The Esports Research Network has been at the forefront of supporting and representing esports researchers across various disciplines. To promote the idea of this network, Oliver Leis (Leipzig University) has initiated an online Esports Research Colloquium. This colloquium aims to provide a forum for knowledge exchange, networking, and discussing research. Research presented within this session is related to both research […]
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Foundation of the Esports Research Network Association
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 process is the basis for the official registration of an international association, now based in Siegen, Germany. This […]
GAMESYM 2020: A (future) symposium on young people, mental health, live-streaming and esports
Research into esports is a burgeoning field, with scholars from a range of disciplines such as marketing, business, cultural studies and sociology coming together to explore the salient opportunities and challenges faced by those play video games professionally and as a leisure pursuit. Non-experts have long voiced concerns over the influence video games have on the psychology and wellbeing of […]
Video: Sustainability in Esports by Dr. Tobias Scholz
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 sustainability in esports and the goal was to categorize and systemize the fragmented industry into one […]
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 Jönköping became a beacon for esports all over the world. Still, the topic of esports […]
