Category: news
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Kone Foundation awards funding to two Gamelab researchers
Kone Foundation has granted funding for two doctoral research projects in Game Research Lab from early 2025! Julián Gutiérrez Carrera: Representations of Suicide in Videogames This doctoral dissertation is the first long-term, long-form research project on representations of suicide in videogames. In it, I research how videogames depict, simulate, and represent suicide, since videogames offer…
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New research project: Larpocracy
We are excited to announce that Game Research Lab is partnering with larp practitioners and academics in a new EU-funded project in Horizon Europe, Larpocracy: Developing Spaces for Deliberation and Democratic Skills through Role-playing. Larpocracy aims to promote democratic engagement and political expression through live-action role-playing (larp). The project, which runs from January 2025 to…
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New research utilisation project: Pegasus
We are excited to announce that the Research Council of Finland has granted funding for our new research utilisation project PEGASUS: Promoting equity and game cultural sustainability in Finland for 2024–2025. PEGASUS will build on the significant research results and societal impact achieved within the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies on different aspects…
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Celebrating Gamelab’s 20th anniversary!
As Tampere University Game Research Lab turns 20 this year, we wish to celebrate the past two decades of great research, education, and collaborations through a series of anniversary events! The events can be seen on our anniversary page: Game Research Lab’s 20th Anniversary. Mark them down in in your calendar and follow the page…
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Spring Seminar 2022: Gamebooks
The 18th Spring Seminar of Game Studies in Tampere will take place in 5-6 May, 2022. The theme of this seminar is “Gamebooks”. You can read more from the seminar website at https://springseminar.org/.
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Filosofisen pelitutkimuksen dosentuuri Tampereen yliopistoon
Tampereen yliopiston rehtori on myöntänyt FT Jonne Arjorannalle filosofisen pelitutkimuksen dosentin arvon. Kyseessä on ensimmäinen tämän aihepiirin dosentuuri Suomessa. Arjoranta luonnehtii tutkimusalaansa painottamalla, että filosofinen pelitutkimus pyrkii ratkaisemaan pelien esiin nostamia filosofisia ongelmia ja kysymyksiä. Mikä yhdistää erilaisia pelejä jalkapallosta Pac-Maniin? Ovatko väkivallanteot peleissä moraalisesti väärin? Miten peleillä voi ottaa kantaa ihmisyyttä koskeviin perustavanlaatuisiin kysymyksiin,…