Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Senior Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Room number
D 309
Email
veli-matti.m.karhulahti@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358504016042
Postal address
Seminaarinkatu 15
Fields of science
6131 Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts
518 Media and communications
3124 Neurology and psychiatry
515 Psychology
6132 Visual arts and design
113 Computer and information sciences
611 Philosophy

Biography

I am a Senior Researcher with an interdisciplinary research approach. I develop theories and hypotheses for understanding play and technology in human development across cultures. Currently I'm supervising seven PhD Researchers and teaching classes on methodology, psychology, and games. I wrote a book on esports (Bloomsbury Academic) and am engaged with meta-science. I am running two projects: ERC StG "Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder" (2022–2027) and "Gaming at the Workplace: Phenomenology and Health" (2021–2023) (Finnish Work Environment Fund).

Publications

Publication
2025

Lasten ja nuorten digipelaaminen ja liikunta

Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa. Valtion liikuntaneuvoston julkaisuja.
Sokka, Miikka
Ng, Kwok
Kokko, Sami
Husu, Pauliina
Koskimaa, Raine
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Koski, Pasi
Publication
2025

Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa : LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2024

Valtion liikuntaneuvoston julkaisuja.
Kokko, Sami
Hämylä, Riikka
Puupponen, Maija
Villberg, Jari
Husu, Pauliina
Vasankari, Tommi
Ray, Carola
Kwok, Ng
Tokola, Kari
Vähä-Ypyä, Henri
Hirvensalo, Mirja
Palomäki, Sanna
Laukkanen, Arto
Huotari, Pertti
Lyyra, Nelli
Rajala, Katja
Kämppi, Katariina
Hakonen, Harto
Kulmala, Janne
Tammelin, Tuija
Siekkinen, Kirsti
Haikari, Janne
Turunen, Marianne
Kallio, Jouni
Mononen, Kaisu
Blomqvist, Minna
Koski, Pasi
Toivonen, Virve
Kananen, Marko
Leppänen, Mari
Parkkari, Jari
Toivo, Kerttu
Launistola, Henna
Simonsen, Nina
Pohjavirta, Anni
Pikkupeura-Rikkilä, Vilma
Asunta, Piritta
Hakamäki, Matti
Huhtiniemi, Mikko
Huovinen, Terhi
Sokka, Miika
Koskimaa, Raine
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Paakkari, Leena
Tynjälä, Jorma
Paakkari, Olli
Ojala, Kristiina
Laasonen, Antti
Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Kaija
Publication
2025

Open science for qualitative research

BMJ Evidence-based Medicine.
Steltenpohl, Crystal N.
Mawhinney, Brinna
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Prosser, Annayah M. B.
Publication
2025

Qualitative hypotheses

Open Research Europe.
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Publication
2025

What is a computer game?

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games.
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Sageng, John R.
Publication
2024

A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science

Research Integrity and Peer Review.
Silverstein, Priya
Elman, Colin
Montoya, Amanda
McGillivray, Barbara
Pennington, Charlotte R.
Harrison, Chase H.
Steltenpohl, Crystal N.
Röer, Jan Philipp
Corker, Katherine S.
Charron, Lisa M.
Elsherif, Mahmoud
Malicki, Mario
Hayes-Harb, Rachel
Grinschgl, Sandra
Neal, Tess
Evans, Thomas Rhys
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Krenzer, William L. D.
Belaus, Anabel
Moreau, David
Burin, Debora I.
Chin, Elizabeth
Plomp, Esther
Mayo-Wilson, Evan
Lyle, Jared
Adler, Jonathan M.
Bottesini, Julia G.
Lawson, Katherine M.
Schmidt, Kathleen
Reneau, Kyrani
Vilhuber, Lars
Waltman, Ludo
Gernsbacher, Morton Ann
Plonski, Paul E.
Ghai, Sakshi
Grant, Sean
Christian, Thu-Mai
Ngiam, William
Syed, Moin
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Projects

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture studies logo
Project

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project between researchers from the Tampere University, University of Turku, and the University of Jyväskylä. Across these institutions, over 30 researchers from the humanities, social sciences
Project

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

Videogames have become one of the most prevailing forms of cultural production around the world.
Project

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Erasmus+ funded Strategic Partnership that connects four universities and a game industry association in a 3-year project to develop innovative teaching programmes, open edu-resources [OER] and recommendations for higher education in game development.