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

Publications

Publication

2024

Tabletop Role-Playing Games

The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies.

White, William J.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Hitchens, Michael

Peterson, Jon

Torner, Evan

Walton, Jonathan

Publication

2024

The mediating effect of institutional trust in the relationship between precarity and conspiracy beliefs : A conceptual replication of Adam‐Troian et al. (2023)

British Journal of Social Psychology.

Adamus, Magdalena

Ballová Mikušková, Eva

Kačmár, Pavol

Guzi, Martin

Adamkovič, Matuš

Chayinska, Maria

Adam‐Troian, Jais

Publication

2024

The Replication Database : Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science

Journal of Open Psychology Data.

Röseler, Lukas

Kaiser, Leonard

Doetsch, Christopher

Klett, Noah

Seida, Christian

Schütz, Astrid

Aczel, Balazs

Adelina, Nadia

Agostini, Valeria

Alarie, Samuel

Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan

Aldoh, Alaa

Al-Hoorie, Ali, H.

Azevedo, Flavio

Baker, Bradley, J.

Barth, Charlotte Lilian

Beitner, Julia

Brick, Cameron

Brohmer, Hilmar

Chandrashekar, Subramanya Prasad

Chung, Kai Li

Cockcroft, Jamie, P.

Cummins, Jamie

Diveica, Veronica

Dumbalska, Tsvetomira

Efendic, Emir

Elsherif, Mahmoud

Evans, Thomas

Feldman, Gilad

Fillon, Adrien

Förster, Nico

Frese, Joris

Genschow, Oliver

Giannouli, Vaitsa

Gjoneska, Biljana

Gnambs, Timo

Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie

Graham, Christopher, J.

Hartmann, Helena

Haviva, Clove

Herderich, Alina

Hilbert, Leon, P.

Holgado, Darías

Hussey, Ian

Ilchovska, Zlatomira, G.

Kalandadze, Tamara

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Kasseckert, Leon

Klingelhöfer-Jens, Maren

Koppold, Alina

Korbmacher, Max

Kulke, Louisa

Kuper, Niclas

LaPlume, Annalise

Leech, Gavin

Lohkamp, Feline

Lou Nige,l Mantou

Lynott, Dermot

Maier, Maximilian

Meier, Maria

Montefinese, Maria

Moreau, David

Mrkva, Kellen

Nemcova, Monika

Oomen, Danna

Packheiser, Julian

Pandey, Shubham

Papenmeier, Frank

Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola

Pavlov, Yuri, G.

Pavlović, Zoran

Pennington, Charlotte, R.

Pittelkow, Merle-Marie

Plomp, Willemijn

Plonski, Paul, E.

Pronizius, Ekaterina

Pua, Andrew Adrian

Pypno-Blajda, Katarzyna

Rausch, Manuel

Rebholz, Tobias, R.

Richert, Elena

Röer, Jan Philipp

Ross, Robert

Schmidt, Kathleen

Skvortsova, Aleksandrina

Sperl, Matthias F., J.

Tan, Alvin W., M.

Thürmer, J. Lukas

Tołopiło, Aleksandra

Vanpaemel, Wolf

Vaughn, Leigh Ann

Verheyen, Steven

Wallrich, Lukas

Weber, Lucia

Wolska, Julia, K.

Zaneva, Mirela

Zhang, Yikang

Publication

2024

Trolligans : Conceptual Links Between Trolling and Hooliganism in Sports and Esports

Communication and Sport.

Cook, Christine L.

Karhulahti, Vei-Matti

Harrison, Guy

Bowman, Nicholas D.

Publication

2024

Validity and Transparency in Quantifying Open-Ended Data

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.

Conry-Murray, Clare

Waltzer, Tal

DeBernardi, Fiona C.

Fossum, Jessica L.

Haasova, Simona

Matthews, Michael S.

O’Mahony, Aoife

Moreau, David

Baum, Myriam A.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

McCarthy, Randy J.

Paterson, Helena M.

McSweeney, Kara

Elsherif, Mahmoud M.

Publication

2024

Vastapuhe ratkaisuna verkkovihan ongelmaan?

Kaivolla-blogi.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Jauhiainen, Jenna

Kosonen, Heidi

Nousiainen, Susi

Publication

2024

Viewing Sexual Violence : Audience Responses to Game of Thrones

Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies.

Korhonen, Venla

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa

Korpua, Jyrki

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2024

Vitality structures in ‘addictive’ game design

Open Research Europe.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2024

War-related stress scale

BMC Psychology.

Vargová, Lenka

Jozefiaková, Bibiána

Lačný, Martin

Adamkovič, Matúš

Publication

2023

”Mistä lähtien kirjoittamiseen on muka kuulunut ääni ja liikkuva kuva?” : monimediaisen elämäkerran kirjoittaminen ja hyvinvointi

Lähikuva.

Ekström, Nora

Poikela, Jasmine

Publication

2023

”Yhteistyö on ollut nykykulttuurissa aina keskiössä”

Kulttuurintutkimus.

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2023

A primer for choosing, designing and evaluating registered reports for qualitative methods

Open Research Europe.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Branney, Peter

Siutila, Miia

Syed, Moin

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

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

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

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

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications

Tabletop Role-Playing Games

The mediating effect of institutional trust in the relationship between precarity and conspiracy beliefs : A conceptual replication of Adam‐Troian et al. (2023)

The Replication Database : Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science

Trolligans : Conceptual Links Between Trolling and Hooliganism in Sports and Esports

Validity and Transparency in Quantifying Open-Ended Data

Vastapuhe ratkaisuna verkkovihan ongelmaan?

Viewing Sexual Violence : Audience Responses to Game of Thrones

Vitality structures in ‘addictive’ game design

War-related stress scale

”Mistä lähtien kirjoittamiseen on muka kuulunut ääni ja liikkuva kuva?” : monimediaisen elämäkerran kirjoittaminen ja hyvinvointi

”Yhteistyö on ollut nykykulttuurissa aina keskiössä”

A primer for choosing, designing and evaluating registered reports for qualitative methods

Game Cultures Research Group

Research group description

Related projects

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

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

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

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications