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...
Summary of the 1st Esports Research Network Symposium in Jönköping
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...
Esports is more than just sports – A proposition to move beyond the existing discourse
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...
Kick-Off Event at the ESL One Cologne
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...