“What is British Games Research?” British DiGRA Conference 20-21 May
Date & Time:
20th May, 09:00
What is “British Games Research”?
British Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) annual conference, 2025
Host: Game Cultures research cluster, Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research
Venue: Parkside Building, Birmingham City University (and online)
Date: 20-21 May 2025
Time: 9am-5.30pm both days
The 2025 British DiGRA conference tackles the question What is British games research?, exploring what we as a community are about, intellectually. A range of previously published research explores the idea of regional and national scholarly traditions, and the idea of regional/local game studies in the context of tensions between the global and the local. The 2025 conference presents an opportunity to take stock of the games research taking place in Britain, as well as games research that is about Britain. We ask: what is distinguishable, and even distinctive, about British games research? How can we talk about British games research in a way that embraces the diversity of culture in Britain? How do constructions of Britishness relate to ideas of Europeanness and to the constituent countries of the UK?
The conference will include 18 paper presentations and 18 lightning talks, as well as a workshop session, all helping us to understand more about the British (Digital) Games Research that our DiGRA chapter represents. We will also hold the British DiGRA AGM during the course of the event.
Tickets are £10 for online attendance, and £50 for in-person attendance (to cover all refreshments, lunch on both days, and a social at a local board games café on the evening of the first day). A limited number of £10 tickets are available for in-person attendance for PGRs/unwaged.
In preparation for your visit, find out more about Birmingham and things to do in the city and view our information about travel and accommodation in and around Birmingham.
Please note, all BDiGRA 2025 conference attendees will need to respect the British DiGRA code of conduct.
The full programme is available to view below (please note this is a draft and subject to change).