Our Partners
Meet the organizations and institutions that collaborate with us to achieve our goals. Each partner brings unique value and expertise to our mission.
International Esports Federation
The International Esports Federation was established in 2008 by the national esports federations of South Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland. Today it has 146 national member federations including our partner, the Portuguese Esports Federation. Together with IESF we aim to keep contributing to the development of the esports industry by adding value in the form of high quality research.
Center for Digital Inclusion - Portugal
The Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) is a non-profit organization first created in 1995 in Brazil and expanded to Portugal in 2013. CDI Portugal has 3 main projects - Apps for Good, Centers for Digital Citizenship and RECODE. CDI is our partner in bringing better gaming environments to young gamers through the LAENOG and ENHANCE projects and through the iniciative CDI Vai às Escolas where our research fellows help raise awareness and build capacity for young gamers in videogaming, working with toxicity, addiction, gambling, privacy and other issues of the online gaming environment
Federação Portuguesa de Desportos Eletrónicos
The SIMERG and the Portuguese Electronic Sports Federation (PESF) have formalized a protocol of strategic collaboration in the field of esports, to promote studies and scientific research in this domain. Both entities are working together to establish the first national laboratory of scientific research in electronic sports - the Esports Lab. This multidisciplinary facility is dedicated to driving the development of esports through applied research, technology development, education, and innovation, thereby fostering research growth in esports in Portugal. Additionally, this partnership includes the launch of a Postgraduate Course in Esports and Digital Communities, as well as the integration of students from FMH UL into internships at the Portuguese Electronic Sports Federation.
BHOUT
A protocol was designed between the SIMERG and BHOUT, a Portuguese startup pioneering in the intersection between gaming and fitness, to explore the esports’ effects on the human body and use insights to gain knowledge on how to leverage innovating products onto better esports performance and individual well-being.
