Dr Ying-Ying Law

• Founding and member of the Esports Research Network
• Member of the Manchester Games Studies Network
• Reviewer for DiGRA
• Board member, organiser and reviewer for British DiGRA
• Reviewer for FDG
• Former board member for Women in Games, Esports

• PhD, ‘The Travelling Gamer: An Ethnography of Video Game Events, The University of Salford (2012-2016)
• HEA Fellowship, Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Salford (2013-2014)
• MSc Sociological Research Methods, University of Manchester (2010-2011)
• BSc Sociology with Criminology, University of Salford (2007-2010)

• Video Games, Players, Communities and Cultures
• Competitive Gaming and Esports
• Embodiment and Play Practices
• Gender Studies
• Data Analytics
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

- Successful PhD project proposal bid awarded for a GTA-PhD scholarship (14 projects proposals submitted, 4 selected): Using AI to Measure Cognitive Behaviour Patterns of Esports Players (Supervisors: Dr. Ying-Ying Law, Dr. Mohammad Hasan and Prof. Huseyin SEKER) 

Event Contributions:

Event manager, tournament organiser and student volunteering supervisor for Fête 2 at Staffordshire University, 500+ player national tournament (event postponed due to Covid-19): https://smash.gg/tournament/f-te-2/details

Event manager, event host, tournament organiser and student volunteering supervisor for Fête at Staffordshire University, 300+ player national tournament (over 4 days): - https://smash.gg/tournament/f-te-2/details

- Organised Digital School House Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (North and South) Semi-Finals at Staffordshire University for ages 12-16 year old school children (event postponed due to Covid-19) https://www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk/

- Organised Digital School House Overwatch Regional Qualifiers in the Esports Lab at Staffordshire University for ages 12-16 year old school children https://www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk/

- Organised fieldtrips with Staffordshire University students to gaming events across the UK – including Play Expo Manchester and Insomnia Gaming Festival. Interview Contributions:

- 2021, December, invited guest speaker for ‘Women in Esports Interview’ at Popelyn High School (Year 11), Belgium.

- 2021, February, invited speaker for ‘The Virtual Esports and Education Symposium’ at Abertay University: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-virtual-esports-and-education-symposium-tickets-142509502759#

- 2019, July, interviewed for Fête Smash - Interviewed by BBC and broadcasted on BBC Breakfast.

- 2019, July, interviewed for Fête Smash - Interviewed by BBC Radio Stoke - 2018, November, interviewed for Develo esports podcast – Develo, interviewed by Luke McDowell. Available at: https://www.devolo.co.uk/podcast.html

2018, April, interviewed for a live magazine show for ‘Esports’ – Staffordshire University Student Project, interviewed by Jacob Lawton. - 2018, February, invited panel discussion for ‘Women in Tech’ – Geek Play, Margate.

- 2017, October, interviewed for Staffslive on ‘How Women are Treated in the Gaming World’ - Staffordshire University, interviewed by Francesca McWilliams. - 2017, November, telephone radio interview for ‘Esports’ – BBC5live. - 2016, February, interviewed for ‘The Supergamers’ as a competitive Hearthstone player - Esports documentary (1 hour), BBC Three (Documentary). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NiqLgssfp0&ab_channel=aktobyurbanrivals 

Undergraduate

• Esports Ecosystems
• Competitive Gaming Cultures
• Building Teams
• Esports and Competitive Gaming
• Esports Analytics
• Esports Expo
• MMOG Design, Communities and Narratology
• Narratology for Games
• Fundamentals of Gameplay
• The History of Games Technology
• New Developments in Games

Postgraduate

• Research Methods and Esports Data
• Esports Ecosystems and Metrics
• Negotiated Project 1
• Negotiated Project 2
• Negotiated Study Masers Project

Noroozi, A., Raven, M., Razavi, B., Fisher, R., Law, YY., and Hasan, M. (Feb 2023) A Robust eLORETA Technique for Localization of Brain Sources in the Presence of Forward Model Uncertainties. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. Vol 70 (3), pp. 800-8011. Doi: 10.1109/TBME.2022.3202751.

Law, YY. (March 2021) ‘eSports Players: Gender – A Balance Between Community and Competition’, chapter in upcoming book, Global eSports: Transformation of Cultural Perceptions of Competitive Gaming. Editor: Prof. Dal Yong Jin.

Law, YY. (June 2020) The Consumption of Food at Video Game Events. DiGRA 2020 – Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere.

Law, YY., and Jarrett, J. (June 2020) Resistance, Play and Esports Changes: A Super Smash Bros. Melee Case Study. DiGRA 2020 – Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere.

Law, YY., and Jarrett, J. (October 2019) More than a Tournament: Grassroots Play and Participation at Esports Events. UCI Esports Conference 2019.

Law, YY. (August 2019) ‘Where are all the female gamers? – Female gamer and Competitive Gaming in Esports’. Abstract submission to the Gaming at the Boundaries: Imagining Inclusive Futures Research Stream for the 14^th Conference of the European Sociological Association, 20-23 August, Manchester – United Kingdom.

Law, YY. (August 2018) GirlGamer Esports Festival was a Triumph for Inclusivity. Article for Ginx Esports TV. Available at: https://ginx.tv/esports/girlgamer-esports-festival-was-a-triumph-for-inclusivity/

Law, YY. (July 2018) ‘Meta-Gaming in Competitive Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’ to DiGRA 2018 Conference: The Game is the Message, 25-28 July 2018, Turin – Italy.