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

2021

Available through Open Access

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2021

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Pelitutkimuksen seura.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Koskimaa, Raine

Mäyrä, Frans

Sotamaa, Olli

Suominen, Jaakko

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Punchline Behind the Hotspot : Structures of Humor, Puzzle, and Sexuality in Adventure Games (with Leisure Suit Larry in Several Wrong Places)

Journal of Popular Culture.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Bonello Rutter Giappone, Krista

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Split-Screen : Videogame History through Local Multiplayer Design

Design Issues.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Grabarczyk, Pawel

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Story beats in videogames as value-driven choice-based unit operations

Images : The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication.

Mochocki, Michał

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2021

Transmedia Literacy and Informal Learning Strategies among Finnish Teens

Media Education at the Top. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Koskimaa, Raine

Kerttula, Tero

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Transparency of peer review : a semi-structured interview study with chief editors from social sciences and humanities

Research Integrity and Peer Review.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Backe, Hans-Joachim

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Valvontakapitalismin ensimmäiset vuosikymmenet

Media & viestintä.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2021

Want the games industry to share data? Share yours

Nature.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

북유럽 레트로: 핀란드의 레트로게임 문화 [Retrogaming in Finland]

Game Generation.

Malinen, Ville

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2020

Available through Open Access

“Not Only for a Celebration of Competitive Overwatch but Also for National Pride” : Sportificating the Overwatch World Cup 2016

Games and Culture.

Turtiainen, Riikka

Friman, Usva

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Publication

2020

Available through Open Access

“Overwatch is anime” : Exploring an alternative interpretational framework for competitive gaming

Conference of Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). Conference of Digital Games Research Association.

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2020

Available through Open Access

Challenge types in gaming validation of video game challenge inventory (CHA)

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Vahlo, Jukka

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

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