Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Senior Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Email
veli-matti.m.karhulahti@jyu.fi
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
2026

Awareness and use of open research practices: an international survey of researchers across disciplines

Royal Society Open Science.
Pennington, Charlotte Rebecca
Norris, Emma
Skubera, Magda
Ba, Yalige
Moffat, Ryssa
Amaral, Olavo B.
Adamkovič, Matúš
Adıgüzel, Arca
Almeida, Rafaela A.
Baldwin, Jessie R.
Ballou, Nick
Behrens, Luiza Marques Prates
Bertram, Michael G.
Bjerke, Ingvild E.
Blackwell, Simon E.
Bochynska, Agata
De Boer, Michiel R.
Buljan, Ivan
Canales-Aguirre, Cristian B.
Carey, Harry
Čavojová, Vladimira
Cawthorn, William P.
Christ, Simon
Cipora, Krzysztof
Conner, Alden
Conte, Federica P.
Crepaldi, Davide
Ellis, David A.
Errington, Timothy M.
Farran, Emily K.
Feld, Gordon B.
Freitag, Raquel
Gebauer, Paulina
Gunn, Sarah
Hartmann, Helena
Hellon, Victoria C.
Hofer, Gabriela
Ihle, Malika
Ikeda, Ayumi
Jones, Andrew
Jorge, Vanessa A.
Kafula, Yusuph A.
Kalandadze, Tamara
Karhulahti, Veli-Matti
Kocalar, Halil E.
Lagisz, Malgorzata
Lanz, Margherita
Leiva, Félix P.
Liuzza, Marco Tullio
Martončik, Marcel
Matsui, Hiroshi
Montefinese, Maria
Moreau, David
Morgan, David P.
Nakagawa, Shinichi
Niemeyer, Helen
Nilsonne, Gustav
Penido, Carmen
Persson, Sofia
Piccardi, Elena Serena
Rahal, Rima-Maria
Rajčáni, Jakub
Ridley, Ben
Scandola, Michele
Schönbrodt, Felix D.
Schumann, Sandy
Soltanlou, Mojtaba
Steele, James
Stewart, Suzanne L. K.
Thoré, Eli S. J.
Ursić, Luka
Vianello, Michelangelo
Voikar, Vootele
Wu, Nicholas C.
Yamada, Yuki
Yilmaz, Cemre
Yoshimura, Naoto
Zloteanu, Mircea
Žuljević, Marija F.
Munafo, Marcus R.
Clark, Kait
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
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Research groups

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Research group

Game Cultures Research Group

Cultural and societal phenomena around games and play

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.