Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Usva Friman
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Had the honour to give a keynote on 'Why and how we should still talk about women's esports' at the 17th International Conference on Sport and Society at the University of Inland Norway. Been thinking and discussing the politics and practices of belonging in sports from many perspectives this week!
Our next OASIS Lunchtime Talk will happen this Thursday 11 June at 12.00–13.00 UTC+3! Camilla Rinciari will deliver a talk on 'The Myth of Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of Unity and Roblox Studio.' Read more here: www.tuni.fi/oasis/oasis-...
This talk is fully open and free to attend!
Our research group (Gamelab) will be featured in 16 presentations in the DiGRA 2026 conference starting this Sunday – in addition to our folks being involved in organising and presenting at several workshops! 🤩 Here you can find a list of presentations featuring our team members:
Awesome book news from our brilliant colleague @matildastahl.bsky.social and Fredrik, check out this OA book and join the open launch event on Friday if you're in Tampere!
Happy, proud, and transformative #PrideMonth from #Tampere!
Spending my work breaks today unleashing some cataclysms.
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First conference (symposium) trip with our wonderful project team! 🤩
Our ENDGAME project's game event research is now officially kicked off by Essi at Vectorama! Read more about what we're doing:
OASIS hosts various talks on academic and non-academic topics. These talks are always free and open to everyone. We try to live […]
Book launch news! Read this thread for OA link and launch event details. Our researcher @matildastahl.bsky.social and Fredrik Rusk have published an OA #GameStudies book 'Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming – An Empirical and Methodological Discussion.' Book launch event this Friday 12 June!
