Gamification Group

June 11, 2021 In Gamification, Publication, SataDiLogis By Benjamin Puha

Gamification in freight transportation

As exemplified by the Suez Canal obstruction of 2021 by the Ever Given container ship, disruptions in global logistics can have far-reaching effects on our everyday lives, which depend on fluent and efficient transportation of goods. While the cost-efficiency of freight transportation is usually in...

June 7, 2021 In Publication By Benjamin Puha

Can gamified approaches promote climate change engagement?

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wroFb_xhf3A&ab_channel=TampereUniversities[/embed] “Gamification can engage players’ climate change cognition, affect and behavior and provide engaging gameful experiences, but research and design in this area can still improve.” Engaging with climate change goes way beyond being aware of scientific facts. Active engagement comprises an ongoing state of connection consisting...

June 2, 2021 In Publication By Benjamin Puha

Restarting the discussion around gamification

When the term gamification first came to be, it was advocating for a new, disruptive, way of doing things. With the promise of reproducing the appeal of games – their capability to be engaging, to convey feelings of autonomy and expertise, and their way of...

May 24, 2021 In Open positions By Benjamin Puha

Associate professor or assistant professor (Gamification), 4 positions

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en Tampere University is now seeking four associate professors or assistant professors in the broad field of...

May 6, 2021 In Publication By Henrietta Jylhä

Taking someone else’s viewpoint – utilizing empathy and emotional intelligence in ideation

Emotional intelligence (EI) is often defined as the skill of differentiating various emotions, the skill of using that information to direct thought and action, and the skill of monitoring the emotions both your own and someone else’s. Empathy is involved similarly in emotional processing and...

April 26, 2021 In Storification By Henrietta Jylhä

Have you ever wondered what education at a real-life Hogwarts would be like?

Nowadays, educators face a plethora of challenges to maintain effective and engaging pedagogical environments. With digitalization, students are expected to increasingly require interaction and novelty from the environments of teaching. It is believed that due to today’s more sporadic practices due to the rise of...

April 15, 2021 In Publication By Henrietta Jylhä

Keeping your head above water: Games and play in liquid modernity

The work of the Gamification Group is intimately concerned with the ways in which humans interact with technology, whether at the micro or macro levels. It is no surprise, therefore, that Black Mirror is a favourite tv show for many of the team’s members. Indeed,...

March 19, 2021 In CFP, Event By Henrietta Jylhä

CALL FOR PAPERS: The dark web AT THE 55TH HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES

Research of the Internet as a site for communication and networking has focused mostly on the searchable (clear) web. The minitrack turns to online darknet environments, an area of the Internet accessed by tools such as onion routing (Tor), and containing anonymous web traffic that...

March 18, 2021 In Augmented Reality, Gamification, Open positions, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Researcher/Doctoral Researcher (Gamification, Games, Extended Reality, Human-Computer Interaction) in Flagship Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE), 4-6 positions

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society www.tuni.fi/en The openings are positioned in the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE) Flagship’s work package on Gameful...

March 12, 2021 In Augmented Reality, CFP, Event, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

CALL FOR PAPERS: “MIXED, AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY: SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS” AT THE 55TH HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES

INVITATION TO SUBMIT ARTICLES TO MINITRACK: “MIXED, AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY: SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS” | 55TH ANNUAL HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES (HICSS 2022) | TRACK: “Decision Analytics and Service Science” | 55TH annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences HICSS: January 4-7, 2022 @ Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii === Virtual reality (VR),...