Eva studied New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Utrecht from 2000-2005. In January-May 2005 she participated as a guest researcher in the Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming at the Trans-Reality Gaming Laboratory in Visby, Sweden. In October 2005 she completed her Master's thesis 'Pervasive Gaming: A Contradiction in Terms' on the problematic use of terminology surrounding the term 'pervasive gaming', through an extensive analysis of its different usages and attributed meanings in academic discourse.
Eva became a part of the Playful Identities group in December 2005. In her research, she intends to contribute to the debate about the nature of what is now labeled 'pervasive games', and continues to develop her own vision on the term. Besides this, she looks into the origin and specificity of ‘pervasive games’ in relation to computing, (digital) forms of play, transmedial entertainment experiences, and performance practices, and investigates how identity construction works within these ‘pervasive games’. Eva’s research is aimed at the domain of gaming, but will also touch upon the domains of Internet and mobile communication.
She also works as a junior teacher at the Institute for Media and Re/Presentation at the University of Utrecht, where she gives lectures and seminars in courses on New Media in general, with special attention to game culture and research. Eva lives in Utrecht.