Usva Friman
@usvaf.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them. Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Professori Minna Ruckenstein peräänkuuluttaa kansalliseen tekoälykeskusteluun nykyistä syvempää ja monitasoisempaa ymmärrystä siitä, mistä ylipäätään ollaan puhumassa ja miksi. Lukemisen arvoinen juttu: yle.fi/a/74-20238112
Professori kritisoi päättäjiä: Tekoälystä kerrotaan tarinaa, joka ei ole totta
Professori Minna Ruckenstein kritisoi teknologia-alaa naisten vähättelystä: ”Me miehet ollaan tässä hoidettu nämä kovat koodi- ja raha-asiat”.
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Väitöskirjatutkijamme Jukka Särkijärvi (@nitessine.bsky.social) osallistui Ylen Kulttuuriykkösen keskusteluun siitä, miksi roolipelaaminen on nyt suositumpaa kuin koskaan. Kuuntele keskustelu Yle Areenassa: areena.yle.fi/1-78136305
Miksi roolipelaaminen on suositumpaa kuin koskaan | Kulttuuriykkönen
Vasta vähän yli 50 vuotta vanha kulttuurin, taiteen ja viihteen laji on nyt suositumpi kuin koskaan. Tänään keskustellaan siitä, miksi roolipelit ovat nyt niin suosittuja ja myös siitä, mitä peleistä...
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Call Out for Playful Forest Research Participants! Join us this summer to explore Tampere’s #Kauppi forest, play a ‘treasure hunt’ style game, and test a deliberately low-tech AI device as you make decisions on how the forest should develop or be protected.
Our researcher Mark Maletska (@markmaletska.bsky.social) is coordinating this new Ukrainian Game Studies Network. Read more and spread the word to Ukrainian #GameStudies / #GameResearch scholars and students in Ukraine and abroad: ugsn.carrd.co
Ukrainian Game Studies Network
Here, you can learn about Ukrainian Game Studies Network (UGSN), find a membership registration link and contact the responsible organizers.
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✨BOOK UPDATE✨ "Gaming Exhaustion: Reclaiming Play from Late Capitalism" officially has a webpage: dukeupress.edu/gaming-exhau... Release Date is April 13, 2027!!! 📆 More details to come, but getting to see it on the site with its pricing and publishing details is so, so gratifying 🥲
Gaming Exhaustion: Reclaiming Play from Late Capitalism
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Tieteen vapaus on tärkeä osa demokraattista yhteiskuntaa. Se on Suomessa heikentynyt merkittävästi viime vuosina. Tämä kehitys on pysäytettävä. Tutkimusrahoituspäätösten tulee perustua ennalta ilmoitettuihin kriteereihin ja asiantuntija-arvioihin. www.tsv.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
Kannanotto: Tieteen vapaus on demokraattisen yhteiskunnan kulmakivi
Tutustu TSV:n kannanottoon tieteen vapaudesta, luotettavan arvioinnin merkityksestä tutkimusrahoituksessa sekä luottamuksesta päätöksentekijöihin.
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Arvoisa sosiaali- ja terveysministeri Wille Rydman. Poliitikkojen tehtävä ei ole ohjailla, mitä saa tutkia. Heidän tehtävänsä on varmistaa, että tiede saa riittävät ja vakaat resurssit. tieteentekijat.fi/poliittinen-...
Muistatko missä olit, kun Ville Rydman päätti mikä on kelvollista tutkimusta ja mikä ei? Näin se alkaa. Jos haluamme, että se päättyy tähän, aika reagoida on nyt. www.linkedin.com/posts/lena-n...
Wille Rydman leikkaa taas | Lena Näre
Olisi hyvä, jos Tieteentekijöiden liitto ja Professoriliitto vetoaisivat pääministeriin ja hallitukseen, että ministeri "arvioimassa" tutkimushankkeita ja päättämällä omien arvioidensa pohjalta rahoit...
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We are thrilled to announce our Postdoctoral Researcher Joleen Blom (@jjol33n.bsky.social) being awarded an Academy Research Fellowship for 2026–2030 by the Research Council of Finland #SuomenAkatemia! Find out more about Joleen's GenGam project: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/blom-academy...
After more than a year of careful planning, we are happy to announce that our Interdisciplinary Network for Research on Gender and Games (GG) is now open to new members. www4.uib.no/en/research/...
3, 2, 1… Launch! Interdisciplinary Network for Research on Gender and Games open for registrations! | UiB
It's time. After more than a year of careful planning, we are happy to announce that our Interdisciplinary Network for Research on Gender and Games (GG) is now open to new members.
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Returned from DiGRA, ate well and slept a lot, destroyed some bad guys. 💪🏻
We have now updated links to all our published DiGRA 2026 extended abstracts and full papers here: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/gamelab-at-d...
Gamelab at DiGRA 2026
The DiGRA 2026 conference on the theme ‘intersectional pleasures’ will be organised 14–18 June in Maynooth, Ireland. Our research group is well represented at the event – here we have c…
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The article is online!!! If you want to know more about why many games make you want to play more even after just a few minutes, here you go: dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...
It's all a skinner box? Typical core loop and Operant Conditioning | DiGRA Digital Library
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Some highlights from DiGRA 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland: the beautiful old campus, @mellowne.bsky.social presenting his first peer-reviewed paper (proud supervisor moment!) and having the opportunity to represent SURVIVE together with @amayer.bsky.social and @rainforestsb.bsky.social!
My first ever DiGRA in Maynooth. Talked about my Phd work here with the descriptive but somewhat monster of a title "the gendered differences in the connections between game streaming and gaming motivations throughout adolescence"
Yesterday at DiGRA 2026, our group members presented a talk 'How to Play Academia: Conceptual and methodological observations,' inviting lively discussion on values and practices in play and being played in academic environments – particularly from the perspective of early career researchers. 1/2
We're at DiGRA! 🤩
ENDGAME project@endgame-project.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur team is enjoying the DiGRA 2026 conference in Maynooth! We presented our work on 'Intersectional pleasures and limits of game cultural participation and belonging in Finland' and are also involved in several other presentations and workshops. Our work is funded by the RCF #SuomenAkatemia.
Woke up in Lillehammer, going to bed in Maynooth. New adventures ahead tomorrow!
Had the honour to give a keynote on 'Why and how we should still talk about women's esports' at the 17th International Conference on Sport and Society at the University of Inland Norway. Been thinking and discussing the politics and practices of belonging in sports from many perspectives this week!
Our research group (Gamelab) will be featured in 16 presentations in the DiGRA 2026 conference starting this Sunday – in addition to our folks being involved in organising and presenting at several workshops! 🤩 Here you can find a list of presentations featuring our team members:
Game Research Lab@gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe DiGRA Conference 2026 on the theme ‘intersectional pleasures’ will be organised 14–18 June in Maynooth, Ireland. Our research group is well represented at the event – here we have collected a list of the 16 presentations featuring our team members: gameresearchlab.tuni.fi/gamelab-at-d...
Awesome book news from our brilliant colleague @matildastahl.bsky.social and Fredrik, check out this OA book and join the open launch event on Friday if you're in Tampere!
Game Research Lab@gameresearchlab.bsky.social · 2mo agoBook launch news! Read this thread for OA link and launch event details. Our researcher @matildastahl.bsky.social and Fredrik Rusk have published an OA #GameStudies book 'Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming – An Empirical and Methodological Discussion.' Book launch event this Friday 12 June!
Our next OASIS Lunchtime Talk will happen this Thursday 11 June at 12.00–13.00 UTC+3! Camilla Rinciari will deliver a talk on 'The Myth of Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of Unity and Roblox Studio.' Read more here: www.tuni.fi/oasis/oasis-... This talk is fully open and free to attend!
OASIS Talks • OASIS
OASIS hosts various talks on academic and non-academic topics. These talks are always free and open to everyone. We try to live […]
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Our ENDGAME project's game event research is now officially kicked off by Essi at Vectorama! Read more about what we're doing:
ENDGAME project@endgame-project.bsky.social · 2mo agoTeemme tutkimusta #Vectorama -tapahtumassa! Tutkijamme @essitai.bsky.social on kentällä: projects.tuni.fi/endgame/news.... Jos olet paikalla, vastaa lyhyeen verkkokyselyymme ja kerro kokemuksesi tapahtumasta! Löydät meidät sisäänkäynnin läheltä FGF:n pisteeltä. Tutkimusta rahoittaa #SuomenAkatemia.
When your own university decides to highlight your work and suddenly it’s a full-on photo-sess and such… 😎 About my research and life in #Finland: www.tuni.fi/en/tau/news-... Thanks, Tampere Research Centre for Communication Sciences and @koneensaatio.fi!
Concerns over press and academic freedom brought researcher Soma Basu to Finland to study online hate | Tampere University
Doctoral researcher Soma Basu was gaining global awards as an investigative journalist. Then, journalistic and academic freedom took a turn towards worse in India.
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Check this out!
matildastahl.bsky.social@matildastahl.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur (Ståhl & Rusk) Open Access book "Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming - An Empirical and Methodological Discussion" is finally published! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... It is based on in-game material of CS:GO recorded by the youth participants, a group of Finnish men, themselves.
First conference (symposium) trip with our wonderful project team! 🤩
ENDGAME project@endgame-project.bsky.social · 2mo agoGreetings from Bodø where our full research team (in the photo) is currently enjoying the wonderful Northern Star Symposium 2026, exploring the topic of Anger. Our team members are delivering two presentations (see the comments for details 👇). Thanks to Martta Ojala for the photo!
