20.04.2026 – RadiGaMe Transfer Conference

• Our RadiGaMe transfer conference took place in Berlin under the title ‘Radicalisation on gaming platforms and messenger services: Dynamics | Prevention | Law enforcement’ (programme – in German). 

21.11.2025 – TINCON Dresden. 

• Matthias Heider gave a talk at the first TINCON conference in Dresden (in German).

19.09.2025 – Game over? Right-wing extremism in gaming – Online symposium (in German) organised by the Federal Agency for Civic Education. 

• As part of the symposium, Dr Linda Schlegel gave the keynote speech, followed by a Q&A session, and participated in a panel discussion.

27.05.2025 - TINCON Berlin 

• As part of the TINCON conference for youth and young adults, Matthias Heider gave a talk titled ‘They just want to play... - How right-wing extremists infiltrate your favourite games’ (YouTube).

05.12.2024 - Jugendforum: Real Talk

• In Jena, Matthias Heider entered into a dialogue with teenagers and young adults on the topic of democracy and gaming.

29.11.2024 - 15. KMK / BMZ-Symposium on the Global Development Framework

• Under the title ‘Global. Digital. Radikal - Was tun gegen Demokratiefeindlichkeit und Hass im Netz?’ Matthias Heider presented current research results to educators from all over Germany.

20.11.2024 - RadiGaMe practice workshop 

• The 2nd RadiGaMe practice workshop, organised by IDZ-Jena, took place on 20.11.2024. Exchange formats were developed with experts from civil society, security authorities and the games industry, which will be tested during the project period.

18.11.2024 - 19.11.2024 - RadiGaMe Alliance Meeting (intern) 

• The RadiGaMe research alliance met in Berlin to discuss progress and exchange new ideas. 

16.11.2024 - PLAY Creative Gaming Festival 2024

• Constantin Winkler spoke about ‘Games and empowerment - how games make us stronger’ as part of a panel discussion at the PLAY - Creative Gaming Festival (YouTube).

14.11.2024 - streetwork@online Symposium

• Lars Wiegold gave a presentation at the streetwork@online symposium ‘Unterwegs auf digitalen Straßen: Methods and perspectives of online extremism prevention’, Lars Wiegold gave a presentation followed by a discussion on the topic ’Prevention and gaming - a mismatch? Challenges and potentials of gaming spheres for prevention actors’.

07.11.2024 - Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung 

• Judith Jaskowski gave an overview of our project as part of the ‘Masterclass Game Development - Recognising right-wing extremism, countering misanthropy’.

06.11.2024 - Wi-Rex transfer conference  

• At the transfer conference of the Wi-Rex project in Erfurt, Matthias Heider spoke about knowledge transfer between research and practitioners using the RadiGaMe project as an example.

31.10.2024 - Hedayah Research Conference & Communications Expo 2024

• Lars Wiegold and Constantin Winkler represented the RadiGaMe Research Alliance on a panel at the Hedayah Research Conference & Communications Expo 2024 on the topic of ‘Streaming, Chatting, Modding: The Use of Gaming-Adjacent Communication and Platforms by Extremist Actors’. You can find a recording here.

09.10.2024 - Pixel, Hass und Extremismus – Was tun gegen Demokratiefeindlichkeit im Gaming?

• A panel discussion with this title took place in the German National Theater Weimar. The latest findings on how extremist and anti-democratic groups infiltrate gaming spaces and use them to spread their ideologies was discussed. The recording is available here (in German).

23.08.2024  - RadiGaMe at gamescom 2024

• The RadiGaMe Research Alliance was a guest at a panel discussion of the Jugendforum NRW at gamescom. Here we talked about radicalization in gaming and countermeasures (YouTube – Min. 4:29–55:46). 

06.07.2024 - 07.06.2024 - RadiGaMe Alliance Meeting (intern) 

• The RadiGaMe research alliance met in Bochum to discuss progress and exchange new ideas.

29.05.2024 - 30.05.2024 - The Fourth Annual GNET Conference

• At the Annual GNET Conference in London, we presented the latest exploration results of the RadiGaMe network.

14.05.2024 - GNET Webinar: "Digital Battlegrounds: Countering Radicalisation on Gaming(-adjacent) Platforms"

• The first RadiGaMe knowledge transfer workshop took place on 14 May 2024 in collaboration with the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET).

23.11.2023 - 24.11.2023 - RadiGaMe alliance meeting

• The RadiGaMe alliance met in Munich for an initial results-orientated discussion.

20.11 - 21.11.2023 - Democracy Summit of the Federal Government of Germany

• As part of the Federal Government's Democracy Summit, Matthias Heider gave a talk titled ‘Demokratiegefährdung Online? Radicalisation on gaming platforms - what to do?’ on extremist dangers on gaming platforms and possible prevention strategies. RadiGaMe was also presented at the IDZ-Jena stand as part of the Market of Opportunities.    

18.10.2023 - Roundtable Gaming for Democracy  

• Matthias Heider represented the RadiGaMe Ressearch Alliance at the first ‘Gaming for Democracy’ roundtable organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur, which aims to bring together representatives from academia, the games industry, civil society and ministries. 

28.09.2023 - StartPlay conference

• Matthias Heider presented the RadiGaMe Research Alliance at a poster session in Solingen.

 23.08. - 25.08.2023 - Gamescom 2023

• RadiGaMe was represented at the stand of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation at Gamescom 2023 and presented the research project to interested visitors.