Constantin Winkler

| since 2025
Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA)

| since 2024
Member of the Working Group on Antisemitism of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie e. V. (DGS)

| since 2023
Member of the Board of the Center for Critical Social Sciences (ZKSW)

| since 2023
Extremism and Gaming Research Net­work (EGRN)

| since 2022
Deutsche Gesell­schaft für Sozio­logie e. V. (DGS): Founding member of the DGS working group Socio­logy of Digital Games 

• January 15, 2026 – Lecture: Gaming und Rechtsextremismus at the event “Gaming im Bildungskontext” as part of the research project “Gaming gegen Rechtsextremismus, Ausgrenzung und Antisemitismus” of the Chair for the History of the Jewish People at the Heidelberg School of Jewish Studies (HfJS).
• November 28, 2025 – Roundtable: Gaming und Rechtsextremismus at the online conference “Spielkulturen” of the Working Group Humanities and Digital Games (AKGWDS) (November 28–29, 2025) – together with Aurelia Brandenburg, Linda Schlegel, Tobias Unterhuber and Felix Zimmermann.
• November 13, 2025 – Lecture: RadiGaMe – Analyse Radikalisierungsprozesse und Präventionsmaßnahmen auf Gaming Plattformen at the meeting of the Research Network Radicalization on Gaming Platforms and Messenger Services (RadiGaMe) (November 13–14, 2025) – together with Lars Wiegold.
• October 20, 2025 – Lecture: Antisemitism in digital gaming communities on the panel “Ideology & Extremism” at the conference “Critical Examinations of New Media and Antisemitism” of the New York University (NYU) Center for the Study of Antisemitism (CSA) (October 20–21, 2025).
• September 2, 2025 – Lecture: Just a Game? Antisemitism on Gaming-Adjacent Platforms on the panel “Digital Spaces and Gaming Plat­forms” at the conference “Hate in Transition and the After­math of 7 October: Antisemitism and Racism in Times of Political Crisis” (Mid-Term Conference of the Research Network 31 (RN31) – Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism of the European Socio­logical Association (ESA) (August 31 – September 2, 2025).
• August 29, 2025 – Lecture: Hateful and Extremist Communication on Gaming (-Adjacent) Platforms on the panel “Radicalization in Digital Gaming Spaces and Beyond” at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2025 (August 26–29, 2025) – together with Lars Wiegold.
• May 15, 2025 – Lecture: Einflussnahme der digitalen Spielkultur auf die Radikali­sierung at the federal conference “Jugend und Radikalisierung – die vielfältigen Heraus­forderungen unserer Zeit” of the Sicherheitsverbund Schweiz (SVS).
• April 1, 2025 – Lecture: Antisemitism in digital gaming communities on the panel “Digital Antisemitism” at the London Conference on Contemporary Antisemitism 2025, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA) and Elizabeth and Tony Comper Inter­disciplinary Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism, Haifa University (UH) (March 29 – April 1, 2025).
• November 19, 2024 – Lecture: RadiGaMe – Analyse Radikalisierungs­prozesse und Präventions­maßnahmen auf Gaming Platt­formen at the milestone conference and project meeting of the research network Radicalization on gaming platforms and messenger services (RadiGaMe) (November 18–19, 2024) – together with Julian Junk.
• November 13, 2024 – Lecture: Exploring the digital extremist ecosystem: A preliminary analysis of hateful posts on Mod DB at the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) Members Meeting – together with Lars Wiegold.
• November 8, 2024 – Lecture: Zur Bedeutung von Modding-Platt­formen im Anti­semitismus digitaler Spiele-Kultur at the Research Seminar of the Department of Sociology, Passau University, (UP) (November 8–9, 2024).
• October 31, 2024 – Lecture: Streaming, Chatting, Modding – The Use of Gaming-Adjacent Communi­cation and Platforms by Extremist Actors on the panel “Game On: Tackling Extremist Use of Gaming & Gaming-Adjacent Platforms and Potential Responses” of the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET) auf Hedayah’s International Research Conference and Communications Expo 2024 (RCxEXPO24) (October 29 – November 1, 2024) – together with Lars Wiegold. Online. More impressions via Instagram.
• August 20, 2024 – Lecture: RadiGaMe – Radikali­sierung auf Gaming-Platt­formen und Messenger Diensten. PRIF-Teilprojekt. Radikalisierungs­prozesse und Präventions­maßnahmen auf Gaming-Plattformen: Analyse und Wissens­transfer at the PRIF Research Group Radicalization – together with Linda Schlegel and Lars Wiegold.
• July 20, 2024 – Lecture: Antisemi­tismus im Gaming at the solidarity event for the alliance against authori­tarian formation (GegenForm).
• May 22, 2024 – Lecture: Antisemi­tismus im Gaming as part of the online training “Gami­fied Antisemi­tism” by the Fach­stelle Antisemitis­mus Branden­burg (fab) and the Dokumen­tations- und Informations­stelle Antisemi­tismus Mecklen­burg-Vorpommern (DIA.MV).
• April 22, 2024 – Lecture: RadiGaMe – Radicali­zation on gaming plat­forms and messenger services on the Peace Research Institute Frank­furt (PRIF) Scientific Advisory Board Meeting 2024 (April 22–23, 2024) – together with Julian Junk.
• March 8, 2024 – Lecture: Extremis­tischer Aktivis­mus auf Gaming- und gaming­nahen Platt­formen. Eine Kurz­exploration relevanter Platt­formen und Kanäle on the panel “Radikalisierungs­phänomene auf Gaming-Platt­formen” on the MOTRA-Conference (“Monitoring­system und Transfer­plattform Radikali­sierung”) #24 (March 7–8, 2024) – together with Lars Wiegold.
• June 16, 2023 – Lecture: Phänomen­überblick zu Anti­semitismus in Communities digitaler Spiele at the symposium “Digitali­zation, Social Media, Social Conse­quences and Antisemi­tism” of the Inter­national Institute for Edu­cation, Social and Anti­semitism Research (IIBSA) and the Insti­tute for the Study of Contem­porary Antisemi­tism (ISCA) of Indiana University in cooperation with the Jewish Community of Berlin and the Indiana University Europe Gateway.
• December 13, 2022 – Lecture: Antisemitis­mus in Video­spiel-Communities at the themed evening “Anti-Semitism in pop culture and video game communities” organized by the Fantasy and Science Fiction Interest Group (ivfsf) and the Young Forum (JuFo) of the German-Israeli Society (DIG) Hamburg.
• December 2, 2022 – Lecture and reader-contribution: Anti­semitismus in Communi­ties digitaler Spiele at the founding work­shop of the AG Socio­logy of Digital Games (December 01–02, 2022) in the German Socio­logical Association (DGS). In co­operation with the DGS section “Media and Communication Socio­logy” and the section “Media, Science & Techno­logy” of the Giessen Graduate Center for Social, Economic and Legal Sciences (GGS).

• Dietrich, Martin (2026): Lügen, Verzerren & Dominieren: Russlands Propaganda-Videospiele. In: Decode Spezial, Decode, January 26, 2026. Online.
• Feuer, Hannah (2026): This gaming platform has ‘zero tolerance’ for antisemitism. Holocaust reenactments keep reappearing anyway. Roblox users persistently share antisemitic content through coded language. In: The Forward, January 13, 2026. Online.
• Arémi, Jasmin (2025): Zwischen Twitch und Dschihad: Islamismus und Radikalisierung im Gaming. In: Mena-Talk, Mena-Watch, September 20, 2025. Online.
• Glaus, Daniel (2025): Gewalttätiger Rechts­extremismus in der Schweiz. In: Tages­schau, July 25, 2025: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). Online.
• Interview with Tina Hauswald on Radikali­sierung im Gaming. In: DASDING, Südwest­rundfunk (SWR), June 12, 2025. Online.
• Interview with the Jewish Forum for Democracy and Against Antisemitism (JFDA) as part of the documentary Anti­semitismus erkennen – von den Wurzeln bis zur digitalen Welt (2025). Online.
• Winter, Marek (2025): Jung, Flüchtling, Islamist. In: Jungle World, March 6, 2025. Online.
• RE:GAIN (2024): Antisemi­tismus im Gaming. In: Gaming-Platt­formen und Rechts­extremismus – Online-Inter­vention und -Deradikali­sierung (RE:GAIN), Violence Prevention Net­work (VPN), July 8, 2024. Online (podcast and transcript).
• Schlund, Dominique / Reinker, Simon (2024): Radikali­sierung im Inter­net: Mit TikTok zum IS-Fanatiker. In: 10 vor 10, Schweizer Radio und Fern­sehen (SRF), April 19, 2024. Online (inter­view and whole program from min. 01:10).
• GameStar Redaktion (2024): Steam-Kurator Sweet Baby Inc detected: Harm­lose Infos oder Hass­kampagne? Das steckt hinter der Kontro­verse. In: GameStar, March 14, 2024. Online.
• Interview with Jörn Albrecht: Zunahme antisemi­tischer Straf­taten und der Debatte in Deutsch­land. In: Der Sonntag­morgen, Bremen Zwei, October 22, 2023.
• Beyer, Nora (2023): Hogwarts Legacy analysiert: Ist das Rollen­spiel tatsächlich anti­semitisch und trans­feindlich? In: GameStar, March 2, 2023. Online.

• October 20, 2025 – Panel discussion: Anti­semitis­mus, rechte Kultur­kämpfe & gekränkte Männlich­keiten im Gaming on the stage of the Center for Critical Social Sciences (ZKSW) with support of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation (AAS) as part of the “Bildungs-und Aktions­wochen gegen Anti­semitismus 2025” – together with Veronika Kracher and Thimo Gawlik.
• August 23, 2025 – Panel discussion: Das ist kein Spiel! Extremismus in Games on the Jugend­forum NRW stage at the gamescom 2025 (August 20–24, 2025). Online (starting Min. 05:43:12).
• November 16, 2024 – Panel discussion: Gaming und Empower­ment – Wie Spiele uns stärker machen at the PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival Couch (November 11–16, 2024) – together with Elena Bauer, Renate Hillen and Sofia Kats. Online.

• December 10, 2025 – Panel discussion: Extremistische Aktivi­täten mit Gaming-Bezug – Vorstellung des Gut­achtens samt Frage­runde at the event of the Bavarian State Center for New Media (BLM) and the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs (StMAS) “Wenn Hass mitspielt: Extremis­mus in digitalen Gaming-Räumen”: presentation of the results of the report on “(Right-wing) extremism and online games” by Modus – Center for Applied Deradicalization Research (modus | zad) – together with Vivienne Ohlen­forst, Lars Wiegold and Linda Schlegel.
• October 15, 2025 – One-on-one talks with members of the German Bundestag: Antisemitismus und Radikalisierung im Gaming as part of the event series “Leibniz im Bundestag” (October 14–15 2025).
• June 3, 2025 – One-on-one talks: Antisemitismus und Radikali­sierung im Gaming as part of the event “Book a Scientist”, Leibniz Society.
• February 11, 2025 – Expert talk: Level up! Lernen in und mit digitalen Spielen on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Online.
• December 12, 2024 – Workshop: Ain’t No Game – Antisemitism in Gaming & on Social Media as part of the event “Actions Matter – The Summit: Countering Antisemitism. From national Strategies to local Implementation”, European Leader­ship Network (ELNET) and Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) (December 11–12, 2024) – with Shani Benoualid, Daniel Miehling and Kim Robin Stoller. The action plan developed there is available online.
• October 15, 2024 – One-on-one talks: Anti­semitismus und Radikali­sierung im Gaming as part of the event “Book a Scientist”, Leibniz Society.
• June 13–15, 2024 – Group leader: Anti­semitism and conspiracy myths in the module “Der Phänomen­komplex Rechts­extremismus aus inter­sektionaler Perspek­tive”, “Master­Class Game Develop­ment 2024/25: Rechts­extremismus erkennen, Menschen­feindlichkeit entgegen­treten” of the Federal Agency for Civic Edu­cation (bpb).
• June 12 , 2024 – Indivi­dual discussions with members of the German Bundes­tag: Antisemi­tism and radicali­zation in gaming – approaches in digital extremism pre­vention as part of the “Leibniz im Bundes­tag” format (June 11–12, 2024).