Richy Srirachanikorn is a sociologist studying nostalgia, loneliness, and video games.

 

He is pursuing a PhD in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia University, Montréal, with Dr. Bart Simon.

Rather than an 'obsession with the past' or an 'inability to let go', how does nostalgia help people cope with the present and reimagine it? Can nostalgia help us empathize with one another's struggles? How do video games help us do that?

To realize this, Richy co-founded the NOSTAGAIN Network, the first student-led research collective in North America to showcase and study the generative uses of nostalgia. Since 2022, the network has grown by over 60 members from Canada, the U.S., Brazil, India, Italy, France, the UK, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Iran, and Sweden.