About me
I am an Academy Research Fellow and the PI of the ENDGAME project from September 2025 to August 2029. I am also an Assistant Professor of Game Studies and Co-Director of the Game Research Lab at Tampere University and a Docent of Game Culture Studies at the University of Turku.
My research is focused on cultural participation and agency, as well as DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) questions, in digital gaming and electronic sports. I explore these topics as experienced by people participating in these cultures – especially as marginalised individuals – but also from structural and organisational perspectives. My methodological approaches are qualitatively oriented and based in humanities, including e.g. interview and survey studies, online media analysis, participatory research, and (online) ethnography. I highly value and seek to develop good, ethical research practices based on the highest standards. Overall, my aim is to create new, research-based knowledge and practices in close collaboration with stakeholders and participants in the field to initiate positive change, as well as to develop and promote good practices and working conditions within the academia.
