The lack of statistical and data literacy has been deemed one of the main causes behind our inability to act against great challenges of our times such as climate change or COVID-19 pandemic or to create a sustainable future in the direction of SDG 2030....
Following the proliferation of smartphones and other smart devices into people’s everyday lives during the last decade, mobile application stores provide users with a plethora of different health-related mobile applications (mHealth apps). In such mHealth apps, gamification presents itself as a promising approach to increase...
Esports, or competitive video gaming, is a major global phenomenon (est. revenue at $1.1bn, audience at 495m) that has developed from the internet cafes of the 90’s into a billion dollar industry that fills some of the largest stadiums in the world; there have even...
VR technologies seem to be stuck in the role of “the next big thing”. It is often described as one of the most interesting contemporary technological developments and yet its potentials appear to be far from fully exploited. In this book chapter, GG members Mila...
Immersive journalism – a concept from year 2010 that came alive in academia from year 2016. With the advent of immersive technologies and media, such as mobile VR and 360-degree videos, journalism entered the immersive scene by trying to place you as someone else and...
Gamification Group (GG) and Intelligent Clothing Group (ICG) are together hiring two doctoral students for the following positions (Apply): 1) Playful Smart Clothing Design (mainly positioned in GG) 2) Smart Textile Development (mainly positioned in ICG) Research in both positions is related to the ”Clothing-Integrated Interface (ClothFace) and Applications”...
Media through which we access both the daily news and in-depth information on broader issues are becoming more diverse and accessible. Reading news articles, watching documentaries on YouTube and Netflix, visiting virtual reality (VR) installations or simply putting on a mobile VR headset to watch...
In recent years, we have seen an increased utilization of gamification to foster citizen engagement with the governance of their countries and communities. This, at its best, has beenan endeavor to progress the democraticness of governance or at least to progress its efficiency. However, there...
The corpus of research about the effects of gamification on people's motivations and behavior have been on the rise (Koivisto & Hamari, 2019). This has been a tremendously positive development in the field of gamification, which has called for more rigorous basic research for the...
As with almost every aspect of daily life, the global coronavirus pandemic caused massive disruption to the professional sporting calendar; it is only within the last few days and weeks that competitive play has begun to return, albeit in fits and starts. The suspension of...