Nicolas Georg Hoberg, Dipl.-Psych.

Participation in the KoSpiRIT Research Project

• Managing Director, Speaker, Consultant, and Podcaster at Behind The Screens (www.behind-the-screens.de(Opens in a new tab) )
• Adjunct instructor at various German universities
• Instructor for the Schleswig-Holstein Anti-Violence Training Program (www.agt-sh.de(Opens in a new tab) )

Duration: 01/2026–12/2028

• Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR)
• Part of the “Future of Value Creation” program, funding initiative “Work Practices for Creativity, Innovation, and Resilient Value Creation” (AKIRes)
• Researching and funding social connectedness in flexible and hybrid work contexts as a key foundation for the resilience, innovative capacity, and collaboration of employees, teams, and organizations
• Systematic research and comparison of cooperative analog, digital, and intangible games, as well as their limitations and potential for fostering social connectedness in the workplace
• Empirical evaluation of their implementation in companies

In collaboration with academic, professional, and corporate partners, a digital KoSpiRIT toolset is being developed to help companies analyze social connectedness and select appropriate game-based and work-design measures.

• Hoberg, N.G., Kathmann, J., & Strobel, B. (in preparation). Media Literacy as a Developmental Task. European Distance Learning University Hamburg
• Hoberg, N.G., Kathmann, J., & Strobel, B. (in preparation). Approaches and Findings in Media Use Research. European Distance Learning University Hamburg
• Hoberg, N.G., Kathmann, J., & Strobel, B. (2024). Building Resilience Through Games: Can Digital Games Make Us More Resilient? In *mediendiskurs*, 28(3), 68–72
• Strobel, B., Hoberg, N.G., Kathmann, J. (2023). Gaming—What Parents Need to Know [Brochure]. Schleswig-Holstein Association for the Protection of Children and Youth e. V.
• Strobel, B., Hoberg, N.G., Kathmann, J. (2023). ElternWissen—Guiding Safe Gaming [Brochure]. AGJ—Professional Association for Prevention and Rehabilitation in the Archdiocese of Freiburg e.V.

• Hoberg, N.G., Strobel, B. (Hosts). (2024). Growing Up Through Play: Games and Developmental Tasks (No. #094) [Podcast episode]. In Behind the Screens - Psychology and Games.
• Hoberg, N.G., Strobel, B. (Hosts). (2024). Games in Media Education (No. #088) [Podcast episode]. In Behind the Screens – Psychology and Games.
• Hoberg, N.G., & Kathmann, J. (Hosts). (2023). Parent Training for Video Game Addiction (No. #068) [Podcast episode]. In Behind the Screens - Psychology and Games.

• Game Psychology I+II Module
• Gamification & Serious Games Module
• General Psychology for Game Developers Module
• Social Psychology for Game Developers Module
• G-School Practical Project

• Psychology & Sociology Module for Game Developers
• Educational Games & Edutainment Module

• Lecture on Perception and Media Theory
• UI/UX Design Module

• Psychology Module for Game Developers

• "Digital Media and Games" Module of the AGT-SH