AoIR 2024: Boundaryless Careers in-between Video Game Fields and Industries


At the 2024 Association of Internet Researchers conference, which took place in Sheffield between October 30 and November 2, Jan Houška presented a paper titled Boundaryless Careers in-between Video Game Fields and Industries: The Job Experiences of Expatriate and Remote Workers in Czech Video Game Industry. His paper in the panel called Tech Workers focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the Czech game industry according to international game workers he interviewed. The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association that advances research from the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. In the year 2024, it celebrated 25 years since its founding in the United States. With the 2024 conference theme of Industry, it included numerous panels on labour in digital and creative industries or on its platform underpinnings.