Exploring some of the barriers to youth autonomy during the pandemic, using esports as a context for study.
Youth autonomy and esports
Verdoodt, V., Fordyce, R., Archbold, L., Gordon, F. and Clifford, D., 2021. Esports and the Platforming of Child’s Play During covid-19. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 29(2), pp.496-520.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-29020013
It will surprise no one that esports became extremely popular during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. I contributed an overview of the esports environment with a number of legal scholars, looking at the role of children’s rights and agency during a global pandemic.
I wrote this with my friends Valerie Verdoodt, Lisa Archbold, Faith Gordon, and Damien Clifford in Esports and the Platforming of Child’s Play During covid-19 for The International Journal of Children’s Rights.