DiGRA 2026 Conference Takes Place in Maynooth, Ireland

The DiGRA 2026 Conference will take place in Ireland from 14-18 June 2026. Paper submission opens are open right now. The conference revolves around the ways in which games are pleasurable.

The DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) 2026 conference will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026. DiGRA is a world-wide association with different chapters in different countries. Once a year, the chapters come together with game studies scholars from around the world in a dedicated conference.

The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures, seeking “to reflect and reframe the ways in which games are pleasurable”.

Submissions are open right now. Submission deadlines are as follows:

• Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
• Early career and researchers in precarious positions showcase deadline: 15 January 2026
• Announcement of peer review results: 15 February 2026
• Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026
• Workshop acceptance notifications: 1 March 2026
• Early bird registration opens: 1 February 2026
• Early bird closes: 1 April 2026
• Camera ready submission and registration deadline: 15 May 2026

The conference is supported by the Maynooth University Arts & Humanities Institute (AHI) and the departments of Computer Science (CS) and Media Studies (MS). The local organizing team consists of Yeka Kalantar (TUD & MU), Dr. Jeneen Naji (MU), Prof Anna Hickey Moody (MU), Dr. Cathy Ennis (MU), Dr. Natalie Culligan (MU), Dr. Maria M O’Brien (UG), Robert Emerson (IMIRT), John Healy (TUD).

The newsletter of DiGRA GSA chapter, curated by Prof Rudolf Inderst, releases on GamesMarkt every Friday.

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