Gamification Group

September 24, 2026 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

Sci-Fi Helps Explore Interaction with Technologies Inducing Altered States of Mind

In recent years, there have been growing reports of peculiar and exotic states of consciousness emerging from increasingly close interactions with modern technologies. Feelings of unreality of oneself and the surrounding world following intensive VR experiences, pseudo-hallucinatory experiences associated with excessive gaming, and awe, mystical...

November 14, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

State-of-the-art in climate resilience gamification for coastal environments: a systematic literature review

Initial approach and objectives of the studyThe study stems from the need to systematize and analyze existing empirical evidence on the use of gamification and serious games as tools to promote climate resilience in coastal urban environments. Given rising sea levels and the impacts of...

October 1, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

Call for Participants – Take a Walk with a Mobile Robot (Spot from Boston Dynamics) Companion in the Forest

We are looking for volunteers to take part in a research study on human–robot interaction in nature. The study explores how walking in a natural environment together with a robot companion may influence people’s experiences and feelings of connectedness to nature. What will you do? You will...

August 4, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

Gamification for Sustainability Transitions – A New Literature Review and Research Agenda

In a newly published scoping review in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, we investigated how play, games, and gamification may support sustainability transitions by engaging and bringing together stakeholders. The study, titled “Play, games, and gamification to support sustainability transitions: a scoping review and research...

April 24, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

Avatar Customisation and Empowerment in VR Collaboration – A New Study on Self-Representation and Self-Perception

In a newly published article in New Media & Society, we investigated how the ability to customise avatars in social immersive virtual reality (VR) affects users’ self-perceptions during collaborative tasks. The study, titled “Virtually Better: Multi-user Experiment on Avatar Self-representation, Self-discrepancies, Avatar Style and Self-perceptions...

March 27, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

CALL FOR PAPERS: SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO GAMIFICATION GROUP (CO-)CHAIRED TRACKS AT HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES 2026

Once again, this year you can submit your paper for one of the Gamification Group (co-)chaired minitrack at Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2026). According to Microsoft Academic in 2021, in terms of citations, HICSS has ranked first among information systems as well as...

March 27, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

CALL FOR PAPERS: Computing education minitrack in the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’ 2026)

Submit your paper Computing Education (CE), also known as Computer Science Education, is best known as the field leading the conversation about what, how, and for whom Computer Science should be taught. Computational thinking has been a theme emphasized by educators and researchers in the field,...

March 27, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

CALL FOR PAPERS: Gamification minitrack in the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’ 2026)

Submit your paper Interaction with games is considered to have positive effects on our cognitive, emotional, social and motivational abilities. It isn’t surprising, then, that our reality and lives are increasingly becoming game-like. This is not limited to the fact that digital games have become a...

March 27, 2025 In Uncategorized By Xinyi Yang

CALL FOR PAPERS: Game-based learning minitrack in the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’ 2026)

Submit your paper Game-Based Learning (GBL) is an evolving field that integrates game elements, mechanics, and principles into education and training to enhance students’ experience and learning outcomes. As digital learning landscapes rapidly expand, GBL continues to evolve, incorporating cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI),...

March 19, 2025 In News, Open positions By Juhani Linna

Postdoctoral Research Fellow for GATE project (Personal Grant)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and decisive postdoctoral researcher for the GATE project. JOB DESCRIPTION Games and Learning Research Group at the Faculty of Education and Culture investigates learner behavior in game-based and collaborative learning environments. We view learning as a nonlinear process in which multiple...