Another pick from DiGRA’s Gamesnetwork listserv, Michael Liebe from Germany has put forward an initiative to list the key games research centres worldwide. While there must always be some gaps in a listing like this, there is already I think more than one hundred of such centres listed, which is pretty impressive. Take a look at the beta version here:
http://www.digarec.org/gamesresearchmap/doku.php?id=start:gamesresearchmap