Gamification Group

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...

March 3, 2025 In News, Open positions By Juhani Linna

Apply for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Games and Gamification at Tampere University

At Tampere University, more than a hundred staff members from three faculties are involved in game-related research that encompasses gamification, metaverse, playfulness, game-based learning, gameful and persuasive technologies, gameful design and more. The professors that lead the body of researchers welcome, once again, applicants to join...

November 21, 2024 In Open positions By Xinyi Yang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Speculative Design / Design Fiction) / Tutkijatohtori (Spekulatiivinen suunnittelu / Design-fiktio)

The Faculty of Information Technologies and Communication Sciences of Tampere University invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral position. The project “InterReal – Exploring Interreal Translation in the Media Multiverse” will take place at Tampere University, from January 2025 to December 2029. The project is funded by...

November 14, 2024 In Open positions By Xinyi Yang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Gamification, Games & Play, Extended Reality), 3–5 positions / Tutkijatohtori (Pelillistäminen, Pelit, Laajennettu Todellisuus), 3–5 tehtävää

We are looking for highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow’s (3–5 positions) across the research groups of Gamification Group, GGIS, Gameful Futures Lab which are part of the Research Centre of Gameful Realities led by Professor of Gamification Juho Hamari. The positions are associated with the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE)...

November 14, 2024 In Open positions By Xinyi Yang

Doctoral Researcher (Gamification, Games & Play, Extended Reality), 1–3 positions / Väitöskirjatutkija (Pelillistäminen, Pelit, Laajennettu Todellisuus), 1–3 tehtävää

We are looking for highly motivated Doctoral Researchers (1-3 positions) across the research groups of Gamification Group, GGIS, Gameful Futures Lab which are part of the Research Centre of Gameful Realities led by Professor of Gamification Juho Hamari. The positions are associated with the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE) Flagship’s...