Academic presentations and articles
(2023) Real-Life Turned On by Make-believe Sex: How Imagination Can Provide a Better Solution than Mindfulness in Treating Sexual Arousal Dysfunctions. Presentation at NACS (Nordic Sexology Conference): The Future of Sexology, in Oslo. Results from a qualitative study gathering anonymous stories online from Larps as well as BDSM group role-play about “One time you were sexually aroused while playing a character you are not”.
(2023) Experimenting in Queer Larps: Playing Make-believe Scenarios for Future Politics. Presentation at Gender Studies Now! 2023 at Stavanger University. Results from upcoming chapter in Play Politics, with Tanja Sihvonen and Hanne Grasmo. Final presentation was made at a workshop with the other authors of Play Politics at Leiden University, June 2023.
(2023) Designing and Researching a Make-believe Sex-party: Discussing Compelling Erotic Engagement in Artist-led Research. Presentation at GameLabs Spring Seminar “Party!” at Tampere University.
(2023) Nonconformity by Design: Trans and Nonbinary Bodies In Larp (live action role-play). Presentation at Nordic Trans Studies Conference: From Transgender Rage to Trans Joy at Tampere University. Preliminary results for forthcoming chapter written together with Tanja Sihvonen and Jaakko Stenros in the book Play Politics, Leiden University.
(2022) Nordic Erotic Larp: Designing for Sexual Playfulness. With Jaakko Stenros. Published in International Journal of Role-play, October 2022. This article by Jaakko Stenros and myself is exactly what is an exploration of emerging genre of erotic larps in the Nordics — based on design abstracts (basically larp websites). The article maps the rise of the erotic larp during that last decade and discuss game design features to cater for that.
(2022) Playing Around Sexual Arousal: Real Lust and Serious Playfulness in Adult Make-believe Games. Presentation at CEEGGS game studies conference in Tallin.
(2022) Non-conformativity by Design: Trans and Non-binary bodies in Live-Action Role-play. Presentation at European Federation for Sexology in Århus. Link to power-point.
(2021) “Sexual Arousal in Character” Presentation for Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology (NACS) annual conference on Iceland.
(2020) “Sexual Arousal in Character.” Draft for the Immersive Experiences Conference in Tampere.
(2019) “Arousal in Character. Embodied Erotic Roleplay in Larp and BDSM.” Poster at WAS (World Association for Sexual Health). Published in Journal of Sexual Health, Special WAS edition 2019.
(2015) book chapter with Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad. ”Intersex.” Store Norske Leksikon. www.snl.no
(2014) (ed. and co-author): “Faktaheftet LHBT: Status 2014.” Bufdir/ Children, Youth and Family Directorate of Norway
(2005) “Sky is the Limit for Multi-Orgasms.” Presentation of a pilot study (five qualitative interviews) at the Nordic Conference for Sexology, Oslo 2005
(1993) «Er det normalt?» Samlivsspalter som frigjøringsfane, og intimspeil. (Am I Normal? Tools of Power, Banner of Liberty and Mirror of Intimacy: Counselling Columns about Sexuality and Relations in a Norwegian Newspaper). Master Thesis in Sociology. University of Oslo
(1990): “Kåthet som sosiologisk begrep” (“Sexual arousal as a sociological term”), bachelor essay at University of Oslo.
The Academic Cottage of Hanne Grasmo 