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

2023

Adults’ Motivations in Participating in an Online Music Course

International Seminar of the ISME Research Commission. International Society for Music Education.

Välisalo, Tanja

Myllykoski, Mikko

Ojala, Aleksi

Publication

2023

Associations between physical activity and digital gaming activity among Finnish adolescents

European Journal of Public Health.

Ng, K.

Karhulahti, V-M.

Koskimaa, R.

Sokka, M.

Husu, P.

Kokko, S. P.

Koski, P.

Publication

2023

Communicating and Practicing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Finnish Esports Organizations : Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports.

Friman, Usva

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Ståhl, Matilda

Publication

2023

Continuous play : leisure engagement in competitive fighting games and taekwondo

Annals of Leisure Research.

Siutila, Miia

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Publication

2023

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)

Journal of Open Psychology Data.

Terry, Jenny

Ross, Robert M.

Nagy, Tamás

Salgado, Mauricio

Garrido-Vásquez, Patricia

Sarfo, Jacob O.

Cooper, Susan

Buttner, Anke C.

Lima, Tiago J. S.

Öztürk, İbrahim

Akay, Nazlı

Santos, Flavia H.

Artemenko, Christina

Copping, Lee T.

Elsherif, Mahmoud M.

Milovanović, Ilija

Cribbie, Robert A.

Drushlyak, Marina G.

Swainston, Katherine

Shou, Yiyun

Leongómez, Juan David

Palena, Nicola

Abidin, Fitri A.

Reyes-Rodríguez, Maria F.

He, Yunfeng

Abraham, Juneman

Vatakis, Argiro

Jankowsky, Kristin

Schmidt, Stephanie N. L.

Grimm, Elise

González, Desirée

Schmid, Philipp

Ferreira, Roberto A.

Rozgonjuk, Dmitri

Özhan, Neslihan

O’Connor, Patrick A.

Zsido, Andras N.

Stiglic, Gregor

Rhodes, Darren

Rodríguez, Cristina

Ropovik, Ivan

Enea, Violeta

Nurwanti, Ratri

Estudillo, Alejandro J.

Beribisky, Nataly

Himawan, Karel K.

Geven, Linda M.

Van Hoogmoed, Anne H.

Bret, Amélie

Chapman, Jodie E.

Alter, Udi

Flack, Zoe M.

Hanna, Donncha

Soltanlou, Mojtaba

Banik, Gabriel

Adamkovič, Matúš

Van der Ven, Sanne H. G.

Mosbacher, Jochen A.

Şen, Hilal H.

Anderson, Joel R.

Batashvili, Michael

De Groot, Kristel

Parker, Matthew O.

Helmy, Mai

Ostroha, Mariia M.

Gilligan-Lee, Katie A.

Egara, Felix O.

Barwood, Martin J.

Thomas, Karuna

McMahon, Grace

Griffin, Siobhán M.

Nuerk, Hans-Christoph

Counsell, Alyssa

Lindemann, Oliver

Van Rooy, Dirk

Wege, Theresa E.

Lewis, Joanna E.

Aczel, Balazs

Monaghan, Conal

Al-Hoorie, Ali H.

Huber, Julia F.

Yapan, Saadet

Garrido Vásquez, Mauricio E.

Callea, Antonino

Ergiyen, Tolga

Clay, James M.

Mertens, Gaetan

Topçu, Feyza

Tutlu, Merve G.

Täht, Karin

Mikkor, Kristel

Caso, Letizia

Karner, Alexander

Storm, Maxine M. C.

Daroczy, Gabriella

Zein, Rizqy A.

Greco, Andrea

Buchanan, Erin M.

Schmid, Katharina

Hunt, Thomas E.

De keersmaecker, Jonas

Branney, Peter E.

Randell, Jordan

Clark, Oliver J.

Steltenpohl, Crystal N.

Malu, Bhasker

Tekeş, Burcu

Ramis, TamilSelvan

Agrigoroaei, Stefan

Badcock, Nicholas A.

McAloney-Kocaman, Kareena

Semenikhina, Olena V.

Graf, Erich W.

Lea, Charlie

Ogba, Kalu T. U.

Guppy, Fergus M.

Warhurst, Amy C.

Lindsay, Shane

Al Khateeb, Ahmed

Scharnowski, Frank

De Kwaadsteniet, Leontien

Francis, Kathryn B.

Lecompte, Mariah

Webster, Lisa A. D.

Morsanyi, Kinga

Forwood, Suzanna E.

Walters, Elizabeth R.

Tip, Linda K.

Wagge, Jordan R.

Lai, Ho Yan

Crossland, Deborah S.

Darda, Kohinoor M.

Flack, Tessa R.

Leviston, Zoe

Brolly, Matthew

Hills, Samuel P.

Collins, Elizabeth

Roberts, Andrew J.

Cheung, Wing-Yee

Leonard, Sophie

Verschuere, Bruno

Stanley, Samantha K.

Xenidou-Dervou, Iro

Ghasemi, Omid

Liew, Timothy

Ansari, Daniel

Guilaran, Johnrev

Penny, Samuel G.

Bahnmueller, Julia

Hand, Christopher J.

Rahajeng, Unita W.

Peterburg, Dar

Takacs, Zsofia K.

Platow, Michael J.

Field, Andy P.

Publication

2023

Digitaalista runoutta ja koneellista kirjallisuutta

Suomalaisen mediataiteen ensimmäinen vuosisata. Parvs publishing.

Koskimaa, Raine

Joensuu, Juri

Publication

2023

E-urheilu tarvitsee kestävää kehitystä

Ilmiö.

Välisalo, Tanja

Friman, Usva

Publication

2023

Factors Affecting Digital Tool Use in Client Interaction According to Mental Health Professionals : Interview Study

JMIR Human Factors.

Lukka, Lauri

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Palva, J. Matias

Publication

2023

Fiktiivisiin hahmoihin kiinnittyminen transmediassa : Hobitti ja Overwatch

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja.

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2023

Finnish young adolescents’ digital gaming and physical activity behaviour

Digital Games Research Association International Conference. Conference of Digital Games Research Association.

Ng, Kwok

Koskimaa, Raine

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Sokka, Miikka

Husu, Pauliina

Kokko, Sami

Koski, Pasi

Publication

2023

From Claw Crane to Toy Crane : Catching, Courting, and Gambling in South Korea

Korean Studies.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Heljakka, Katriina

Jo, Dongwon

Publication

2023

Gaming at the Workplace : an Investigation of the Relationship between Videogames and Occupational Health in the Age of Gaming Disorder

JYU Reports.

Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Siutila, Miia

Kauraoja, Valtteri

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

Adults’ Motivations in Participating in an Online Music Course

Associations between physical activity and digital gaming activity among Finnish adolescents

Communicating and Practicing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Finnish Esports Organizations : Challenges and Opportunities

Continuous play : leisure engagement in competitive fighting games and taekwondo

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)

Digitaalista runoutta ja koneellista kirjallisuutta

E-urheilu tarvitsee kestävää kehitystä

Factors Affecting Digital Tool Use in Client Interaction According to Mental Health Professionals : Interview Study

Fiktiivisiin hahmoihin kiinnittyminen transmediassa : Hobitti ja Overwatch

Finnish young adolescents’ digital gaming and physical activity behaviour

From Claw Crane to Toy Crane : Catching, Courting, and Gambling in South Korea

Gaming at the Workplace : an Investigation of the Relationship between Videogames and Occupational Health in the Age of Gaming Disorder

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