Game Cultures Research Group

Focus

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Learning, teaching and interaction

Research areas

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Research areas

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies - Research areas

Wellbeing and creative therapies

Belonging, crises and societal change

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Research group description

Game Cultures Research Group focuses on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society. Research includes areas such as the form, meaning and interpretation of games, game cultures and communities, cultures of game creation, and the role of games in media and society.

Current

Projects

Related projects

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

Joint RDI front: Piloting the gaming and digital value network and building early stage financing instruments for companies in an expanded ecosystem

Building a common RDI front in the Jyväskylä region between universities, educational institutions, companies and ecosystem organizations

Project

FUNMERSIVE – Transformative and scalable customer engagement through immersive fun

The Funmersive research project studies new scientifically grounded entertainment and learning service design solutions in creative industries in which fun functions as a central factor in enhancing user experience.

Project

FIN-CLARIAH

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä is part of the national research infrastructure FIN-CLARIAH aiming to create new tools and methods for researchers.

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

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.

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Jonne Arjoranta

Senior Lecturer

Tanja Välisalo

Senior Lecturer

Maria Ruotsalainen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Tuuri

Senior Researcher

Elina Koskinen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jasmine Poikela

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Tero Kerttula

Translator

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Senior Researcher

Tiina Auranen

Doctoral Researcher

Matús Adamkovič

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jari Lindroos

Doctoral Researcher

Marko Siitonen

Professor, Head of Department

Valtteri Kauraoja

Doctoral Researcher

Marcel Martončik

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Publications

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Two Overwatch Player Profiles

Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch. Palgrave Macmillan.

Vahlo, Jukka

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Understanding Twitch Esports Communities through Livestream Chat Analysis

Esports Research Network Conference.

Koskimaa, Raine

Välisalo, Tanja

Lindroos, Jari

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Videopelien musiikin tutkimus : kasvava ala Suomessa

Musiikki.

Lehtonen, Lasse

Tuuri, Kai

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

‘Whose were those feelings?’ : Affect and likenessing in Halat hisar live action role-playing game

International Journal of Cultural Studies.

Pöllänen, Sonja

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Book Review: How Pac-Man Eats

Game Studies: the international journal of computer game research.

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Constructing a Transmedia Universe : The Case of Battlestar Galactica

WiderScreen.

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa

Koskimaa, Raine

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Digital Games as a Source of English Vocabulary for Finnish Writers

Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited. Applications of Cognitive Linguistics. Mouton De Gruyter.

Tissari, Heli

Koskela, Oskari

Tuuri, Kai

Vahlo, Jukka

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Esports fandom in the age of transmedia : the reception of the overwatch league

Eracle : Journal of Sport and Social Sciences.

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Esports Transmedia Universes : The Case of Overwatch

Global esports. Bloomsbury Academic.

Koskimaa, Raine

Välisalo, Tanja

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Fantasia : lajit, ilmiö ja yhteiskunta

Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Korpua, Jyrki

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Fantasia ja transmedia

Fantasia. Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Fantasian vastaanoton tutkimus

Fantasia. Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Ruotsalainen, Maria

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