CFP: Immersive Experiences
The title of 16th Gamelab Spring Seminar was “Immersive Experiences” and it was planned to take place 30-31 March, 2020. Due to the global Coronavirus epidemic, the seminar was CANCELLED. … Read More
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DiGRA 2020
The DiGRA 2020 conference was announced in Kyoto, and this Digital Games Research Association’s world conference was planned to take place in Tampere, co-organised by Gamelab and the Centre of … Read More
Game education/1st Period 2019-2020
Note that there are again several game studies courses available, this Fall Term in our new VIMO/Media Studies bachelor’s degree program, and in the Game Studies master’s degree program in … Read More
Pelaajabarometri 2018
Pelaajabarometri 2018: Monimuotoistuva mobiilipelaaminen Uutta tietoa pelaamisesta, eSports-harrastuksesta ja suomalaisten asenteista pelaamista kohtaan. Pelaajabarometrin tutkimusraportti on kokonaisuudessaan ladattavissa verkosta: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-0870-4 Syyskuussa 2018 valmistunut uusi Pelaajabarometri-tutkimus vahvistaa kuvaa Suomesta aktiivisten pelaajien … Read More
Frans Mäyrä on research leave
Professor Frans Mäyrä will be on research leave, acting as a Professorial Fellow in IASR, on period 1 August 2018 – 31 July 2019. Most recent information about whom to contact … Read More
Making Games seminar CFP deadline approaching
The 14th Game Research Lab Spring Seminar, “Making Games” will take place in 24-25 April 2018 in Tampere. The deadline for abstract submissions is 26 January. The full call for … Read More
Call for Applications: Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies
Call for Applications: Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies See also: https://coe-gamecult.org/ Background, enquiries The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies (CoE GameCult) is starting in January 2018 … Read More
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies
Together with teams from University of Jyväskylä and Turku (Pori unit), UTAgameresearch lab was awarded by Academy of Finland the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies (2018-2025 CoE program). … Read More
Mindtrek 2016 research papers
Several new games research papers were published in Mindtrek 2016 conference, including: “Creating play money for free-to-play and gambling games” by Jani Kinnunen, Kati Alha, Janne Paavilainen “Building finnish game … Read More
DiGRA-FDG conference 2016
August 1-5, there are dozens of highly interesting research papers, panels, keynotes and other sessions presented in the first joint DiGRA-FDG conference in Dundee, Scotland. Here are listed some highlights, including … Read More