Sebastian Felzmann has been an employee at the FZI Research Centre for Information Technology since 2019 and has headed the Spin-offs, Eco Systems and Transfer (IST-SET) department since July 2023.

Sebastian Felzmann studied German language and literature, journalism and media studies in Karlsruhe from 2003-2009. During his master's degree, he worked at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) and the Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) before moving to the private sector as a social media manager for three years. This was followed by a further 28 months as Research Manager for the Cologne Game Lab (CGL) at TH Köln.

Publications (selection):
• Sebastian Felzmann: „Been There, Done That!“: An Examination of Media Nostalgia as a Creative Practice for Creating New Retro Games. In: Subjective Experiences of Interactive Nostalgia in Media, hg. von Ryan Lizardi, New York 2019, S. 25-42.
• Sebastian Felzmann: „Been there, done that“. Mediennostalgie als kreative Praxis zur Schaffung neuer retroider Spiele. In: Shift Restore Escape. Retrocomputing und Computerarchäologie, hg. von Stefan Höltgen, Winnenden 2014, S. 7-18.
• Sebastian Felzmann: Playing Yesterday – Mediennostalgie im Computerspiel, Boizenburg 2012.
• Sebastian Felzmann: Playing Yesterday – Mediennostalgie und Retro Gaming. In: Game Play Society. Contributions to contemporary Computer Game Studies, hg. von Christian Swertz und Michael Wagner, Stuttgart 2011, S. 107-114.