Dr William Darler
Founding member ACES
Dr William Darler is a Co-Founder of ACES and a lecturer in Marketing at the University of Leicester School of Business. He has a PhD in Digital Economy from the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham and is interested in research around video gaming, esports analytics, sports analytics, consumer behaviour and attendance prediction. He has extensive experience using SQL, R and Python for data mining and predictive analytics.
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Dr Phil Birch
Member of the Board ACES
Dr Phil Birch is a senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Chichester. Phil specialises in performance psychology which has led him to explore the psychological demands of esports. Very recently, Phil published a study examining the stressors and coping methods used by elite CS:GO competitors. He is planning to conduct a number of follow-up studies examining the psychophysiological markers of stress in esports. Phil teaches on the newly formed BA (Hons) Esports degree at the University of Chichester and leads a module entitled Sports Science; Flow States.
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24 Feb
Adapt or disappear: legacy sports media look to esports …
With the simultaneous rise of esports online and the decline of traditional sport spectatorship and viewership on linear television in the UK, both ends of the sporting spectrum are looking to each other for clues for securing future sustainability.
7 Aug
Dr Andrew Novak
Dr Andrew Novak is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Human Performance Research Centre – University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia. He is also a Sports Performance Scientist for Rugby Australia.
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Thomas Thorne
MA Esports Student at Staffordshire UniversityA master’s student of esports at Staffordshire University
Sintija Gerucka
Journalism student @ London South Bank UniversitySintija Gerucka is a journalism student with a focus on esports
Robbie Trickett
esports studentStudying Esports Events & Business Management at Staffordshire University. Ameature Play by Play caster for: CS:GO, Smite, Overwatch, League of Legends
Wu Li has been working in esports industry as multiple roles – event coordinator, journalist, consultant, etc. After finishing his master thesis “The Role of Sports Video Games in Sports Motivation”, he brought esports topics into the classes of Master in Sport Management at Johan Cruyff Institute. Wu Li is now working as the Business Development in Asia for Bayes Esports Solutions GmbH to explore the value of esports data.
Paul Walters
Course Leader: Esports at Staffordshire UniversityUniversity educator and industry practitioner in the field of production and live entertainment. Course leader for Esports Foundation year, BA (Hons) and Masters at Staffordshire University.
Dr Richard Oddy
Chair of ACES Executive BoardDr Richard Oddy is a Senior Academic and chair of the ACES executive board.
Dr Russell Cowley
Vice Chair of ACES Executive BoardDr Russell Cowley is a senior academic at Birmingham City Business School.
Dr William Darler
Executive member of ACES boardDr William Darler is a co-founder of ACES and a lecturer in Marketing at the University of Leicester School of Business.
Dr Phil Birch
Executive member of ACES boardPhil’s main area of research interest is performance psychology where he has recently published a paper examining the stressors and coping of elite CS:GO competitors Examining the stressors and coping of elite CS:GO competitors
Samuele Di Nicola
Sport Science research studentSamuele is a sport scientist with a passion for esports, looking to further his education with a PhD in esports
Cameron Vanloo
Associate Researcher in esports at University of NorthamptonExperienced in working within social enterprises, esports organisations and events.
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