Game Cultures Research Group

Game Cultures Research Group comprises of researchers focusing on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society.

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

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Tuuri

Senior Researcher

Elina Koskinen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jasmine Poikela

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Tero Kerttula

Translator

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jari Lindroos

Doctoral Researcher

Marko Siitonen

Professor, Head of Department

Valtteri Kauraoja

Doctoral Researcher

Marcel Martončik

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Publication

2026

Musiikki, vol 56, nro 2: Miten tutkia musiikkia?

Musiikki. Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura.

Kytö, Meri

Tiainen, Milla

Ojala, Juha

Tuuri, Kai

Torvinen, Juha

Publication

2026

Poverty in Social Science Research: Different Operationalizations, Different Results

Human Affairs.

Adamkovič, Matúš

Lačný, Martin

Publication

2026

The Discursive Construction of Finnish Nationality on Twitch Esports Chat

Nations and Nationalism.

Siitonen, Marko

Koskimaa, Raine

Lindroos, Jari

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2026

Understanding Games: Hermeneutic Approaches to Game Studies

Cultural Game Studies: Critical Approaches. Routledge.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2026

Vastaanoton tutkimuksen historialliset kehityskulut

Empiirinen kirjallisuuden ja lukemisen tutkimus. Tietolipas. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura.

Kovala, Urpo

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2026

Videopelien musiikin kokeminen ja musiikilliset käytänteet

Musiikki.

Lehtonen, Lasse

Vuoskoski, Jonna

Peltola, Henna-Riikka

Ahlsved, Kaj

Tuuri, Kai

Publication

2025

Aesthetics of Fondly Reminisced Chiptunes

Journal of Sound and Music in Games.

Koskela, Oskari

Tuuri, Kai

Vahlo, Jukka

Publication

2025

Autonomous Instrumental Music Learning on an Online Platform : How is Study Motivation Related to Engagement and Study Outcomes

Visions of Research in Music Education.

Tuuri, Kai

Vahlo, Jukka

Koskela, Oskari

Publication

2025

Complex temporal dynamics of mental health indicators : A longitudinal network approach perspective

Psychological Medicine.

Adamkovič, Matúš

Simsa, Benjamin

Jozefiaková, Bibiána

Mikulášková, Gabriela

Babinčák, Peter

Baník, Gabriel

Bočanová, Jaroslava

Fedáková, Denisa

Kačmariková, Klára

Kačmár, Pavol

Kentoš, Michal

Majdáková, Viktória

Vargová, Lenka

Zibrínová, Ľubica

Ropovik, Ivan

Publication

2025

Critical commentaries such as ‘Matters arising’ have flawed formats

Nature.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2025

Crowdsourcing multiverse analyses to explore the impact of different data-processing and analysis decisions : A tutorial

Psychological Methods.

Heyman, Tom

Pronizius, Ekaterina

Lewis, Savannah C.

Acar, Oguz A.

Adamkovič, Matúš

Ambrosini, Ettore

Antfolk, Jan

Barzykowski, Krystian

Baskin, Ernest

Batres, Carlota

Boucher, Leanne

Boudesseul, Jordane

Brandstätter, Eduard

Collins, W. Matthew

Filipović, Ðurđević Dušica

Egan, Ciara

Era, Vanessa

Ferreira, Paulo

Fini, Chiara

Garrido-Vásquez, Patricia

Godbersen, Hendrik

Gomez, Pablo

Graton, Aurelien

Gurkan, Necdet

He, Zhiran

Johnson, Dave C.

Kačmár, Pavol

Koch, Chris

Kowal, Marta

Kratochvil, Tomas

Marelli, Marco

Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando

Martínez, Martín

Mattiassi, Alan

Maxwell, Nicholas P.

Montefinese, Maria

Morvinski, Coby

Neta, Maital

Nielsen, Yngwie A.

Ocklenburg, Sebastian

Onič, Jaš

Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta

Parker, Adam J.

Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola

Pavlov, Yuri G.

Perea, Manuel

Pfuhl, Gerit

Roembke, Tanja C.

Röer, Jan P.

Roettger, Timo B.

Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana

Schmidt, Kathleen

Siew, Cynthia S. Q.

Tamnes, Christian K.

Taylor, Jack E.

Thériault, Rémi

Ulloa, José L.

Vadillo, Miguel A.

Varnum, Michael E. W.

Vasilev, Martin R.

Verheyen, Steven

Viviani, Giada

Wallot, Sebastian

Yamada, Yuki

Zheng, Yueyuan

Buchanan, Erin M.

Publication

2025

Development and Validation of the General-Purpose PlayfulQuest Scale : Investigating Playfulness in Dating App Use

MindTrek Conference. ACM.

Tuuri, Kai

Vahlo, Jukka

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

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

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

FUNMERSIVE – Transformative and scalable customer engagement through immersive fun

FIN-CLARIAH

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

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

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications

Musiikki, vol 56, nro 2: Miten tutkia musiikkia?

Poverty in Social Science Research: Different Operationalizations, Different Results

The Discursive Construction of Finnish Nationality on Twitch Esports Chat

Understanding Games: Hermeneutic Approaches to Game Studies

Vastaanoton tutkimuksen historialliset kehityskulut

Videopelien musiikin kokeminen ja musiikilliset käytänteet

Aesthetics of Fondly Reminisced Chiptunes

Autonomous Instrumental Music Learning on an Online Platform : How is Study Motivation Related to Engagement and Study Outcomes

Complex temporal dynamics of mental health indicators : A longitudinal network approach perspective

Critical commentaries such as ‘Matters arising’ have flawed formats

Crowdsourcing multiverse analyses to explore the impact of different data-processing and analysis decisions : A tutorial

Development and Validation of the General-Purpose PlayfulQuest Scale : Investigating Playfulness in Dating App Use

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

Related projects

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

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

FUNMERSIVE – Transformative and scalable customer engagement through immersive fun

FIN-CLARIAH

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

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

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications