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The Gamevironments Research Day is a workshop exclusively for early-stage researchers, graduate students and doctoral students. It welcomes research on media-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

The latest version of OpenQDA has been released. Users can now add and manage variables for their project materials (sources). This lays the groundwork for the upcoming implementation of cases and sets.

The gamevironments Special Issue "Beyond Play" is out now! It features eight articles covering genre, neurodivergence, feminist gaming culture, streaming, YouTube videos, and digital diplomacy—reimagining gaming. Highlights include an introduction titled "Beyond Play: Towards a Non-Gaming-Centric Gaming Research" by ZeMKI members Christian Schwarzenegger, Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, and Karsten D. Wolf.

The Gamevironments Research Day is a workshop exclusively for early-stage researchers, graduate students and doctoral students. It welcomes research on media-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture, and video gaming.

On the afternoon of 8 July 2026, members of ZeMKI gathered at Linzer Straße 4 for the ZeMKI Research Day 2026. This internal event format provides a forum for presenting ongoing projects from the eleven ZeMKI Labs, discussing methodological issues and bringing together perspectives across the boundaries of the individual Labs.

On 8 July 2026, the ZeMKI Research Day at the Linzer Straße 4 site segued directly into the ZeMKI Summer Party. Following the day’s academic programme, the discussions moved outdoors and continued there in an informal setting.

The Use of Communicative AI: Between Educational Opportunities and Risks for Learning Bremen, June 13, 2026 – At the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026, Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf from the Lab Media & (…)

ZeMKI is taking part in the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026 today. Under the motto ‘Opening up worlds – sharing knowledge’, the university is offering insights into research, study programmes and academic projects on campus.

Dr. Priyanka Pereira is a postdoctoral researcher in the Lab Media & Education and in the Lab Socio-Technical Systems and Critical Data Studies at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI). Since May 2026, she is working within the project “Tools or Masters? On the hidden curriculum of AI appropriation in schools”, together with Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Priyanka Pereira as a new member of ZeMKI and look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

The interdisciplinary research network CARD (Conceptualizing Agency, Religion and Digitalization) is holding its second working meeting at the University of Bremen from May 4th to May 6th. The focus of the event is the discussion of the first chapters of a planned handbook that will scientifically examine the complex interrelationships between agency, religion, and digital transformation processes.

Two members of ZeMKI have been newly appointed to the editorial board of the journal gamevironments: Christian Schwarzenegger and Karsten D. Wolf will strengthen the scientific panel of the gaming journal.

The latest version of OpenQDA was released today. Users can now add and manage notes—also known as “memos”—to their project materials. A key feature here is that notes in OpenQDA can be visible both privately (…)