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Frans MäyräProfessor, Director
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Raine KoskimaaProfessor, Vice Director
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Olli SotamaaProfessor
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Jaakko SuominenProfessor
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Juho HamariProfessor
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Jaakko PeltonenProfessor
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Usva FrimanMain Research Coordinator
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Maria RuotsalainenCoordinator
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Lilli SihvonenCoordinator
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Elisa WiikCoordinator
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Thomas ApperleySenior Research Fellow
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Kati AlhaUniversity Lecturer
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Jaakko StenrosUniversity Lecturer
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Joleen BlomPostdoctoral Researcher
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Jani KinnunenPostdoctoral Researcher
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Heikki TyniPostdoctoral Researcher
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Mikko MeriläinenPostdoctoral Researcher
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Riikka AuravaDoctoral Researcher
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Chien LuDoctoral Researcher
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Elina KoskinenDoctoral Researcher
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Ville KankainenDoctoral Researcher
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Leland MasekDoctoral Researcher
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Taina MyöhänenDoctoral Researcher
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Hanne GrasmoDoctoral Researcher
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Marko SiitonenAssociate Professor
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Veli-Matti KarhulahtiSenior Researcher
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Kai TuuriSenior Researcher
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Tanja VälisaloLecturer
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Jukka VarsaluomaLecturer
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Jonne ArjorantaPostdoctoral Researcher
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Tero KerttulaPostdoctoral Researcher
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Miia SiutilaDoctoral Researcher
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Ville MalinenDoctoral Researcher
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Emilia TurtiainenDoctoral Researcher
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Henri NergDoctoral Researcher
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Markku ReunanenSenior University Lecturer
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Maria B. GardaPostdoctoral Researcher
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Joseph MaceyPostdoctoral Researcher
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Katriina HeljakkaPostdoctoral Researcher
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Henry KorkeilaDoctoral Researcher
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Karoliina KoskinenProject Researcher
frans.mayra@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-417X
Website: www.unet.fi
Blog: www.fransmayra.fi

Raine Koskimaa
raine.koskimaa@jyu.fi

Olli Sotamaa
olli.sotamaa@tuni.fi

Jaakko Suominen
jaakko.suominen@utu.fi

Juho Hamari
juho.hamari@tuni.fi

Jaakko Peltonen
jaakko.peltonen@tuni.fi
usva.friman@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-5297
Website: http://usvafriman.net

Maria Ruotsalainen
maria.a.t.ruotsalainen@jyu.fi

Lilli Sihvonen
lilli.sihvonen@utu.fi
ORCID:

Elisa Wiik
elisa.wiik@tuni.fi

Thomas Apperley
thomas.apperley@tuni.fi

Kati Alha
kati.alha@tuni.fi
jaakko.stenros@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-7042
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com
johanna.blom@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-4497
Website: http://joleenblom.com

Jani Kinnunen
jani.kinnunen@tuni.fi

Heikki Tyni
heikki.tyni@tuni.fi
mikko.merilainen@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
Website: http://www.mikkomerilainen.com
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikko_Merilaeinen

Riikka Aurava
riikka.aurava@tuni.fi
chien.lu@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-4202
Website: https://humblelu.github.io/personal_website
elina.m.koskinen@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-6582
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elina-Koskinen
ville.kankainen@tuni.fi

Leland Masek
leland.masek@tuni.fi

Taina Myöhänen
taina.myohanen@tuni.fi

Hanne Grasmo
hanne.grasmo@tuni.fi

Marko Siitonen
marko.siitonen@jyu.fi

Veli-Matti Karhulahti
veli-matti.m.karhulahti@jyu.fi

Kai Tuuri
kai.tuuri@jyu.fi

Tanja Välisalo
tanja.valisalo@jyu.fi

Jukka Varsaluoma
jukka.varsaluoma@jyu.fi
jonne.arjoranta@jyu.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0148-7626
Website: https://jonne.arjoranta.fi

Tero Kerttula
tero.t.kerttula@jyu.fi

Miia Siutila
mimasi@utu.fi
Miia Siutila is a Doctoral candidate at University of Turku, department of Media studies. She also works as a researcher in University of Jyväskylä. Her research focuses on esports as a hobby and the cultures of play and practices where esports evolves. Siutila’s research interests also include esports relation to mental and physical health.

Ville Malinen
vimajoma@student.jyu.fi

Emilia Turtiainen
emilia.s.o.turtiainen@student.jyu.fi

Henri Nerg
henri.m.nerg@jyu.fi

Markku Reunanen
markku.reunanen@aalto.fi

Maria B. Garda
maria.garda@utu.fi

Joseph Macey
jrmace@utu.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-739X
Researcher profile: https://www.tut.fi/Gamification/members/joseph-macey

Katriina Heljakka
katriina.heljakka@utu.fi

Henry Korkeila
henry.m.korkeila@utu.fi
Henry Korkeila is PhD candidate at the University of Turku. He holds M.Sc. in Internet and Game Studies from the University of Tampere. Henry’s research examines avatarization of our analog cultures as they inevitably turn into digital cultures. Special focus is on avatars themselves, usage of avatars in their different contexts including online video game genres, such as massively multiplayer online and multiplayer online battle arena games and social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. Currently, Henry approaches avatars through the types of capital, or resources, they have.

Karoliina Koskinen
Karoliina Koskinen is a Project Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture studies at the University of Turku. She is currently taking part in projects that focus on themes such as video games and sustainability, historic and contemporary cultures of creative computing, and a study that utilises Postcolonial theory to analyse a Finnish board game from the 1930s. Karoliina is a University of Aberdeen graduate of 2020 and in 2021, she graduated from her Masters in International Relations in Historical Perspective from Utrecht University.
Alumni
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Janne PaavilainenMain Scientific Coordinator
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Pauliina RaentoDocent, Senior Researcher
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Jonna KoivistoPostdoctoral Researcher
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Jukka VahloPostdoctoral Researcher
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Aleena ChiaPostdoctoral Researcher
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Sabine HarrerPostdoctoral Researcher
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Jan ŠvelchPostdoctoral Researcher
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Dale LeorkeSenior Research Fellow
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Mattia ThibaultSenior Researcher
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Emil Lundedal HammarPostdoctoral Researcher
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Lobna HassanPostdoctoral Researcher
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Maria TörhönenDoctoral Researcher
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Hanna JärvenpääDoctoral Researcher
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Riikka TurtiainenSenior Lecturer
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Petri SaarikoskiSenior Lecturer
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Nannan XiPostdoctoral Researcher
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Tero PasanenPostdoctoral Researcher
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Evan TornerVisiting Researcher
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Lars de WildtVisiting Researcher

Janne Paavilainen
janne.paavilainen@tuni.fi

Pauliina Raento

Jonna Koivisto
jonna.koivisto@tuni.fi

Jukka Vahlo
jukka.vahlo@tuni.fi

Aleena Chia
aleena.chia@jyu.fi

Sabine Harrer
Sabine Harrer is a Senior Lecturer at the Game Design Department Gotland, Uppsala University (SE). Previously, they have been a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies, University of Tampere (FI). Their research focuses on critical game studies, HCI and intersectionality, and creation-based knowledge making. They are also the author of Games and Bereavement (transcript 2018), and a member of the Copenhagen Game Collective. Their game-related projects can be found at enibolas.itch.io.

Jan Švelch
Jan Švelch is a game production studies scholar, currently based at Charles University, Faculty of Arts. His research interests include video game production, monetization, paratextuality, and Magic: The Gathering. Between 2018–2020, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at University of Tampere. Besides research, he has more than ten years of experience as a freelance journalist covering video games and music for various Czech magazines, including the Metacritic-aggregated Level. For a brief period, he worked as a data analyst for the leading Czech video game studio Bohemia Interactive.

Dale Leorke
dale.leorke@tuni.fi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8741-1758
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dale_Leorke

Mattia Thibault
mattia.thibault@tuni.fi

Emil Lundedal Hammar
emil.hammar@tuni.fi

Lobna Hassan
lobna.hassan@tuni.fi

Maria Törhönen
maria.torhonen@tuni.fi

Hanna Järvenpää
hanna.e.jarvenpaa@jyu.fi

Riikka Turtiainen
riikka.turtiainen@utu.fi

Petri Saarikoski
petri.saarikoski@utu.fi

Nannan Xi
nannan.xi@tuni.fi

Tero Pasanen
tero.pasanen@gmail.com

Evan Torner
evan.torner@gmail.com

Lars de Wildt
lawjdewildt@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-6903
Website: larsdewildt.eu