We talk to Dr Nico Besombes, Associate Professor of Sociology of Sport at the University of Paris and Vice President of French National Esports Association Listen to Nico on the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Deezer, Google or Stitcher or watch it on Youtube Find the conference here https://ernconference.com/) Presented by Dr Stephanie Orme & Dr Brian McCauley The Esports Research […]
Category: Esports Research Report
Innovation in esports: weavr.tv with Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research Cluster
It’s always great when industry and academia collaborate esports is the perfect environment for productive and innovative projects. One example Weavr ( https://weavr.tv/ ) is a platform that uses live and historic data to create meaningful and personalised mixed-reality experiences for esports fans. On the podcast Steph & Brian talk to Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research […]
Esports as sport and why ‘The International’ for Dota 2 will not happen in Sweden
Recently the Swedish Sports Federation voted not to accept esports into the sports federation despite the application by Svenska E-sportförbundet. As a result, visa issues for players, staff and attendees from outside the EU became a potential problem for Dota 2 publisher, Valve. Request to reclassify The International as an elite sporting event were denied. As a result the 40 […]
Shoutcasting, Commentating & Broadcasting Esports with Rene Treur. Episode 22 of the Esports Research Report
Rene Treur is a professional broadcaster in esports and we ask him is it shoutcasting or commentating? @TreurRene does a lot of work with football esports such as Fifa and Pro Evolution Soccer including hosting events and live commentary on Belgian TV. Dr Stephanie Orme and Dr Brian McCauley talk to the esports representative, who carried the Olympic Torch for […]
Sportification of Esports with Dr Tobias Scholz (ep 20) in International Journal of Esports
So how can Sports benefit from working with Esports? We ask Dr Tobias Scholz about his new research in the International Journal of Esports on the Esports Research Report hosted by Dr Stephanie Orme and Dr Brian McCauley. Esports can help revitalize traditional sports, reach a young audience, and venture into the digital society. But it all depends on a […]
