I am an Academy Research Fellow (2025–2029), Assistant Professor of Game Studies and Co-Director of the Game Research Lab at Tampere University. I am also a Docent of Game Culture Studies at the University of Turku.
In 2025–2029, I am an Academy Research Fellow, leading the ENDGAME project funded by the Research Council of Finland: https://projects.tuni.fi/endgame.
My research is focused on cultural participation and agency, as well as DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) questions, in digital gaming and electronic sports. I explore these topics as experienced by people participating in these cultures – especially as marginalised individuals – but also from structural and organisational perspectives. My methodological approaches are qualitatively oriented and based in humanities, including e.g. interview and survey studies, online media analysis, participatory research, and (online) ethnography. I highly value and seek to develop good, ethical research practices based on the highest standards. Overall, my aim is to create new, research-based knowledge and practices in close collaboration with stakeholders and participants in the field to initiate positive change, as well as to develop and promote good practices and working conditions within the academia.
I teach game studies methodology courses in the Game Studies master’s degree programme and supervise game studies doctoral researchers in the Doctoral Programme in Media, Communication and Performing Arts at Tampere University.
Nyckelord
game studies, game research, game culture studies, esports, digital gaming
