERN") concluded a cooperation agreement in February 2020 to advance research in esports. The objective is to conduct valid and relevant fundamental research...
On November 27th at our Esports Research Network Symposium on 'Developing a Sustainable Future for Esports', we also filmed some of the presentations and will upload them in the coming weeks. The first video was from Dr. Tobias Scholz and tackled the question about...
The phenomenon of esports escaped its niche in recent years and became an integral part of the digitized society. Esports titles like League of Legends fill arenas and events like the DreamHack evolved into festivals that attract so many people that a small city like...
Being an esports researcher in Germany is always an ambivalent experience. On the one hand, Germany was the birthplace of ESL and Freaks 4U, is the home of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), and it can sometimes show its innovative side as...
The phenomenon of esports grew in recent years exponentially and, even though, esports is around for several decades, research is still scarce and scattered. For understanding the implications of esports on the modern and digitised world, it seems necessary that...
