game studies Archives - Prof. Sebastian Möring, PhD

August 20, 2026

Panel Gamescom Congress

Wie kann die Spielwissenschaft in Deutschland dauerhaft Wurzeln schlagen? 2025 war ein Meilensteinjahr für die deutschsprachige Spielforschung: ein Positionspapier in der Paidia, ein neuer Verein, eine neue Fachgesellschaft. Doch nachhaltige Strukturen entstehen nicht von selbst.Games prägen Demokratie, Bildung, Gesundheit und Kultur – ihre Erforschung braucht tragfähige institutionelle Grundlagen. Genau darüber diskutieren wir auf dem gamescom congress und bringen Wissenschaft, Forschungsförderung...

Conferences/News/Panels/Politics

June 26, 2026

A Lift Home (S1:E4) for Dr. Dom Ford

A Lift Home is back and ready to take off, soon! In the next episode (S1:E4), live on July 8, 2026, we will take premium passenger Dr. Dom Ford from Dublin (EIDW) to Bergen (ENBR). The departure time will be 7 pm (Central European Time) and the estimated flight time will be around 2-2.5 hours. We may go live earlier,...

Media/News/Projects/Research

March 16, 2026

Neues Buch: Digitale Fachkonzepte

Ein neues Buch ist erschienen – und es ist mir eine echte Herzensangelegenheit. Es ist das Ergebnis einer spannenden Reise in aufgewühlten Zeiten. Zusammen mit Ulrike Lucke, Jörg Hafer und Peer Trilcke habe ich den Sammelband Digitale Fachkonzepte. Forschendes Lernen und digitale Methoden in den Geisteswissenschaften herausgegeben. Das Buch ist im Universitätsverlag Potsdam erschienen. Es ist kostenlos als Open Access...

News/Projects/Publication/Research/Teaching

March 13, 2026

Humour and Games Podcasts — Season 3, Episode 9

I’m very happy to share that my episode of Season 3 of the Humour and Games podcast was recently published — and it’s now available to listen to! The interview itself actually dates back to 2022, so it’s been a while in the making. I’m glad it’s finally out in the world. In Episode 9, host Scott DeJong and I...

Media/News/Publication/Research

December 1, 2025

Out now: Handbook Philosophy of Games

Look, what I just found in the mail: My author’s copy of the The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games which is out now. A very long time in the making, it has finally arrived in physical form. The book features chapters on central topics in the field written by a large number of international experts who have also become...

News/Publication/Research

October 24, 2025

A Lift Home (S1:E3) for Dr. Joleen Blom

A Lift Home is back and ready to take off, soon! In the next episode (S1:E3), live on November 19, 2025, we will take premium passenger Dr. Joleen Blom from Lublin-Świdnik (EPLB), where our plane was parked for almost two years, to Helsinki-Vantaa (EFHK). The departure time will be 7 pm (Central European Time)/8 pm (Eastern European Time) and the...

News/Projects

April 23, 2025

European Encounters – Perspectives on Games across the Analog and the Digital

I look forward to participating in the virtual meetup series “European Encounters” organized by Indiana University Europe Gateway. On April 29, 2025 | 1 pm EDT / 7 pm CEST (19:00), I will meet Prof. Marco Arnaudo, author of The Tabletop Revolution: Gaming Reimagined in the 21st Century (2024). We will “discuss innovations in the field of game research from both the...

News/Panels

March 3, 2025

Basic Readings on In-Game Photography

This is a list of basic readings on in-game photography as a practice, medium, and art form: Web sources http://gamescenes.org https://gta5.photography/artworks https://videogametourism.at http://ingame.photography

Research/Teaching/Workshop

February 28, 2025

Games Now! on March 3!

Update March 4, 2025: Here is the video of my talk at Games Now! Event Week: I will be speaking at Games Now! on March 3! I am very happy to deliver my talk, “Frame the Game – Approaching Photographic Practices in Computer Games” as part of the kick-off of the Games Now! Event Week of Spring 2025. The talk...

Lecture/Media/News

November 17, 2023

A Lift Home (S1:E2) for Dr. Agata Waszkiewicz

In the next stream of A Lift Home (S1:E2), live on November 30, 2023, we will take premium passenger Dr. Agata Waszkiewicz from Copenhagen (EKCH) to Lublin-Świdnik (EPLB). The departure time will be 7 pm (Central European Time) and the estimated flight time will be around 1.5 hours. We may go live earlier when our pilot begins to configure the...