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Louise Anker Nexø conduct research on online gaming cultures and communities. For her PhD, she examines in-game situations with toxic gaming behaviour with focus on the social processes and interaction dynamics structuring the development and outcomes of such situations. This through the use of online video-based methods.
Project period: November 2021 - Juni 2025.
Main supervisor: Søren Ginnerup Kristiansen (Aalborg University)
Secondary supervisor: Friedolin Merhout (University of Copenhagen)
Research areas:
- Online gaming culture and communities
- Toxic gaming behavior
- Conflicts and deviance in online spaces.
- Video-based methods, focus groups, and digital methods.
- Culture and Cognition
Key expertise:
- Online Micro-Sociology
- Sociology of Video Games
- Cultural Sociology
- Digital Qualitative Methods
- Cognitive Sociology
Teaching profile
I hold lectures in classic and online microsociology, netnography, and digital field experiments. I supervise student group projects and examination in written and oral exams.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Sociology and Social Conditions
- Esport
- Online Gaming
- Bystanders
- Digital Methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Video Data
- Social Interactions
- Toxicity
- Digital Field Experiments
- Micro-sociology
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Projects
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Cyber Bystander: Targeting Toxic Behaviors in Esport. A Micro Sociological and Experimental Exploration of Cyber Bystander Reactions to Toxic Behaviors in League of Legends
Nexø, L. A. (PI) & Kristiansen, S. G. (Supervisor)
01/11/2021 → 11/06/2025
Project: PhD Project
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Toxic Gaming I: Lasse konfronteres med toxic gaming adfærd
Nexø, L. A. (Producer), 4 Jun 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Toxic Gaming II: Når Lasses spilfigur dør
Nexø, L. A. (Producer), 4 Jun 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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The Gut Feeling of Rational Acting: Differentiation in Cognitive Strategies Within Commercial and Recreational Sellers in Hybrid Digital Social Media Markets
Demant, J. J. & Nexø, L. A., Sept 2024, In: International Criminal Justice Review. 34, 3, p. 224-244 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)119 Downloads (Pure) -
Toxic Behaviours in Esport: A Review of Data-Collection Methods Applied in Studying Toxic In-Gaming Behaviours
Nexø, L. A., 4 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Esports. 1, 1, 28 p., 127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Players Don’t Die, They Respawn: a Situational Analysis of Toxic Encounters Arising from Death Events in League of Legends
Nexø, L. A. & Kristiansen, S. G., Sept 2023, In: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 29, 3, p. 457-476 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)177 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
Activities
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STFU noob! Når computerspillet bliver toxic
Nexø, L. A. (Lecturer)
12 Jun 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Nexø, L. A. (Visiting researcher)
1 Sept 2023 → 31 Jan 2024Activity: Visiting another research institution
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Panel discussion: Nordic esports and social sustainability
Nexø, L. A. (Lecturer)
19 Jun 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Ekspertworkshop i Mary Fonden
Nexø, L. A. (Participant)
28 Feb 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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WEBINAR: ESPORTS AND EDUCATION - CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALS
Hanghøj, T. (Organizer) & Nexø, L. A. (Organizer)
19 Jan 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Press/Media
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3 råd fra esportskonsulent: Counter Strike hver tirsdag er ikke nok til at få unge fra værelset til foreningen
08/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media