Hartmut Könitz is a scholar, designer, and artist, and a Professor in Media Technology at Södertörn University and visiting scholar at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the theory, practice, education, and societal impact of interactive narratives in games and other digital forms, as explored in his book Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative: Immersive Expressions for a Complex Time (Routledge 2023) (http://understandingidn.com). Currently, he investigates generative AI tools and interactive narratives for mental health, and is the creator of the authoring tool ASAPS.

In 2024, he was named a HEVGA Fellow and ranked among the top 2% of scholars worldwide. Koenitz is president of ARDIN (Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives), which organizes the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Interactive Narrative. His visual art has been exhibited in Atlanta, Paris, Istanbul, Seoul, Copenhagen, and Porto.