Project
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Funded by International Olympic Committee.
This project was designed to inform our following studies on the topic of E-sport. The current research project is one of our following studies which matches with one of the themes of the IOC call, ‘Esports: Support offered by the games publishers and the national esports federations/associations to the players’ careers from grassroots to professional level’.
Total award value £14,461.54
Associate Professor, Sport
Lecturer in Sports, Sport
Article
Supporting player wellbeing and building sustainable career pathways in esports
Hong HJ & Wilkinson G (2026) Supporting player wellbeing and building sustainable career pathways in esports. Acta Psychologica, 264, p. 106615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106615
Article
Exploring stakeholders' perspectives on esports players’ wellbeing and career prospects
Hong HJ (2025) Exploring stakeholders' perspectives on esports players’ wellbeing and career prospects. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 17, Art. No.: 100589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100589
Article
Duty of Care in Esports: Ensuring Mental Wellbeing and Physical Health of Esports Players
Hong HJ (2025) Duty of Care in Esports: Ensuring Mental Wellbeing and Physical Health of Esports Players. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 3 (1), Art. No.: jege.2024-0028. https://doi.org/10.1123/jege.2024-0028
Conference Paper (published)
Hong HJ (2024) Duty of Care in Esports: Organizational Support for Esports Players’ Mental Wellbeing and Physical Health. In: 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, 03.01.2024-06.01.2024. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/aefcc31f-8424-4baa-a624-9b9058182c19/content
Article
High e-Performance: esports players’ coping skills and strategies
Hong HJ & Connelly J (2022) High e-Performance: esports players’ coping skills and strategies. International Journal of Esports, 1 (1). https://www.ijesports.org/article/93/html
Article
eSports: the need for a structured support system for players
Hong HJ (2022) eSports: the need for a structured support system for players. European Sport Management Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2022.2028876
Research Report
Esports athletes' needs for their holistic wellbeing - Business report: a complementary project
Hong HJ & Wilkinson G (2021) Esports athletes' needs for their holistic wellbeing - Business report: a complementary project. International Olympic Committee. Lausanne. https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/849037/esports-athletes-needs-for-their-holistic-wellbeing-business-report-a-complementary-project-hee-jung
Research Report
Hong HJ & Wilkinson G (2020) An International Analysis of Organisational Support for eSports Players' Mental Health and Physical Activity. International Olympic Committee. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://library.olympic.org/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/470599/an-international-analysis-of-organisational-support-for-esports-players-mental-health-and-physical-a?_lg=en-GB