Ethical Games @ethicalgames.org Building a code of ethics for the game industry. Account managed by Celia Hodent.
ethicalgames.org
Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social Here to help you to publish and make an impact with your research.
Daniel Nielsen @danielnielsen.bsky.social PhD student and digital games researcher // Charles University // Prague // User Researcher // Game Industry // Pharma
Felix Reer @ree-flx.bsky.social Researcher at University of Muenster
Chair of the ECREA Digital Games Research Section
Communication Science, Media Psychology, Online Communication, Virtual Reality, Digital Games
Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University • working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
David Walewijns @dwalewijns.bsky.social PhD researcher University of Antwerp // Virtual Reality // Persuasive Communication // XR Storytelling 
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
Koji Yoshimura @kojiyoshimura.bsky.social Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). My teaching and research examines the psychology of media entertainment with a focus on ambiguous narratives, meaningful experiences, and interactivity.
ProfNoctis @profnoctis.bsky.social I teach and play video games. I do both at the University of Alabama. | YOUTUBE | TWITCH | PROFESSOR
www.profnoctis.com
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Links: https://linktr.ee/profnoctis
Sarah Trottier @trotties.bsky.social Human person. PhD researcher & lecturer @ Utrecht Uni. Video games, digital culture, anti-colonial/decolonial/settler colonial studies & more 💫
🇵🇸Free Palestine🇵🇸
Bettina Bódi🌿🎮 @bettibo.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK
✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature
🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu
🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
Aphra Kerr @aphrak.bsky.social Prof Digital Media & Communication, University College Dublin, Ireland. Co- PI ADAPT Research Centre & Algowatch project. Researching people & games, tech & AI.
Flanders Game Hub @flgamehub.bsky.social We're focused on elevating start-ups and game studios, fostering a tight-knit community all while professionalizing and economically growing our industry. 🚀
Cyberpsychology Journal @cyberpsy.bsky.social Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Masaryk University.
investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social Investigating video games, board games and other types of play in the context of their history, production and socio-cultural value 👾
🌐 http://investigate.games
✉️ investigate.games@yorksj.ac.uk
📍 York St John University, UK
Sébastien Genvo @sebgenvo.bsky.social Professeur à univ-lorraine / Game Designer indé / Responsable Expressive Gamelab http://www.expressivegame.com / Chaine youtube Théories des jeux vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/@SebastienGenvo / #sciencesdujeu / #gamestudies
Anna-Maria Trefois @annamariatrefois.bsky.social Doctorante au Liège Game Lab (Université de Liège)
Matrimoine vidéoludique
Co-fondateur'ice de l'ASBL Pixielles (streaming sur Twitch)
audhd (iel/ael/elle)
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Bex Ferriday @mavendorf.bsky.social Digital Education Specialist, Doctor Who aficionado, inveterate gamer, and PhD researcher investigating the unintended consequences of playing open world RPGs and their impact on HE students. Also: cheese addict.
André Rodrigues @androdgiues.bsky.social Assistant Professor at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
Game Researcher| HCI | Accessibility
Researcher at Tech & People (techandpeople.github.io) at LASIGE.
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Mark R Johnson @mrjgames.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney | Researching Twitch game streaming, esports, game monetisation | Ultima Ratio Regum dev
(Placeholder, for now, while we wait to see how things play out...)
Ryan Stanton @stantium.bsky.social Aspiring Academic || Eternal Idiot
Lecturer - Gaming and Society @ UNSW
PhD @ University of Sydney
Bad puns and worse jokes
Mostly Lurking
He/Him
Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social 📖Research: planetary boundaries, apples, orchards, sustainable food systems
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
Nicolle Lamerichs @nicolleness.bsky.social 🔸️Media studies scholar
🔸️Fan studies, cosplay, games & tech
🔸️Passionate senior lecturer at HU Utrecht
🔸️Gamer, fan artist & Trekker 🖖
https://linktr.ee/nicollelamerichs
Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social Game Studies || Psychology || Digital Play Enthusiast
Master's degree programme Game Studies and Engineering, Writer & Mental Health Advocate. Accessibility matters. "Retro can be fun!"
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social Making big waves in Game Studies research, Game Design, and AI from a tiny, Mediterranean island | Check us out: https://www.um.edu.mt/digitalgames/ | Hosts of DiGRA 2025
Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
Author of strange literary fictions ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Kati Alha @katialha.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game studies. Gardening and woodworking enthusiast. Devourer of video games and audiobooks. Wife to my wife. She/they.
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).- A User_404 @andrewwong95.bsky.social
International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social This account is for informational purposes. Please get in touch with the appropriate department for assistance. https://icahdq.org/page/ContactUs
Loes Pouwels @loespouwels.bsky.social Assistant Professor developmental psychology @radboud university | Studies social media use and social connectedness among adolescents
Amber van der Wal @ambervdwal.bsky.social Assistant Professor Youth and Media at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. My primary research focus is on how digital technologies such as social media affect youth well-being
Tom De Leyn @tomdeleyn.bsky.social Assistant professor in digitalization & communication @ SSW - UHasselt | Affiliated researcher imec-mict-ugent | Researching social media, youth, digital well-being, privacy & digital inclusion- B @brunolizator.bsky.social @brunolizator.bsky.social
Joyce Vissenberg @joycevissenberg.bsky.social Postdoc | Media Culture & Policy Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium | Digital literacy researcher
Roel Vande Winkel @roel-1974.bsky.social Media scholar, film historian. Associate Professor at KU Leuven. Course Director of FilmMemory at LUCA School of Arts. Co-Editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
Matthias De Bondt @matthiasdebondt.bsky.social PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant
KU Leuven, Media Culture & Policy Lab
🔎 Researching conspiracy cultures, documentary film and alternative media
📚 Teaching on media culture, film analysis and qualitative methods
@emiliebossens.bsky.social @emiliebossens.bsky.social 
Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social Postdoc at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, studying NPCs with AI-generated dialogue.
Editor: Eludamos
PREORDER SCHOLAR'S CODEX: https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/scholars-codex
domford.net
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc) @digisoc.bsky.social Towards an inclusive digital society based on responsible, ethical and sustainable technologies 
Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
celiahodent.com
GAM(e)(a)BLE @gameable.bsky.social GAM(e)(a)BLE is an interdisciplinary research project focusing on the blurring lines between gaming and gambling among teenagers.
Funded by FWOVlaanderen
StampMedia @stampmedia.bsky.social Jongerenpersagentschap waar jongeren terecht kunnen om te experimenteren met media, nieuws te maken en hun stem te versterken. Check hun publicaties, en onze workshops en projecten, op stampmedia.be
Kamile Grusauskaite (she/her) @kamilegrusauskaite.bsky.social 
Darian Harff @darianharff.bsky.social Postdoc @univie.ac.at. PhD at KU Leuven. Research in the area of media psychology and political communication.
@laurededecker.bsky.social @laurededecker.bsky.social 
@fsw-kuleuven.bsky.social @fsw-kuleuven.bsky.social 
DEMINE @demineproject.bsky.social DEaling with conflicts related to MIgration: NEgotiating social cohesion through communication, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN)
Lisa Bormans @lisabormans.bsky.social PhD researcher @KU Leuven | Dementia research
Clinical psychologist
@yborgonjon.bsky.social @yborgonjon.bsky.social 
Αλέξανδρος @asvanleuven.bsky.social 
Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Commmunication Science.
The Media Culture & Policy Lab investigates the complex interactions between people, media, and culture to foster social cohesion, inclusivity, and critical dialogue.
@fxsurinx.bsky.social @fxsurinx.bsky.social Doctorant FNRS-FRESH au Liège Game Lab. Je me passionne pour les catégorisations génériques. Nageur d'eau froide le reste du temps
Dina Brode-Roger, PhD @dina78n.bsky.social Research Fellow in Cultural Studies @KULeuven. Research projects based in Svalbard/the Arctic. Interests range from embodied understanding, visual methods, identity-of-place, human/nature interactions and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social Media and Communication is a peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of research in communication.
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7 (Q1)
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication
@sercankiyak.bsky.social @sercankiyak.bsky.social 
Xiaoxian Wang @xiaoxianwang.bsky.social 👩🏫Research fellow of Digital media & Society @Leipzig University
👩🏫Postdoc researcher and lecturer @Media culture & Policy lab @KU Leuven
👩🎓PhD in Media and Communication Sciences @VUB
💙vlogging 💛wanghong/influencer/creator 💙platform economy
Kristof Vrancken @kristofvrancken.bsky.social Researcher, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor @ LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven (Communication Sciences: Media Culture & Policy Lab)
Steven Eggermont @steveneggermont.bsky.social Professor at the Media Psychology Lab | Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences | KU Leuven
Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social History, strategy & communication | game designer | researcher in applied history | PhD early modern history, MPhil international relations | www.branwenadvisors.com, www.sunkentower.be
Thi Willems @thiwillems.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Media Psychology Lab, KU Leuven🧠📱 | 🔍 Researching the effects of porn use among adolescents
David Geerts @davidgeerts.bsky.social Belgian living in Portugal - Human-Centered AI - User Experience - Digital Ethics
Louise Glenisson @louiseglenisson.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Media, Information & Persuasion Lab, Department of Communication Science KU Leuven | Researching sustainable food communication and online (mis)information
Marie Verstappen @verstappenmarie.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Media, Information and Persuasion Lab @kuleuven 🎓
Studying the remediation of news on social media 🤳
Renske van Enschot 🟥 @renskevanenschot.bsky.social Assistant prof digital strategic storytelling - interactive narratives - narrative interventions - narrative persuasion - visual metaphor - text analysis - @tilburg-university.bsky.social 🇳🇱 | r.vanenschot@tilburguniversity.edu | she/her
Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social Professor, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute. Public services, public management, public sector reform, public sector innovation http://www.instituutvoordeoverheid.be
https://pioneer-master.eu/ - MSc Public Sector Innovation & eGovernance
Media, Information & Persuasion Lab @miplab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science. The Media, Information & Persuasion Lab (MIP Lab) is a research group focusing on the role of media, information, and persuasion in society. 
Sara Pabian @sarapabian.bsky.social Assistant Professor Tilburg University, Department of Communication and Cognition, School for Humanities and Digital Sciences. Studies (online) social interactions with a main focus on (cyber)bullying.
@janavereecke.bsky.social @janavereecke.bsky.social 
Ines Boeckxstaens @ines-b.bsky.social PhD researcher at the KU Leuven Media Psychology Lab🤳🧠
Currently researching social media effects and media literacy in different susceptibility groups🔎
NeFCA Media Psychology Division @nefcamediapsych.bsky.social NeFCA's Media Psychology division provides a platform for media psychology scholars working in the Netherlands or Flanders | @etmaal2025.bsky.social | https://nefca.eu/divisions/media-psychology/
Elien Beelen @elienbeelen.bsky.social PhD candidate and teaching assistent @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social researching media effects, mental health & well-being🧠💗
Alexis Messina - LGL @alex-messina.bsky.social PhD student : game idéation et recherche création de jeux vidéo (he/him)
médiateur culturel, technopédagogue et formateur
LiegeGameLab (Université de Liège, BE)
ExpressiveGamelab (Université de Lorraine, FR)
Lucie Wittner Franckx @luciewittnerfx.bsky.social PhD Researcher at KU Leuven Media, Information & Persuasion Lab (MIP)
Sofie Vranken @sofievranken.bsky.social Postdoc @adme-uvienna.bsky.social
Representative of @nefcamediapsych.bsky.social
Interested in social media - health behaviors - media literacy - science communication
Damien Hansen @dhansen.bsky.social Translation, literature and video game amateur
Assistant Professor of Translation and AI at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
TRADITAL ~ Liège Game Lab ~ CIRTI
https://hansenda.github.io
@elievevrouw.bsky.social @elievevrouw.bsky.social 
Silke Brandsen @silkebrandsen.bsky.social PhD student and teaching assistant at the Media, Information & Persuasion Lab, KU Leuven | Researching children and news
Pierre-Yves Hurel @pyhurel.bsky.social Postdoc researcher in Lausanne, Switzerland
Video game history & hobbyists
@laraschreurs.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social Tenure track assistant professor at the Media Psychology Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium. Interested in media literacy, media effects, well-being, adolescents
Dr. Ilse Vranken @ilsevranken.bsky.social Research head Media & Tourism Research at PXL University of applied Sciences- Research affiliate Media Psychology Lab KU Leuven 🇧🇪. Research: media and careers/ digital media, influencers and sustainability within journalism, communications and tourism.
Gijs Fannes @gijsfannes.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at the Media, Information & Persuasion Lab, Department of Communication Science KU Leuven | Researching crisis communication, public relations, and language
Ans De Nolf @ansdenolf.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Media Culture & Policy Lab, KU Leuven
📚 Dissertation on Islamophobia in Belgium Loading ...
Leen d’Haenens @leendhaenens.bsky.social Professor Communication Science KU Leuven, Head Media Culture & Policy Lab, editor Communications.The European J of Communication Research, member Euromedia Research Group
Ludocorpus - GIS Jeu et Sociétés @ludocorpus.org GIS Jeu et Sociétés - Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique des universités Sorbonne Paris Nord, Paris Nanterre, Sorbonne Université et Université Paris Cité - soutenu par la FDJ.
https://ludocorpus.org
Baldwin Van Gorp @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social Full professor journalism & communication; director Media, Information & Persuasion Lab KU Leuven; comics lover; TEDx speaker; book author
@hannahboen.bsky.social @hannahboen.bsky.social PhD Researcher at KU Leuven's Media, Information & Persuasion Lab
Andrew F. Hayes 🇨🇦 @afhayes.bsky.social Canadian. Creator of the PROCESS macro for SPSS, SAS, & R. 🇨🇦 Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Calgary 🇨🇦afhayes.com
Mediawijs @mediawijs.bsky.social Flemish Knowledge Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, helps you use and understand digital technology and media actively, creatively, critically and consciously.
Lennert Coenen @lennertcoenen.bsky.social Communication Scientist @ Tilburg University. Interested in stats, methods, philosophy, and other things that make me seem remotely sophisticated.
J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social Journal of Children and Media is an academic publication for scholars and professionals who study the role of media in children's and adolescents' lives.
Kathleen Beullens @kathbeullens.bsky.social 
Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱
✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp
✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com