dr. L.A.W.J. (Lars) de Wildt
Assistant Professor Media Studieshe/him
E-mail:
lars.de.wildt rug.nl
Expertise
Lars de Wildt studies how media cultures and industries make contemporary worldviews. Examples are how media industries construct 'global' culture and how local audiences consume it; how Western game developers sold religion to secular audiences; how online platforms birth conspiracy theories; and how Western videogames adapt to Chinese players and policies.
His first book, The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion was published Open Access with Amsterdam University Press. Lars was part of the AHRC-funded project "Everything Is Connected: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of the Internet," was previously a (visiting) researcher at the universities of Leuven, Heidelberg, Bremen, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Montréal, Deakin, and the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China. He is currently working on an NWO Veni project (2025–'29) about how the hegemonic worldviews of Western videogames adapt to Chinese players and policies.
For more, see larsdewildt.eu or Google scholar. For CV see here.
His first book, The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion was published Open Access with Amsterdam University Press. Lars was part of the AHRC-funded project "Everything Is Connected: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of the Internet," was previously a (visiting) researcher at the universities of Leuven, Heidelberg, Bremen, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Montréal, Deakin, and the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China. He is currently working on an NWO Veni project (2025–'29) about how the hegemonic worldviews of Western videogames adapt to Chinese players and policies.
For more, see larsdewildt.eu or Google scholar. For CV see here.
Overige functies
- Member of the Young Academy Groningen (YAG)
- Member of YARN (Young ARts Network)
- Member of the University Committee for Academic Practice (UCW)
- Research Ethics Review Committee (CETO) – feel free to contact me with your questions and concerns (privately and anonymously)
- 2025 Fellow at the Centre for Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Studies, Heidelberg
- Fellow at the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization, University of Groningen
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