The Finnish Society for Game Research is a registered association focused on promoting multidisciplinary game research in Finland. The society was founded in Jyväskylä in May 2016. We have been a member of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) and the national DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) chapter and representative since 2022.
Our purpose and mission are to promote game research and research-based education; act as a multidisciplinary representative and support network for game researchers in Finland; offer research-based expertise in public discussions concerning games and play; and maintain connections to international game research networks.
Our activities include organising public events (e.g. The Finnish Game Studies Day every spring), organising the annual Game Studies Thesis Competition together with Neogames Finland, publishing The Finnish Yearbook of Game Studies, creating and collecting resources on the pelitutkimus.fi website, and actively communicating about current news and events related to game research. We also promote the interests of game researchers within Finnish academia.
We welcome all game researchers in Finland to participate and develop the society and its activities!
Become our member
You can apply for membership by filling this form on our website: https://www.pelitutkimus.fi/seura/liity-suomen-pelitutkimuksen-seuraan
The board will process the membership applications. In 2025, the full membership fee is 30 euros and discounted membership fee (for students, pensioners, unemployed members, and grant researchers) is 15 euros. Membership fees are confirmed by our members in our autumn meeting.
Join our mailing list
We have a mailing list that is open to everyone interested in game research in Finland! Once a month, we will send a newsletter including updates on the society’s activities as well as current game research events and calls for paper. You can join the list here: https://lists.tuni.fi/mailman3/lists/pelitutkimuksenseura.lists.tuni.fi/
Board 2025
Contact the board: info@pelitutkimus.fi
President
Derek Fewster (University of Helsinki)
Board members
Tapani Joelsson (University of Turku)
Mikko Meriläinen (Tampere university)
Heidi Rautalahti-Liljanto (Aalto university)
Johan Kalmanlehto (Tampere university)
Elina Koskinen (Tampere university)
Haron Walliander (University of Turku)
Maria Ruotsalainen (University of Jyväskylä)
Henry Korkeila (Tampere university)
Vice members
Juho Kahila (University of Eastern Finland)
Susanna Nieminen (University of Helsinki)
Ville Malinen (University of Jyväskylä)
Jonne Arjoranta (University of Jyväskylä)
Markku Reunanen (Aalto university)