Kankainen Ville
Description
Game researcher (PhD) | Game designer.
My current research interests include intersectional identities in hybrid media gaming ecosystems, tabletop gaming, mediatization of material culture, game design research, and the intersections of games and learning.
Keywords
game studies, tabletop games, board games, qualitative research, hybrid play, game design, post-digital, game jam, game-based learning, design research
Affiliations
Tampere University
Visiting researcher (unsalaried)
2025 - present
Source: ORCID
Tampere University
Doctoral Student
2024 - present
Source: Tampere University
Tampere University
Resource Agreement
2023 - present
Source: Tampere University
Tampere University
Resource Agreement
2020 - present
Source: Tampere University
Doctoral Researcher
2016 - present
Source: Tampere University
Tampere University
Doctoral Student
2023
Source: Tampere University
Tampere University
Resource Agreement
2023
Source: Tampere University
Tampere University
Resource Agreement
2021
Source: Tampere University
Education (3)
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2016 - 2025
Tampere University
Master of Science
2011 - 2015
University of Tampere
Tampere University
Publications (25)
2025
Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat
Open access
2024
Leisure Sciences : An Interdisciplinary Journal
Open access
Peer-reviewed
Proceedings of the European conference on games-based learning
Open access
Peer-reviewed
Granted funding (1)
Tabletop Games as Spreadable Media: Mapping the Contemporary Tabletop Gaming Ecosystem for Commercial and Serious Game Design.
Alfred Kordelinin Säätiö
2021
Activities and awards (47)
A PhD dissertation accepted with distinction
Tampere University
2025
International collaboration: No
Membership
Deputy Board Member
Finnish Game Jam Ry
2021
International collaboration: No
Conference presentation
Expert-Driven (Online) Game Jams for (Game) Design Education
2021
International collaboration: No