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Research interests
Lars de Wildt studies how media cultures and industries shape contemporary worldviews.
His NWO-funded Veni project "Reorienting Global Gaming" (2025–2029) studies how Western games adapt to Chinese worldviews; and his first book, The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion (2023, Open Access) studied how Western game developers sold religion to secular audiences. Lars was previously part (2021-2024) of the AHRC-funded project "Everything Is Connected: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of the Internet." He has been a (visiting) researcher at the universities of Leuven, Heidelberg, Bremen, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Montréal, and Deakin.
For more, see larsdewildt.eu or Google Scholar.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion
de Wildt, L., 19-Apr-2023, Amsterdam University Press. 138 p. (Games and Play in Contemporary Culture and Society)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
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Grieving World of Warcraft’s Chinese Server Shutdown
Xu, H. & de Wildt, L., 20-Nov-2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Media and China.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Hidden Monsters: Conspiracy Aesthetics in Video Games
de Wildt, L., 14-Jan-2025, Monstrosity in Games and Play: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Monstrous in Contemporary Cultures. Stang, S., Meriläinen, M., Blom, J. & Hassan, L. (eds.). Amsterdam University Press, p. 163-181 19 p. (Games and Play).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Encoding/Decoding Entertainment Media
de Wildt, L., Grusauskaite, K. & Aupers, S., 7-Oct-2024, Entertainment Media and Communication. Bowman, N. D. (ed.). De Gruyter Mouton, p. 85-100 16 p. (Handbooks of Communication Science; vol. 20).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Participatory Conspiracy Culture: Believing, doubting and playing with conspiracy theories on Reddit
de Wildt, L. & Aupers, S., Feb-2024, In: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 30, 1, p. 329-346 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Citations (Scopus)241 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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University of Bremen, ZeMKI [ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research]
de Wildt, L. (Please select a role)
30-Oct-2024 → 1-Dec-2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Academic
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University of Jyväskylä
de Wildt, L. (Visiting researcher)
2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Academic
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Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
de Wildt, L. (Visiting researcher)
Feb-2021 → Jul-2021Activity: Visiting an external institution › Academic
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Université de Montréal
de Wildt, L. (Visiting researcher)
24-Jun-2019 → 8-Oct-2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Academic
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Deakin University
de Wildt, L. (Visiting researcher)
Jun-2017 → Sept-2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Academic
Datasets
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Popularisation/Outreach Lars de Wildt for analysis
De Wildt, L. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 3-Aug-2023
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/plbiri
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Outreach/Popularisation Lars de Wildt
De Wildt, L. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 3-Aug-2023
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/45hzs6
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Press/Media
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'The Sims', de game die miljoenen gamers met een ‘virtueel poppenhuis’ liet spelen, bestaat 25 jaar: “En niemand die dacht dat het een succes kon worden”
05/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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25 jaar ‘The Sims’: hoe het saaiste computerspel uitgroeide tot een wereldhit
05/02/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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25 jaar ’The Sims’: Hoeveel spelers hebben hun personage al niet opzettelijk in het zwembad zonder laddertje geduwd?
05/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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25 jaar ’The Sims’: Hoeveel spelers hebben hun personage opzettelijk in het zwembad zonder laddertje geduwd?
05/02/2025
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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25 jaar 'The Sims': Hoeveel spelers hebben hun personage opzettelijk in het zwembad zonder laddertje geduwd?
05/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Prizes
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JYU Visiting Fellow Programme Grant 2024 [Project: "A Cultural Sociology of Awkwardne(rd)ss"]
de Wildt, L. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic
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NWO Veni-grant 2023 [Project: "Reorienting Global Gaming: how Western games adapt to Chinese worldviews"]
de Wildt, L. (Recipient), 17-Jul-2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic
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ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2024 [Project: "The Re-Orientation of Global Gamevironments toward China"]
de Wildt, L. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic
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Post-Doctoral Mandate
de Wildt, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic