Innovation in esports: weavr.tv with Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research Cluster

by Esports Research Network | Jul 13, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

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...

What are the Physiological Demands of Esports and What is the Role of Exercise? – Mitchell Nicholson

by Esports Research Network | Jul 8, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

Mitchell Nicholson is PhD student at Queensland University of Technology in Australia – Investigating the physiological demands of competitive Esports Connect with him on Linkedin , Instagram or Twitter and you email him at: mitchell.nicholson@hdr.qut.edu.au...

Esports as sport and why ‘The International’ for Dota 2 will not happen in Sweden

by Esports Research Network | Jul 5, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

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...

Shoutcasting, Commentating & Broadcasting Esports with Rene Treur. Episode 22 of the Esports Research Report

by Esports Research Network | Jul 1, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

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...

Sportification of Esports with Dr Tobias Scholz (ep 20) in International Journal of Esports

by Esports Research Network | Jun 16, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

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...

Dynamic capabilities, esports and sports clubs plus future plans for Vietnamese esports with Florian Lefebvre

by Esports Research Network | Jun 9, 2021 | Research, Speeches, and Articles

Florian Lefebvre is finalising his marketing PhD which looks at the dynamic capabilities of football clubs as they enter the esports market. He talks to Brian and Steph about what he found and also his future plans for research in Vietnam. Follow Florian on Twitter...